Monday, October 28, 2024

Ginkgo, battenberg and last of the daylight.

1. To pick up a few ginkgo leaves -- bright yellow, ridged like fingertips.

2. Small battenberg cakes for tea: pink and yellow and very, very sweet.

3. Through the blind slats, the duck egg blue fades out of the sky.

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 ...