1. The parcel I’ve been eagerly awaiting arrives – my new sketchbook and some other art equipment – but almost better than the contents is the packaging: sheets of soft sea-green bubbles.

2. The edge of the cheese has dried out but the spoiled crescent works well as a goofy grin or, flipped over, a heavy walrus moustache.

3. I couldn’t be happier with the new allotment: its beds are generously sized & well defined, relatively weed-free and have amazingly rich soil. I only intend to look around but it’s too good to resist – within the hour, I have the furthest bed weeded, dug over and sown with broad beans to overwinter.