1. Alec and his friend (they were born a day apart) are playing together. They are talking in a distracted toddler way and I'm not sure if they entirely understand each other but they definitely use each other's names.
2. Last week I complained about a bank charge. This week it is refunded.
3. Orange -- the actual colour of oranges -- marigolds in a sea blue glass vase.
Consolation, Effra and icing.
1. I flee Tunbridge Wells and its water woes for a day of wandering London with my aunt. A bit of Turner, a bit of Constable and some miscel...
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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...