1. Breakfast in the balcony for the first time in 2014. Carla cat even joins me for a short while.

1b. The colourful blankets bright in the line. Later, when my Ann Perkins blanket is back in place on the sofa, I get occasion wafts of scent from it: a combination of chemical and natural freshness.

2. Singing along to songs I haven’t listened to for a decade. They remind me of the brief time I lived alone, my early days with John before he moved in. It feels half a lifetime ago but a quick calculation tells me it’s just over a third. (That I’ve been with John for over a third of my life so far is pretty cool though.)

3. The patch isn’t pretty but it should hold, and my sudden need for new jeans is thankfully less sudden.

3b. My embroidery frame is now decorated with cat bite marks.