If the wind were blowing harder the little escapees would have made it into the air for this picture. But then the rest of the puffy would have been less in focus. And so, another example of why we can’t have everything.
November 11, 2009
The lens cap on my camera is stuck.
So an old photo today. Also someone else’s words:
The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle. ~ Anais Nin
November 10, 2009
More pretty flowers
I picked these ones from the scrawny-but-surviving rose bush by the letterbox. I’m having a go at propogation, and the flowers and buds that I took off the stems I will dry for use in Christmas presents (bath bomb decorations, most probably).
Or it could all be an elaborate excuse to take yet more photos of pretty flowers.
November 10, 2009
Some days, all you get is a picture of a sleeping cat
Because really, who wants a picture of errands, cleaning out the cupboards, tracking down an ant infestation, doing laundry (without even the help of a picturesque clothesline), or other suburban everydayness?
November 9, 2009
Sweet peas
They sit on my bedside table and everytime I turn to my right I catch a few molecules of their glorious scent. The man at the farmers’ market gave them to me for half price because it was the end of the day and they were the last ones. A little wilted, maybe, but I didn’t care. Sometimes I think that there is nothing more joyous in this world than the sight and smell of a beautiful bunch of flowers.
November 7, 2009
It’s been like this all week
A storybook autumn week, really. Wonderful.
When we were playing at the park earlier this week, a boy of 9 or 10 years was lazily swinging and singing Good King Wenceslas (all the verses!) in his lovely boy soprano voice, totally unaware that anyone might be listening. I enjoyed the private concert but it has threw me a bit too far into the future.
We’ve been practicing music for Christmas time at my choir rehearsals too.
November 7, 2009
Sunset
The days are getting longer, slowly climbing their way up toward the solstice. Not too quickly though please.
November 6, 2009
This is what I am enjoying today
Well – that and a few other things, like hanging out with my Bea.
November 5, 2009
English breakfast tea and chocolate wheaten biscuits, to be precise.
Sometimes the girls run a cafe from the kitchen; this is my usual order. I’m generous with my tips.
