a bit of slap and tickle

1. Melly (the ukulelle.)
2. Geraniums (red).
3. 1500+ (the estimate just keeps going UP) CDs. Out of the boxes. There is carpet!
4. Lost (after all this time - who would have believed it?).
5. Mitred squares.
6. That ukulele (again...oh my god...it's gorgeous).
7. Two in the kennel.

better out than in

spring flowers
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1) Happy dogs in the park.
2) Eavesdropping.
3) Uncomfortable benches.
4) Free chocolate in the paper (this is much much better than a DVD IMO.)
5) BST (though I shall curse it tomorrow morning.)
6)Toad in the hole.
7) Garden plans.

days when I ain't spotty

tablecloth
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1. The Rite of Spring. Monster guiros, Batman!
2. Leffe. I really like Leffe. Yes I do. Really.
3. Nigel Slater's August 14th. Good grief: unfeasably delicious.
4. Zatoichi.
5. Wellies! A bargain at £9.99. No, they aren't flowery.
6. Blackberry picking (in wellies).
7. Shortbread baking (also in wellies, as it happens).
8. Freecycle. I have freecycled away my old chest of drawers, as well as some curtains and a bird table. Freecycle is marvellous.

staying out of chokey

the evil tree gets it
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1) A nice long walk in the sun at 8.30 (No, really: surprisingly pleasant to be up and mobile at that hour).
2) Friendly chaps removing Ugly Fir Trees and rubble. At one point six burly blokes in the back garden. Is this a record?
3) The prospect of a Lovely Plum Tree to replace Ugly Fir Tree.
4) Laying on the bed asleep with my face in the sun. My new favourite mid-afternoon game.
5) The anticipation of a cold glass of wine with salmon marinaded in olive oil lemon and mint, accompanied by beans and courgettes from the garden. Yum!

a bit of slap and tickle

fountain
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1. Sausage egg and chips with gossip. Two sorts of food.
2. Barbecued bananas. Stick them on the dying barbecue in their skins until they are black, and then eat them with Co-Op chocolate ice cream. Sit back and await your diabetic coma. Mmmmyum.
3. A lot of lying down. Not inactivity, because of conversations. Just stimulating intellectual discourse without standing up.
4. Furniture! No longer languishing in the boot of my car, but indoors and up the stairs, with the minimum of fuss and back damage.
5. A fountain. Never a bad thing in the hot heat.
6. Seeing exhibitions.

can't you see how happy we could be

tea for three
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1) The smell of ripe melon.
2) Actual compost in my compost bin.
3) Peace and quiet.
4) Sunshine!

I give up. I am going to eat the melon.

summer, buddy holly

wheat
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1) a picnic (with pork pies and strawberries)
2) a deckchair (with stripes)
3) a red drink in a red glass (on a deckchair, with stripes)
4) belgian beer (with a glass like a bowl)
5) 5 songs ukulele and voice (with sam brown)
6) chicken and roasted cherry tomatoes (with a glass of wine and Dr Who)

too short to be haughty

the king and queen
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1) Pub gigs
2) Minestrone soup
3) Day Nurse
4) Relay cooking
5) Falling asleep on the sofa
6) Not falling asleep on the sofa
7) Long lie-ins
8) A walk in the woods
9) Jessica's toes

fanny smith and willy

1. Peas!
2. 'We'll pour you a glass of wine. Red?'
3. Warm skin.
4. Cheese.
5. Unexpected presents from overseas.
6. The view from my kitchen window.

jump back in the alley

1. Being able to see the bedroom floor.
2. Not dying when cutting through the wardrobe wiring. Not even nearly.
3. A mouse with a brick.
4. The forum (bizarrely).
5. 4P being unexpectedly and unusually lovely.
6. Sleep.

getting out of chokey

1. Jukeboxes which play 80's indie hits.
2. Director's bitter (in the absence of Pride).
3. A Bristolian horticulturalist, and his comedy facial hair.
4. Mole's stripey t-shirt.
5. My scaffolding.
6. My house.
7. My bed.
8. The return of the Unreliable one.

hammersmith palais

1. A haircut.
2. Kate and Anna McGarrigle.
3. Autumn sun.
4. Unfinishable lunches.
5. Miso soup.

double bubble

1. Friends who say 'aye' and actually just mean 'yes' .
2. David Tennant. Oh dear: I so would.
3. Taps! That turn on! And off!
4. Showers (see above).
5. Aladdin Sane.

yes, yes, dear, dear, maybe next year

1) 3568 free plants for the garden.
2) A firm hand in the small of the back.
3) The shiny silver vehicle.
4) The ones who laugh and smile when things go wrong.
5) Home.
6) Fry-ups at 3am.
7) Wine in the park.
8) 'I don't know if you know about succesional planting'.

why don't you get back into bed?

1. It's Thursday, which is my Friday, only sooner.
2. My sign language class has been cancelled.
3. I'm going to eat pizza to celebrate both of the above.
4. Poppy seeds germinating unexpectedly.
5. The Thursday thing again, because: really.
6. Unexpected stumbled-upon compliments.

7. (late entry) 'Your Amazon order has dispatched'

reasons to be cheerful

1. The Borderline. Just ridiculously funny. I thought places like this ceased to exist in 1986. I am so pleased that they didn't.
2. Bladder of Steel. Who'd have thought I could go an hour on a bumpy night bus without wetting myself? Not me.
3. Sushi on a conveyor belt. And eating more than strictly necessary. For a change.
4. Gordon's Wine Bar. It's dark, it makes you drunk, and then you do crazy things like going to an Indie club and coming home drunk at 3am on the nightbus whilst managing not to pee yourself.
5. Indian sweets and snacks from Plumstead. Ruinous for the waistline, but oh: delicious.
6. The mystery bruise which has appeared like stigmata on the heel of my right hand. I haven't a clue how it got there. Possibly from all the holding myself up whilst laughing at The Borderline.
7. The tinnitus resulting from Friday night finally going. Note to self - get earplugs. Tinnitus is a bit scary.
8. New blogs.