1. A very satisfying 'ohh' from Bettany as she opens one of her birthday presents.
2. Carefully jabbing candles into a chocolate cake and wondering how my youngest child came to be ten.
3. Noticing the scent of lime blossom in the park.
1. There are drifts of mauve heather blossom here and there on the common where the trees have been cleared to open up heathland. 2. I rathe...