1. Bettany has been decorating a flag of Valencia at nursery. They show me pictures of her at work. I look up at the flags drying in the window and spot her distinctive and not altogether authentic red diagonal swipe shown in the photo.
2. I suddenly remember how much I enjoyed playing a long-neglected game on my tablet -- Blendoku is a sort of crossword but with colours.
3. I look down and see Bettany rubbing her face against my newly waxed legs.
Winter is passing, toad in the hole and mulled wine.
1. It is cold (although less chill than it has been) and cloudy (although less grey than it has been) and a robin sings loudly from the top ...
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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...