Introduction


Can each day be headlined by a word (or two) and represented by a single sentence?

Will they, in turn, weave together to form a tapestry of the year?

It may be more mundane than momentous, but it’s mine to share.

Monday, 17 October 2016

Honeysuckled

My summer long job pointing the garden wall stopped short of one end where the brickwork disappeared behind some bushes, but with autumn here and the leaves falling there was no longer an excuse not to finish the job; even after some chopping back I still had to insinuate myself into the shrubbery and with hands fully engaged with trowel and mortar had to use my back and shoulders to hold the honeysuckle at bay, which retaliated by curling tentacles down my neck and thrusting fronds in my ears.

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