1. We get together on Zoom to admire my niece on her second birthday. She is very excited and shouts and points at the camera, and shows us the dressing-up shoes we sent her.
2. In the evening, to sit in the garden with a really nice glass of dry white wine and chat with some old friends on the screen on my phone.
3. My latest round of physio comes with an app. It's oddly satisfying to tick off the exercises as I do them, recording the pain level and how many of the reps I managed.
Castle Street, fan and melting.
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