Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Fan, wet children and sweetpeas.

1. I suddenly remember that I own a USB fan.

2. Watching the Cubs and Scouts shrieking, hooting and soaking wet on the waterslide.

2b. The smell of strawberries in the car.

3. When I am tying up the sweetpeas on the front fence I get so many compliments from passers-by.

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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 ...

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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...