1. Our neighbour stops in the park specifically to tell me how beautiful Bettany has become.
2. I lose myself in the trimming of a congested laurel bush, deciding which branches (dead, diseased or crossing) to cut out and letting the glossy leaves fall around me.
3. I am shading a diagram made using a technique I learned from a life coaching session to plan my priorities for the next few months. First Bettany comes to see what I'm doing, and then Alec. When I explain, they get their notebooks and make their own.
