1. On the lower cricket ground a biscuit-coloured terrier is running back and forth, circling, sniffing, running again.
2. In the chemist, I spray a perfume tester on to my wrists. I don't particularly like the scent, but all day it reminds me that it's there.
1. This week, we received even more final raspberries of the year, and they are also delicious, eaten at the end of supper with the last of the meringues.
3. I am so tired at bedtime that I fall asleep almost straight away.
1. I didn't realise it until now, but there's a syrup jug on the table with a clever pouring spout to prevent drips. I lace the last of my pancakes freely.
2. 'We're having a spa afternoon,' we say to explain our footbath and towels when Alec and his friend tumble through the front door.
3. At the end of the day, to sit and help my eldest revise for a vocab test.
1. Marking up a new page on my planner -- I can now see how the week will go.
2. With a certain amount of pride, he shows us the feathered chocolate on his millionaire's shortbread.
3. I get dragged into a game of fairy tales top trumps. The deck must be badly balanced, because no one seems to be able to win. In the end, I concede to Bettany's greater will and accept that I have been defeated.
1. Oh my goodness, that little pirate toy has gone down well. Our brunch is punctuated by cries of 'Treasure!'
2. When I see him looking at the bride-to-be, I recall a friend writing to me after seeing my wedding pictures and saying that he was pleased by how kind and handsome my husband looked. There is something so nice about the energy of an upcoming wedding.
3. Alec and I have had our eye on a coach tour to the UFO site at Rendlesham (plus pub lunch) for a while now. An email from Minimum Labyrinth lands in my inbox to say they're running it again very close to his birthday. This feels like a prod in the ribs from the universe.
1. Finding two pairs of soft winter socks with my winter dressing gown.
2. The tuna pasta pulled from depths of the freezer for our lunch is surprisingly good.
3. We share out what I'm sure is the last of the year's fresh raspberries and eat them with meringues and cream.
1. My walks are turning into runs.
2. A wiry orange dog with a whiskery face glances at my as a I pass.
3. Bettany and I eat supper on a sheltered terrace with the river slipping by below us and the rain falling outside.