0. (From the weekend) A cluster of blood red french knots.

1. Due to a failure of both teacher and student, Lily fails to learn a new trick (“paw”) but is so cute in her efforts that she gets the treat anyway. (Though that in itself is a further failure of the teacher.)

1b. She licks her lips and rubs her nose as she wakes up. Has she been eating eggs in her sleep?

2. The sloppy sheet of snow hangs off the greenhouse roof, like a cold buckled blanket on an unmade bed.

3. A duet of slurps as we dunk our Wispas in tea then suck away the warm, melted chocolate. (It is a proven fact that Wispas are THE BEST chocolate bar for dunking in tea but as with all wonderful things, best done in moderation to ensure the moment is always special.)