Monday, January 31, 2022

Bright birds, ditch and vermouth.

1. Alec, breathless, describes the bright colours of the three blue tits playing in a holly tree.

2. In the sunshine, the children chasing each other up a ditch filled with dead leaves.

3. The smell of the vermouth in the cocktail Nick has made.
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Coffee, right there and advent calendar.

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