1. The black cocker rolls on my feet. He’s very soft and friendly – and small enough that I can pick him up in an attempt to carry out the most brazen dog theft ever. 2. I have ordered mounts to frame, amongst other things, some of my recent craft projects. They arrive supported by [...]
1. (From yesterday) The pencil is slightly dull so the letters are thick, but the flow is smooth all the same. 2. I don’t feel the pressure that’s built up in my head until I sneeze and it is gone. 3. I think ‘new computer smell’ is the new ‘new car smell’ and peeling off [...]
1. Running around my feet, their heads tilt up looking for treats. Their eyes shine with innocent hopefulness. I dispense the corn. 2. To run my finger down the list and chirp with delight at the numbers. I can’t wait to share them. 3. A quiet time with a brownie, a repetitive filler stitch and [...]
Token snow things: heavy clumps falling from the holly bush, bent branches righting themselves in relief; Lily’s headfirst rolls and realising her fur and proportions remind me of polar bears; the crunch as I lower my foot into the imprint I made yesterday. 1. As a break from editing, I revisit a world I had [...]
1. My hands overheat themselves to compensate for the previous coldness. The warmth tingles. (This happened multiple times today, possibly not a good thing!) 2. Lily loves the snow. It is perhaps her most favourite thing, alongside eggs, being under the duvet and flat, lawned gardens. And the sea, and shoes, and the beck… Anyway, [...]
1. Yesterday we enjoyed the different sole prints in the snow. Someone was wearing pimpled tennis shoes, another walking boots with a curved triangle pattern. Today we search for our own sole prints in the noise. 1b. Speaking of noise, we throw snowballs off the bridge. They make a lovely pluff sound as they hit [...]
