Saturday, March 03, 2012

Washing line, man at home and using every part.

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.

Bud vase, tomato and the poem I needed to hear.

1. Among the faded cut daffodils that I'm putting on the compost heap there is one that will do for another day in a bud vase. 2. For th...