1. I forget to turn on the extractor fan before getting in the shower. After I’m finished, I notice a steamy cloud hanging over the bath.

2. “It looks like I’ve given myself a really dark fake tan,” I say looking at the terracotta clay flatly staining my hands; C agrees with a laugh. Later, after I’ve been playing with iron oxides, my hands look painfully bruised – but bruises that can be washed off.

2b. I learnt a new technique on Wednesday and that today enables me to finish off a project that’s been hanging over my head for months.

3. After an evening of chores, we all slump on the sofa. Lily and Strange mirror each other beautifully.