1. The contrast between the crunchy cereal pillows and the silky, cold milk.

2. Lily enjoys our both nostalgic and hyper-practical visit to Armley Park. It’s hard to say which was her favourite bit because her tail wagged hard throughout but I think our favourite bit was when she did her puppy-paws dance with the long dog. Their meeting should have gone badly – combining her anti-other-dog shyness with his bigness, strangeness and frankly his ‘his’ness – but instead she decided to play. They danced and she cut across his circle to keep up with his loops. Very cute.

3. The fiddly bits done, I make good progress on my long-stitching project – smooth strokes of blues and greys quickly fill the empty spaces: the lake, the fields and the mountains beyond.