ADDIT: Old old post for starters: I started this post a long time ago - a lot of random thoughts from the past month and am not sure what pictures are in it... so here's hoping they're nothing I'm going to regret.

1. In honour of my little sister blister piglet pie's birthday today here is a photo of


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it was seven o'clock this evening, and I had just finished tea, when they started the sow the new crop out the back field. very noisy it was too ( Read more... )

My trip home was an absolute beast ( Read more... )

So my back has been incredibly sore this past week, for seemingly no reason. And I finally made it to the doctor who said I'd pulled a muscle behind my rib cage. And ouch! it won't heal for sometime since it needs rest I have to use it to *breathe ( Read more... )

I've been asked to stay on at Newport till December which is exciting and fits in brilliantly with travel plans. I'm also going to Paris in August (!!) to see C and Françoise!

Here are some things I've been doing lately:

the other day i did some weeding and planted a lettuce plant and some parsely

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Spring has warmed me.

It is even close to enamouring me to this pathetic ex-empiric existence.

My garden, in natural empathy, has sprung all purple out of the ground. With a three red tulips and their yellow tuliped friend to keep company.

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