Spot on, Stanislavski would be proud too, the Movie Thing
1. The perfect amount of brown sauce on a bacon buttie. 2. I like that I can satisfy their glances asking for reassurance. But I like it even more when they get so lost in the moment that they forget to look for me. (2a. A silly one. I make a joke about “team Louisa” [...]
Breakfast, animals x 3, showcase x3
1. The sweetness of the crisp bacon, the sourness of the muffin, the silkiness of the scrambled egg and the substantial chewiness of the sausage. A great breakfast. 2. Animals: a) The chickens cluck around me, interested in what I’m doing to their drinker, to their grit hopper and to their coop. When I’m working [...]
Chickens, titters & giggles, wrong just wrong
1. Noise from the chickens wakes us before 8. It’s not too loud (quieter than the birdsong but more persistent like the sound of distant Canadian geese) but we’ve been listening for it all night. We go down together to let them out. 1b. I sit and wait for the chickens to emerge from their [...]
3BT – found heaven, I’m not THAT lazy, surprised to love it
1. I call John when he’s on his way home. “I’ve found heaven,” I tell him. “Really?” he asks, “are you phoning from there now? How’s the mobile reception?”. In fact, I’ve found yet another new part of the woods – daily walks for over three months and we’re still finding new bits – and [...]
3BT – wake up routine, office at last, fun warm-up
1. Get up. Wee. Feed cats. Get dressed. Take dog for a walk. Feed dog. Have shower. Get dressed again. Sit with John as he wakes up. Have breakfast. 2. We’re working in our office at last. After months of stagnation, the room has been transformed in the last few weeks and is now beautifully [...]
3BT – yeasty, worth it, outsized
1. At five days old, the ginger beer plant is satisfactorily gloopy and the sourdough starter smells divine. 2. Even though the general backstage consensus is that Thursday night was better, John is impressed by the show – the music, the costumes and the kids alike. I clap like a proud mum throughout. 3. Sleepy [...]
3BT – reflecting, making waves, unravelry, sway-sway-sway-swirl
1. The new floor reflects the light around the soon-to-be-decorated walls. I imagine how bright it will be when we’re finally finished: I can’t wait to work down there. 2. Her tail hits the water in a rapid beat. 3. The wool is tangled. It’s such fun to undo the knot. 4. Backstage, we mouth [...]
3BT – smells like a concept, final dress rehearsal, perfect pink
1. Mia declares that the wild garlic smells “difficult”. She picks leaves throughout our walk though and later, when I’m waiting at the bus stop, I find one she’d hidden in my pocket. 2. I must have a smirk on my face because all the boys leaving hair and make-up tell me to stop laughing [...]
