- my taddies have all hatched, all wiggley in a nest of cast-off jelly
- first baobab now has real leaves
2. Granny rings again. I refrain from answering 'Hallo, Telegraph crossword hotline.'
3. The year's first new potatoes.
1. In a low voice he reels off the names of the muscles where I have been hoarding all this tension. 2. He comes home with posies of flowers...