3BT – grit swish, concordance, over-excited about juice
1. The regular swish as the men brush grit. 2. I randomly stumble upon Clare’s “Three Beautiful Biscuits” and think, not for the first time, that Clare and I might actually be the same person. 3. I squee loudly when I find the forgotten-about spare bottle of orange squash. Just what I wanted.
3BT – cold paws, colour, curry
1. We return from the shop but the planned bacon butties are put on hold because, for the first time in days, the cats show an interest in the outside world. We walk down the chilly garden together, the cats sharply contrasted with the white. Boron shakes his cold paws with every step. 2. As [...]
3BT – laughter, beauty/ugly, alone-together time
1. I go downstairs and Tom is there. He arrived with John, via Paul’s housewarming party, in the early hours of the morning, after I’d long gone to bed. Over breakfast, we discuss art history and laugh raucously. 2. Later, we get the bus into Leeds together. Under the snow, the first part of the [...]
3BT – sugar, snow, dinner, snow #2
1) Jeremy returns from the shop with an armful of mini cakes. The sugar high silliness starts before we’d even open the packets. 2) Eyes light up, fingers point, the woman at the fish and chip shop will be delighted – it’s snowing outside. Soon we’ll start talking about the inevitable, unnecessary traffic chaos that [...]
3BT – too tight, warm, discussion and snow
0. (From last night) I always cast on too tightly, making the first row of knitting on circular needles a right pain in the arse. By comparison, the second row at the correct tension is a joy and I happily, mindlessly, knit two, purl two until the item is finished. 1. After nearly a decade [...]
