1. By late afternoon, I haven’t seen Kaufman for about 24 hours so I head down to the office to see if he’s down there – he is, asleep in a ball on John’s chair. I pick him up and carry him, purring, upstairs. He’s becoming a huge huggable chap.

2. Amongst the vegetables, we have some sweet potato. Most of the chunks are deliciously soft but others were cut a little thin and have dried out to a crisp. They’re fun to crunch.

3. It’s somewhat of a relief when John announces he’s feeling ill: it explains his general grumpiness over the day and conversely, once he allows himself sink into being poorly, he cheers up.