1. Among the faded cut daffodils that I'm putting on the compost heap there is one that will do for another day in a bud vase.2. For the burger that Alec has cooked me, slices of tomato with the seeds discarded.3. Tonight, I hear a poem that I really...
1. This morning, while we are still lying in bed waiting for the bathroom to come free, I share my morning New York Times puzzles with Bettany.2. At tea time, a dark chocolate biscuit and hot mug appear at my elbow.3. I'm still enjoying the giv...
1. For lunch, there is a particularly good cauliflower and chickpea curry that Nick has made.2. On my way over the common, I come across the place where people dawdle so they can watch the sunset tangling in the trees to the west. I stop for a moment...
1. I didn't expect this: the avocado is perfectly ripe.2. The world runs with water today -- all about me in the woods, there is movement.3. I come downstairs before Nick calls supper because the spicy scents are so enticing, and I'm curious to see w...
1. Halfway through the afternoon, I spot the builder carrying his power saw across the car park so he can lock it away in his truck.2. Making a milkshake for Alec when he comes in from school.3. Pulling the cut yarn through the final knitted stitch.
1. Waiting for me at breakfast is a pot of pinks, just perfect for the front garden.2. Later in the day, Alec produces a card he has made for me -- a drawing of a robin in oil pastels, made from a photo he took on a day out we had together in the aut...
1. I have been waiting since before Christmas, recently without much hope, for my wallflowers to bloom. And now there are bobbly little buds in the rosettes of leaves at the top of the stems.2. At coffee time, Nick throws a cup of seed out for the bi...