1. I wipe down the washing line and hang out a few bits of washing -- first time this year.
2. To come home from dropping Alec at nursery and pay a brief visit to Nick, who is working from home in his attic today, before I start work myself. And I discover that he has dealt with the very dead rat in the garden. What a hero.
3. To make macaroons with the whites and mayonnaise with the yolks.
4. To hear that a friend who you know has been trying to conceive for a very long time is expecting a baby.
Rainwater, heave and tiramisu.
1. The softness of rainwater -- unthinking I lather my hands with the usual amount of soap, and then find I can't rinse it off. 2. I div...
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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...