1. Children walking to school with their dads.2. The foxgloves are out now. The unopened buds are covered in fine silky hair; and the flowers are a pinky-purple with white-ringed brown spots inside. They are a huge hit with the bees, and I stood on the path listening to the contented hum, which has got to be one of my favourite noises. Photograph by Michael Grant
3. I had a deep conditioning treatment on my hair -- I had to sit with my head swaddled in clingfilm under a heater reading Hello. The beautiful thing is the way it changed the colour of my hair -- it's gone slightly more ash blonder than it was before.
I thought of another beautiful thing, but I'm not going to number it because I've had COMPLAINTS in the past if I do too many things. I was walking home from work just as an England World Cup match was starting, and everyone was hurrying (except me) to get to a TV. There were people crowded outside the electronics shop on Chapel Place; and people piled up against the open window of the Grape Vine, which has a big screen.
