1. Lots of different flavours at lunch.

2. The cats are anti social but Lily more than makes up for it.

3. We were supposed to be there to weed but we spend all the time harvesting various crops instead. Another few pounds of strawberries, another pound of mange tout and half a carrier full of broad beans.

4. We book the exact flights we want and, return for two, have change from £100. Even away from the mega deals of yore (we’ve had 1p flights in the past) this seems ludicrously cheap.

1. I alternate between cleaning the bedroom and cuddling Tilda on the bed.

2. I look though a photo album from a decade ago: we look so young but I pay more attention to the background than our faces, remembering our old haunts.

3. The lasagne is better than I thought it would be and wonderfully saucy.

1. I wait for the water to drip off me in the shower.

2. I like our spare room. It’s cluttered but it’s an interesting shape and it feels pleasantly removed from the rest of the house. I lie on the bed and Lily joins me, then she decides she wants her own bed so jumps over the divide. Tilda visits too and slides along the wet window sill.

3. John giggling about his ice cream scoop.

3b. Strange, being strange, sits with all her four paws in a line. This makes us both giggle.

1. The sudden short burst of heavy rain.

2. Leftover keema spread on buttered white bread. A guilty pleasure.

3. The ice on the frozen strawberries makes them look like they’ve been dusted with sugar.

1. Lily leans on me while she’s stood on the vets’ table then hides between my legs, with her head on my thigh, as we wait to found out if she’s staying all day.

2. An unexpected and pleasant conversation.

3. I love making bursts of laughter explode out of people.

1. Watching the distant people walking along the path below. Later, a group of horses (with riders) gallops along the same line.

2. I thought it would go sludgy but it stays a bright green.

3. Despite a headache and general mehness, I’m in the zone with my Bust-A-Moving: just about every balloons lands where it should and I increase my lead even further.