1. The season is changing and my hair is coming out in handfuls. I brush it 100 times to clear out the loose strands. It crackles with every brush stroke.
2. I put Alec's bouncy chair in the garden so he can supervise me hanging out the washing. He seems quite content, so I plant some seeds and do a little tidying, as well.
3. "That's a nice sound," Nick says to Alec. I've just filled the metal watering can from the tap -- it's an echoing bll-bllll-bl noise.
Northernmost point, out of the rain and blue fire.
1. An alarm goes off in Nick's pocket to let us know that it's the moment of the winter solstice. 2. The rain is falling in steady c...
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1. An enormous fat bumble bee at work. She is so bulky that she can knock dead blossoms out of the way as she gets right in to the new jasmi...
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1. The shortest night and the longest day. I was up at Wellington Rocks with Anna, Paul and Jason. We couldn't see the sun through the m...
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1. I promised myself I wouldn't moan and grumble about it -- but I do. And as if by magic, a very kind friend produces the required blaz...