Monday, July 04, 2022

Toenails, travel plans and feeding the garden.

1. Bettany and I keep looking down at our painted toenails.

2. The thrill of hitting the pay now button on a travel booking site.

3. The clunk of the stirring stick on the watering can laced with bright blue plant food, and the splash of cool water about my feet.

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Pop-ups, fences and communication.

1. Today, after a few damp days, the common is alive with mushrooms and what I learnt on the fungal foray last week has opened that kingdom ...

  • Crust, donuts and wait.
     1. Stirring the brewing coffee to break the floating crust and bring up the crema. 2. We have donuts to give the children at teatime. 3. Th...
  • 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...