1. The sun is bright but the air is a touch chilly. John finds it a little uncomfortable (because he is a wuss), but I like it a lot.

2. I’m surprised when a larger than normal bowl rises from the mound.

2b. My hands are always dry after working with clay and they make my hair feel rough in the shower. It’s not a directly beautiful thing – it feels horrible (though not quite as horrible as clay dry hands + microfibre cloth, bleugh!) – but it reminds me that there are few absolutes in the world that aren’t affected by our observation of them, and our observation can be broken.

3. John makes a batch of his slow-cooked pasta sauce. The house smells fantastic all afternoon: I almost want to chew the air.