63/365

walking and fields and sun and planes and a butterfly

finding a fab in the freezer

62/365

salisbury being a small place

monster trucks

a White Rabbit with pink eyes taking a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket

61/365

that feeling in my stomach going down a really steep drop in one of the slides at splashdown

tucked up in bed with a book

60/365

this, at longleat
















yes, that's a deer thing with its head in the car

59/365

reading bish's words 'One thought I have is that discernment is probably as much about discerning evidences of grace as evidence of error or poor communication' just before king's church weekend away meant i ended up at st paul's morning service. being surprised (read: 'ashamed at own prejudices and personal issues over the very things i'm not liking in the church) at the vicar going round with a microphone asking people to give thanks for personal things, and erecting a parasol and sun-bed and placing some small children on it halfway through his talk. i still haven't conclusively decide anything conclusive about salisbury church. but yeah, good things.

an early evening bike ride. re-discovering places i haven't been since i was 15. re-discovering frustration with family (read: 'annoyed i'd taken us down the wrong path and a tree had chopped a bit out of my leg and i was covered in stings off stinging nettles') i haven't felt since i was about 15 (read: 'maybe 18 or so, but 15 goes better for poetic unity') and desperately praying through the fruit of the spirit against it. it working :)

msn chats with a girl from the cold, wet, dark field at momo

58/365

sandwiches on the guildhall steps

mumsy: "where's that chap not from?"
me: (absolutely no idea what she's talking about) "what?"
mumsy: "where's he not from?" (sings chorus of the kooks' 'naive')
me: "hahahahaha"

a family evening of fun

joining the 'good grammar is hot' facebook group

57/365

a tiny but powerful prayer thrown up to Jesus in the toilets on bournemouth beach. the fact that prayer is the answer and not battling through, and the fact that it was answered

(and what ed said)

51/365 - 56/365

wow. peter pan (with voices) (such good voices!). "bat!" arms high and heart abandoned. the Spirit in fields at 2am... the Spirit in tents at 4am. chip sandwiches. mud everywhere. pasta fights. good words. good friends. meetings that abandon the talk because God is healing and people are laughing. surprise encounters. my palatial tent. singing christmas carols and teenage ska. my brother's great gcse results. "Lord, to whom shall we go?"

50/365

a lie-in! i maintain that this is my first proper lie-in for 7 weeks. mother laughed at this statement, but i am always more right than mother.

dins with the fam, and being slated for my driving to and from dins with the fam. a few hours together seems to be a precious thing this summer.

47, 48 and 49/365

"glory be to God for dappled things" the sea taking moor care benches fresh air and green things fireworks that make you feel like you're 5 biting alan tomato ketchup adventuring surprise encounters with stevies the weird cave cafe a present in a tree being welcome bear hugs tigers trains talking lesotho: fat cakes, 4-plus-1s, maxi taxi... PETER PAN! camera fights leaning "glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together"

46/365

being unemployed! the summer starts here :)

nice family eve for dadsy's birthday

45/365

a spontaneous day in nomansland with the family hodson. lunch and laughs and affectionate bullying and walks in the forest and trying to make sense of life.

44/365

the nice man who said 'bless you' when i sneezed whilst sitting outside the leisure centre in stratford wondering how many kids i'm meant to have with me

knowing i never have to sit outside the leisure centre in stratford and wonder how many kids i'm supposed to have with me ever again

knowing summer stretches out before me (half of it anyway) and wondering what it'll bring

43/365

this being my last yellow-shirt dictated late night

the kids at work. especially toomas from estonia and konrad from poland. 'legend' doesn't come close.

news from the mershe! we're in grey house which is round by the porter's lodge, where grown ups and post-grads and such live! one imagines things might be getting shaken up a bit round there...nice and close to the magnum machine though :)

42/365

the chinese end of trip talent show production thing. hahaha.

seeing flicky for the first time in aaaages and still saying the same stuff at the same time.

41/365

laughing hysterically in starbucks... "hitting's a bit primitive"

bacon and egg rolls

being bathed and pyjama'd and ready for bed at such an early hour

40/365

parents not caring that i had spilt make up all over the floor of my bedroom this afternoon and just ignored it and got into bed. nice parents :)

39/365

feeling out of my depth with God conversations. it's a good thing

other good things like ferry rides and not crashing on the way home

38/365

river baptisms!

room being vaguely tidier than it was this morning

being here:
love salisbury :)

37/365

the rainbow that appeared out of nowhere on the coach ride back from cardiff. after the flood all the colours came out...

turning my computer off.....now

36/365

amaaaaaazing two hours spent sitting outside the swimming pool working talking to workmate andy about God...

andy: "i don't believe God is in this conversation, it's my free will to talk to you"
me: *knowing better*

an evening of chats and purple sodas and cake and giggles with moley

cheque for last term's CEx food arriving...confirming and facilitating booking of momentum! :)

35/365

the end a sleep being in sight!

work equalling dressing as a cowgirl

time flying when you're having fun/laughing at lozenges :)

34/365

wet sandy feet in weymouth

getting away with forgetting the 'give way to the right' rule three whole times

molly: "still up for edinburgh next week?"
glad my friends are nuts :)

33/365

buzz buzz and beep beep

coach sleeps

(it occurs to me that days spent entirely at work usually end in me feeling a bit dead and a bit useless at life. in conclusion, i will probably not bother having a job when i grow up)