3BT – it’s working, always time for bread & jam, comfortable
1. I spend the afternoon pottering in the garden – sowing more salad, potting on small seedlings and planting out their bigger siblings. Growing veg is such a waiting game – waiting and hoping – but when I see the first courgettes forming, it feels worth it. 2. John’s out all day at a friend’s [...]
3BT – funny, big & ugly; music to smile to; Boron’s blinks
1. I run upstairs to get my phone and see cracks of daylight around his wardrobe doors. It jars me for a second before I remember: there is a window – a floor-to-ceiling window – at the back of the fitted wardrobes. I laugh out loud. This house is so funny, it’s perfect for us. [...]
3BT – puppy love, unusual blooms, kitty love, John love
1. I’m pawed, I’m licked, I’m nibbled all over. He can’t decide whether to eat his lunch or play with me so runs back and forth between both options until I’m tired. When I get back home, Lily thinks I smell very interesting and I’m grateful for her comparative calmness. Later on, they play together [...]
3BT – nice weather for water birds, fab cats, ugly Google, happy hound
1. We’ve been avoiding the muddy woods and walk to Apperley Bridge instead. We watch the swans and their perfect reflections in the marina, then the ducks squabbling on the canal. 2. It’s 11th years to the day since Carla & her late brother Carbon came to live with me. Throughout the day, I sing [...]
3BT – getting closer, pancakes, park, gazing
1. It’s too early and I’m drowsy but still awake enough to notice that the dog and cats are sleeping six inches apart. 2. The dusting of sugar instantly melts on the hot flat surface. The third pancake though is best: not only is it dripping with honey but it can be eaten sitting down. [...]
3BT – Lily’s second day
1. She wakes up at dawn but is coaxed back to the sofa for another couple of hours sleep. When my alarm goes off at 8:30 (her old feeding time in the shelter), she’s still sleepy and we cuddle instead. I explain to her that this is how the Peach household works: we always start [...]
16 Beautiful Things about Carbon
Yesterday, we returned from the office on a high – it had been a good day and on the way back, we’d popped into the vets to get a reference for something very exciting set to happen this weekend. It was to be a happy pet week. Carla & Boron greeted us at the door [...]
3BT – gravy, silky, full
1. We sit around the table, our fingers sticky with spicy gravy, laughing and telling stories. 2. The light reflects off her eyes and her silky fur as she sits proudly in the doorway. 3. After the big lunch, I don’t have time for dinner so I pack myself a tub of cheese, crackers & [...]
