1. Clearing the snow from the roof of the chicken run is hard work but the lacrosse-style gather and fling, using a long leaf rake, is surprisingly fun.

1b. The chickens seem too big to get properly airborne: there is a lot of flapping and bumpy landings but they get to the snow-free steps in the end.

2. To remember jokes, memes and sayings from our teenage years.

3. I finish the last purple round of my pattern with less than a metre of yarn leftover. This pleases me for two reasons: 1) I don’t have to wait until another (back-ordered) ball arrives to finish the colourway; 2) it means my calculations are correct. I like it when my calculations are correct.