1. While unpacking, I picked Mr Midshipman Hornblower out of Nick's stacks and shuffled it on to the end of my reading queue. I was very taken by it -- he's a pleasingly frail creation, full of doubts and fears, but driven by determination to do well. C. S. Forster treats him so sympathetically that I felt Hornblower's pains and triumphs. The story clips along and I was almost afraid to put the book down in case something happened while I wasn't looking.
2. To have a husband who can explain the intimate details of the Georgian navy AND knows what a taffrail is.
3. Sparkling dew drops make a jewel of the cut end of my cucumber.
