Thursday, September 06, 2012

Not coppers, hallo pillars and stuck.

1. To discover that an old money box is full of pound coins and not coppers.

2. It's been a hard year for butterflies here, so I'm happy to host a few caterpillars on my tangle of nasturtiums. And of course, it means that in the afternoon Alec and I can read The Very Hungry Caterpillar...

3. ...which you haven't properly experienced if you have not had to pretend that your finger is desperately stuck in every single one of those die-cut holes.
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Book cupboard, haws and dinner.

1. My walk over the park takes me past a blue cupboard full of books, free for anyone to take. 2. This year the hawthorn boughs are bent, we...

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     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...