Thursday, May 05, 2022

Appointment, crema and leisure.

1. It is much, much easier than expected to get a GP appointment.

2. When coffee pours with a perfect crema on top.

3. The sheer amount of leisure owned by Agatha Christie characters -- Tuppence Beresford can suddenly decide to spend a few days driving around the countryside following a mystery that she is not being paid to solve.

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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 ...

  • 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...