Wednesday, February 02, 2022

Teaching, simultaneous and hairbrush.

1. When I pop downstairs, Bettany is teaching Alec to bake biscuits, and Nick is staying well out of it.

2. A photo of the sunset I've been enjoying pops up on social media. It is cheering to know that someone on the other side of town is having similar thoughts.

3. While we wait for Alec to go through the bathroom, Bettany brushes my hair. 

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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...

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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...
  • 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...