1. Among my birthday presents is a new book of Tove Jansson's art, featuring lots of bits I've never seen before.
2. Stopping for a gossip in Chapel Place.
3. Alec slices watermelon.
1. Loving the green on green stripes of the watermelon rind. 2. As I go up the stairs, I can hear from his room the clinking of a spoon in a...