Saturday, May 10, 2014

Plans, feeling better and stocking up.

1. To have the weekend plans scribbled in my notebook.

2. I fall asleep while settling Bettany for her afternoon nap. It's only for a few minutes but when I wake my back feels one hundred times better.

3. We've run out of coffee -- I divert our afternoon walk to Perk and Pearl for a re-stock.
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Northernmost point, out of the rain and blue fire.

1. An alarm goes off in Nick's pocket to let us know that it's the moment of the winter solstice. 2. The rain is falling in steady c...

  • 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...
  • 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...