Ablutions
I haven’t posted one of these images of a Mute Swan washing its armpits for quite a while now – largely because I tend to assume that it’s the kind of thing everyone sees all the time. But the other … Continued
Golden hour
The Cardiff crew managed to depart the Shire at lunchtime, despite multiple delaying tactics by the Boy Wonder. His word of the day is “alleyway”, which he learned this morning when R and I walked over to the Airbnb and … Continued
Bancroft Gardens
First thing after breakfast this morning I loaded the slow cooker with a huge batch of ragu, and then set off for Stratford with R to run some errands. Despite yesterday’s deluge, we were unprepared for the discovery that the … Continued
Swanning about
Inevitably I was tired and somewhat anticlimactic today, after the huge energy we put into performing Elijah yesterday evening. My mood wasn’t lifted by the weather, which was dreary, nor by the three hours that R and I spent at … Continued
Mono Monday: Spring
Spring has sprung, The grass is ris, I wonder where the birdies is? R and I went to Stratford this morning, on an overcast and showery spring equinox. The river was almost devoid of birds, the black-headed gulls having left … Continued