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 – 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 [...]
3BT – back to brown, shyness is nice, static
1. I have breakfast in the newly re-emerged garden – the first time it’s been snow-free in nearly a month. I count up how many of my garlic bulbs avoided being stolen by squirrels and watch the cats as they refamiliarise themselves with all the smells of the neighbourhood. The pond is still mostly frozen [...]
3BT – goop, tweaking, sliding
1. The olive oil has turned gelatinous on the cold window sill. 2. The thrill of seeing the Twitter textbox count rise from -55 to 0 with rewording and careful cropping. 3. John decides it’s time to leave the house for the first time in 2010 and even though I’m starting to feel ill, I [...]
3BT – snow again, spices, snow again again
1. We wake up and the world is freshly white again. After more than a fortnight, it feels like we’re living in the perpetual winter of Narnia. Later, colourful coated kids trek along the hidden path to go sledging in the distant meadow. 2. For the first half hour of cooking, looking at the dry [...]
3BT – planning, unnatural love, last snowy walk
1. We push the plates and cutlery aside and spread out the paper. We scribble as we talk excitedly and by the end of the meal, we have a plan. 2. We know we’ve hit a certain age, a certain sensibility, when we stare at a shower cubicle in Homebase with such adoration. 3. The [...]
3BT – white world, worry, tell-tale signs
1. We wake up to a world even whiter than before. Even the tiniest branches are covered with inches of snow. It looks so cold but under our giant duvet together, we’re blissfully warm. 2. I’ve been worrying about the old house for a couple of days – we hadn’t been back to check on [...]
3BT – wiped clean, productivity, buttons
1. The dusting of snow each night erases footprints like an etch-a-sketch. 2. For the first time in a few weeks, I write out a decent to-do list and use it as a project tracker throughout the day. The sense of accomplishment at the end of the day is wonderful. 3. I tip out the [...]
