Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Houseplants, waiting for lunch and edges of fairyland.

1. A windowsill full of glossy houseplants.

2. I've had to wait for my lunch while we unload a grocery delivery. The shepherd's pie tastes even better reheated.

3. Just before sleeping, I go wandering on the edges of fairyland with the second Emily Wilde book.

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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...