1. One of the chickens is busy in the nest box so misses out when I throw corn for the others. I give her a treat – handfeeding while she’s getting ready to lay. She pecks at my hand happily.

2. “That’s so un-you,” she says about my crazy bowl project. I like that I have “me” things at pottery now so that I can do “un-me” things from time to time too.

2b. The carvings look … meh, until I take them over the edge.

2c. I had forgotten about my little meeple figure – it’s come out of the kiln a perfect speckled yellow.

3. Really good burgers. John handles the meat, I prepare the salad and bread, then we squirt on mustard and relish with free abandon.