Fridge cake, home and citrus.

1. He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named brings to work fridge cake full of pecans and laced with brandy.

2. Finding out that a former colleague has ditched his crazy pscyho girlfriend and is now safely back with his parents.

3. A tangerine with pips in it.

Curls, ambrosia and a few minutes.

1. A little girl with curly hair and stout legs passes me most days on my way to work. This time last year, she was in a pushchair. She usually has something to amuse herself -- yesterday it was a red and white spotted handkerchief.

2. Coming out of a tricky phonecall and finding Charlotte has made a round of tea.

3. Mugs of hot chocolate to hand, Katie and I sit in her room chatting until it's time to go to bed.

Curl, joy and wish I was you.

1. A curl of plastic appears at the drill tip as make drainage holes in a new planter.

2. Feeling inexplicably happy as I walk through the rain to the pub. I think it was some quality of the buttery sunlight which was pushing through the clouds.

3. Andy comes back with a bottle of wine and says that the barmaid envies the four of us and our couple of hours on a Sunday to enjoy a laugh and a few drinks.

Insects, fair maids and refreshment.

1. A fly on the outside of the window because it's a sign of warmer weather to come.

2. Pots of snowdrops at the farmers' market.

3. Gin with a slice of lime.

Apple, bat and the kingdom.

1. Biting into a crisp apple.

2. Playing office tennis with Charlotte using a furry die and our notepads.

3. Kingdom Hospital. It's a bit like Casualty but with ghosts and a giant talking anteater that only some people can see.

Birds in the rain, stand up and sea dogs.

1. When rain drops make rings on puddles, and water is pattering off the eaves, hearing birds singing.

2. Went to see the Bootleg Beatles. Being Tunbridge Wells, it took a long time for the audience to join in. The first lone lady in standing up in the middle of the stalls dancing is a beautiful thing.

3. My copy of Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor has arrived. I like the ship's cook with a cork for a nose, and Timothy Twitch, who 'was the most elegant in battle, his left hand especially.' It's another Mervyn Peake book -- this time his own words as well as the pictures.

Wake up, spring and toasted cheese.

Picture of Monkey and Whale posted.

1. Having a flatmate to poke me if I oversleep.

2. Sunshine at the end of winter.

3. Cheese on toast.