Sitting out in the garden at 9am with a cup of tea, listening to the birds, feeling the sun and chatting to Kenny.
Using my weights again.
Two naps.
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Oh my god I sold out of all the books! In less than 24 hours! I can’t believe it!
A lovely guided walk for the Arab meet up group.
Coming at the same time.
Being outside with the volunteers and no Syd or Louisa. Lovely new volunteers too.
The bizarre moment when two random men came into the centre and one of them played us a song on his guitar.
Teeny tiny flowers on the hazel.
The birds singing outside the work when I arrived. There were so many and it sounded beautiful.
The lovely lovely compliments from my big big boss about my walk.
Hannah was waiting for me outside my house after the protest. With chocolate.
Skipping the queue and going into the members lounge at the Natural History Museum.
Tea and homemade biscuits by the private reservoir with Hannah, Jen and Fiona.
Bird jigsaw puzzles and delicious ice cream
Another lovely sunny health and nature walk. Plus the Big Boss came on it and had a lovely time. Winner!
The cool clay/plaster of Paris art thing that Cat showed me to do with the teenagers.
A sneaky little gossipy chat with Sally before leaving early.
Finding the flowers in the flower press. And putting them up on the wall of the office.
Chatting to Jen and Fiona on video chat.
Sitting in the window watching birds and working out that, I think, the ones I was watching were dunnocks.
All the beautiful mossy trees in Epping Forest.
Running down the hill with Jen and Fiona to warm up after a cold lunch.
Surprise sing-a-long Matilda!
Happy birthday to me!
A mossy green walk in the forest.
Group napping in the afternoon.
Made in Dagenham.
The snow melting and falling off the trees.
Arthur telling me off for not watering my tomato plants. Again!
Jonny staying over. Nose strips, design shows and lots of lols.
Snow! So much snow! Kids of sledges in the park. The squirrels jumping across branches and shaking down snow flurries. Grown men throwing snowballs.
Smiling at strangers because it’s snowing and they smile back.
An M&S pizza.
A walk in bluebell wood. Sans bluebells, obvs. It was frosty and crunchy and beautiful.
Snow! It still makes me so excited to see the first snow.
Dancing and singing to Christmas songs.
Seeing zebras at Fred’s nursery.
Cuddles with him on the sofa.
Walking into the village and seeing a kingfisher, a heron and a water vole.
The frosty morning.
Lin thanking me for making food especially for him.
Everyone enjoying themselves at the big thank you Christmas lunch. It was so nice to have everyone together.
Custard. Homemade by Jen. With some crumble. By Marks and Spencer.
The sun on the leaves on my walk through my favourite bit of the park this morning.
A hug from Syd.
Coming down the steep not-really-a-path at PW and slip sliding all the way down.
Being at the top of the slope and looking down through all the trees.
A compliment on my hat. Like an elf.
Brambling. Not watching the volunteers.
Task Master.
Clicking my back.
The weird big blurry light in the dark sky
New candles.
Pretty reeds.
The nature artwork at the Baltic.
A slice of pizza.
Meghan Trainer, Made You Look. Making me strut through Kings Cross.
The dog with the white bit round it’s nose and mouth.
Autumnal trees in FP.
A sofa nap after getting up. I’m really glad I got some extra sleep.
A beautiful tree with round fruit on. I’m not sure what it is but it looked lovely against the blue sky.
Reading the end of my book at my desk when I should have been working.
Egg fried rice and Eton mess at Jen and Fiona’s new place.
Eurostar straight through to Amsterdam.
Botanical garden.
Finally sorted out all my photos and deleted LOADS and found some real gems.
Extra volunteer day with staff and no Syd or Louisa. We got loads done and it was nice to chat to Alison.
A Louisa hug as I left.
Louisa’s Wetlands.
I saw the fox twice.
Talking about mental health in the MHA meeting.
Sitting out in the sun for a respite from my screen.
Sitting in the sun at lunchtime and feeling it warm my legs.
Syd’s backstories for the park people.
Autumn colours.
Walking the Wetlands with Jen.
Hearing Rizzo called out on the radios.
The snake eyes.
A successful Islam and nature walk. And so happy the sun came out for it.
The draft excluding snake I’ve made for Jen and Fiona. I love its little eyes.
Figs.
The garden centre.
Remembering things I didn’t realise I’d forgotten, chatting to Caroline in the van.
Sally, on Teams.
Kew Gardens
Jen
Sexy badger
Three little things 