Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Quick, run and green stripes.

1. To do a truly quick supermarket shop -- I was in and out in under twenty minutes.

2. Alec's swaying bow-legged toddler run always makes me want to laugh out loud, even when I know I have to give chase. He looks as if he's about to fall over, first to one side and then to the other; and he is usually laughing about whatever he is chasing (today it's his scooter).

3. The underwater green stripes on a watermelon.
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Workshop, documentary and end.

1. Word have not been easy recently. When they do come, they seem unsettled and easily startled, like wild birds that have lost trust. Never...

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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...
  • As needed, forgotten cake and syrup.
    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...