Saturday, January 29, 2011

Catching the light, lunch break and mittens.

1. Now we have a chair in the nursery, Alec and I can enjoy the few hours of sun in the middle of the day.

2. A father in a high-vis jacket meets his wife and son for a lunchtime walk in the park.

3. Nick says his boss lost her gloves today. "I told her about Alec's mittens and kittens song," he says, "and it cheered her up." I've been singing Three Little Kittens to Alec. It's hard to know what the appeal is for him -- maybe the different faces for the contrite kittens and the displeased mother cat, or maybe it's the sliding meee-ow, mee-ow.

Book treasure, worn and speaker.

1. Finding treasure in the Oxfam bookshop. I only popped in to look for a card. 2. Bettany doesn't wear makeup out and about, but noneth...