My phone has become quite psychotic. It sometimes just switches the voice over on without being given any instruction to do so. The phone can be on the other side of the room and suddenly it will say: 'Calling eye specialist' in this really creepy, robotic voice. I have about half a second to leap across the bed and wrestle it to the ground in order to switch it off. I turned over in bed one night and the next thing it was called Hillside Police Station - at 1am! I hadn't even touched the thing. I just don't know what is wrong with it. You don't know how many people phone me saying they saw a missed call from me and I have to make up some sort of pathetic excuse. I can hardly tell them the truth - it wasn't me; my phone just randomly decided to call you.
It is another freezing day. Ellie has made a fort outside and invites me to come and sit in it. I must say that it is very nice and cosy and I could quite easily stay there with my book and a cup of tea. I used to love making forts as a child. We also had a wonderful tree house that my dad made. I used to spend hours up there, reading and eating biscuits. We used to pretend it was the Faraway Tree.
There is great excitement today when I notice our Sabi Star has produced its first flower ever! I am so excited about this. I bought it as a tiny plant some years ago and took it to Zambia. It then came back with us and seems to have taken ages to flower. I never know whether I am giving it too much water or not. Between the African Violets and the Sabi Star it is a wonder anything lives.
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