1. Without the dark curtains framing the window, the room looks brighter and bigger. Later, after they’ve been washed and hemmed, we re-hang them and I remember how much they pull the room together.

2. I spend the afternoon writing something fun. No music, just wind in the leaves and bird song as a soundtrack.

3. We walk around the woods in the golden hour. We enjoy the low, warm sun on the bluebells, the new fresh green leaves at the end of holly branches and, as we’re passing the big houses in Apperley Bridge, the faint smell of bubblegum on the breeze.