Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Cot, shopping and all lit up.

1. A call comes to ask when we want the co-sleeper cot delivered. It's one of those 'We're actually having a baby' moments.

2. An epic supermarket delivery full of tiny nappies and snacks for the birth and its aftermath.

3. To go round with the electrician and confirm that all the lights really do now work.
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Slow worm, peacock butterfly and striations.

1. A slow worm backs into his burrow, his mild resentful gaze holding ours. 2. Peacock butterfly -- Persian rug colours -- rests open in the...

  • 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...
  • Words, shivers and fungus.
    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...