1. We both make each other laugh even more than usual with bad jokes and clever puns (or vice versa on the adjectives, it’s hard to judge).

2. Black muddy stripes on a dark blue towel.

3. Lily stays on the sofa when I go downstairs to the office. It’s unusual being on a different floor from her (when there is only the two of us in the house) but when I creep back upstairs to check on her, she’s fast asleep in a ball.

3b. I notice the blue of the new cushions perfectly matches the blue of Lily’s sofa. A stylish coincidence!