1. I love to sit in a coffee shop and work on the laptop. I love to be in a working bubble, not noticing anything about the people around me. It feels decadent and wasteful.
2. I am called to pick up Alec early because they think he's got chicken pox. "Oh, and he said a word today, but I can't for the life of me remember what," says one of the practitioners. He seems quite cheerful, but definitely spotty in places, so I take him home and we sit in bed with the biscuit tin and some train videos.
3. When I go up to bed Alec is lying right in my half. I shove him over and enjoy the warm, baby-shaped spot. He is a hot little body and always kicks off the covers I lovingly snuggle around him.
Goldfinches, meeting and mackerel.
1. Goldfinches, painted like they're going to war, crowd the bird feeders. 2. We meet my cousin's partner for the first time, and it...
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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...