1. Kaufman comes to visit just as I’m waking up. He feels huge as he clomps about the bed. He purrs loudly.

2. It is frighteningly windy – I’m literally blown down the road on the way home from the shop. On that first walk, my hair is blown into a right state – all frizzy and knotted – but on the later dog walk, it is wind-whipped into clusters of curls.

3. I make some mustardy roast parsnips to accompany a lamb roast. They’re delicious.