1. Lily is at the vets all day for X-rays and an endoscopy. The house is very quiet without her: doorbells go unbarked at and our visits to the kitchen or the bathroom go unaccompanied. We worry about her all day but when we go to pick her up, the nurse’s comments assure us that he looked after her well: in just a few hours, he got to know all of her sulky quirks.

1b. We play with the pronunciation of “Bonios” and decide that “Bo-NI-os” sounds like it needs a tilde over the n.

2. I have a sneaky hour or so at the allotment after dinner. I catch up on some chores and marvel at how much everything is growing.

3. A sale, an extra coupon code and a free shipping quirk combine to give me a bargain just before bedtime.