Sunday, March 04, 2012

Buds, speech and first shoes.

1. I'm sure the buds on that hedge are fatter and greener than they were before.

2. Alec stretches upwards, asking Nana to lift him for a cuddle.

3. He gently takes Alec's hand away from the display of Crocs, and asks if he can quickly check the fit of our son's first pair of shoes.
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Hoarders, flowers and technology.

1. In a low voice he reels off the names of the muscles where I have been hoarding all this tension. 2. He comes home with posies of flowers...

  • Crust, donuts and wait.
     1. Stirring the brewing coffee to break the floating crust and bring up the crema. 2. We have donuts to give the children at teatime. 3. Th...
  • Bee, green beans and movie night.
    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...
  • Midsummer, feeding and cakes.
    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...