Friday, July 06, 2012

Side shoots, peach and laurel to the head.

1. To nip side shoots of a tomato plant.

3. I did offer Alec a bite of the perfect peach -- but he made a sour face and shook his head.

3. I duck under a laurel branch and the glossy leaves brush the top of my head and make a leathery flip-flap sound.
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Start of the heat, finishing early and lights out.

1. It's not too long after 8am and I can already feel the heat in the air as I begin my walk on the common. My body responds to the warm...

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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. Oli has written a poem describing how Tunbridge Wells makes him veer between wanting to fall in love and wanting to shoot people. Which i...
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    1. The cottage across the carpark is covered in scaffolding. Now that the roofers have gone home, the family has climbed up to see the view ...