1. I comb Lily as we talk and her fur turns from dirty grey to shiny white.

2. The cherry plum’s blossom stands bright against the night.

3. A new stitching task to practise “doing it better” – 25 boxes on a piece of calico to be filled in fun ways over the month ahead. Sorting the threads, leftover scraps from old projects, into colour sets is almost as fun as my filling my first square.