31 Beautiful Things
In honour of my 31st birthday, here are 31 beautiful things from today. (Cross posted to my Three Beautiful Things blog.) 1. I’d gone to bed before John and it’s after midnight when he comes to bed. I stir as he climbs in next to me and we have a sleepy exchange, the content of [...]
3BT – five from after dinner
1. The red, yellow, pink and white are all tinged with black. 2. I put some Encona (scotch bonnet pepper) sauce in the marinade and while it doesn’t overwhelm, it is definitely there. John runs out for the bus with his last skewer and texts ten minutes later to say his lips are still tingling. [...]
3BT – unreal, end of a micro-era, coming together
1) Seen through the binoculars, the silver birch tree’s trunk looks completely flat – stylised flat like the cutscenes in Fable II, but its dangling branches look like a stereogram. We pass the lenses back and forth to both enjoy the optical illusions. 2) I don’t have to go to Bingley. The day is my [...]
Many beautiful things: the last night of the show
1) News of a funny scene backstage slowly spreads throughout the cast and crew – it evolves as it travels and I correct the details to explain how it came about. 2) The crowd hoot, holler and clap at the end. Everyone agrees it was a fantastic performance, the best of the run. 3) The [...]
3BT – maybe one day they won’t all be about animals…
1. We hug and feel paws stretching out against our waists, the hound trying to join in. 2. We go into the hills to the south, following the tributaries leading from our beck. One stream opens out into a quagmire and John stomps up it, the proud owner of wellies for the first time in [...]
3BT – thump thump thump, purr, not lost
1. The rhythm of our life has changed – we’re getting up earlier, going to bed earlier and exercising far more – and it’s got its own percussive beat too: the thump thump thump of Lily’s happy tail banging against everything. 2. Carla knows the dog is there – she’s seen her, she’s definitely seen [...]