Reflections, shiny, brilliant
1. Joe watches me via the mirror and when Katherine comes back into the room with the curtain hooks, he shuffles around so we’re both in the frame. 2. The new greenhouse glass is so clear, completely unmarked, that it looks hyperreal. I’m reminded of the glass church in Oscar and Lucinda: my cathedral to [...]
Mmm cheese, likes it there, cat love
1. The risotto is cheesier than normal. On the fine line between sickly and perfect comfort food, I wouldn’t like it every time but for a one-off, it’s delicious. 2. Deposited there for the duration of our supermarket visit, Lily sits on the living room rug, tail wagging, and watches me say goodbye to Katherine. [...]
It wasn’t even that cold, busy buzzing, perfectly put
1. Conscious of a distance chicken announcing she’d just laid an egg, I wake up earlier than normal. Carla is nestled in my arms like a teddy bear. When I’d woken through the night, she’d been there too – a sleepy purr starting whenever I brushed her silky soft fur. (She’s with me now too, [...]
3BT – new project, on anti-cry patrol, quiet time
1. She started but didn’t finish embroidering the linen table cloth. For 50p, I take on the challenge. 2. After giving Katherine hell for a week, poorly Joe is all smiles as I push him around the supermarket. It’s the exciting boingy hair and buy one get one free offers that get his interest. 3. [...]
3BT – wagging tails, colour level, garlic surprise
1. Lily and Katherine compete over who is more excited to see the other. 2. The rain tweaks the colour levels, allowing the pink blossom to peek through the curtain of greens. 3. We expect the usual lacklustre raita but find a cool smooth garlicky mayo instead.
3BT – snow day, elastic, killing is fun, same soup
1. Even without my glasses or raising my head from the pillows, I can tell the world’s gone white again. Our plans are abandoned and we give ourselves a snow day of relaxation. 2. The cheese stretches between my teeth and the toasted bread shell. 3. I rarely play PvP battlegrounds and forgot how much [...]
3BT – doggies!!!, growing, yum onion = yumion
1. The tree surgeon brings his dogs with him: the little girl watches her human and pines when he dips out of sight while the sleek but strong black lab pads about the garden carefree. Throughout the day, I nip out to check on them and to talk to them, and Katherine comes over earlier [...]
3BT – grey, peaceful, we’re so alike
1. The world is white when we go to sleep but grey with mist when we wake up. Even on the dullest day though – when the tree line and the ends of the fields are all but invisible – the walk to the post office never fails to cheer me up. 2. I rest [...]
