1. The mountain ash berries over the road are a-tremble because a bird is gobbling them down as fast as it can.
2. At 8am I get a text from Oli reading 'Baby!' At work, the girls from the other company crowd in, asking us for updates, as if the birth is happening under Oli's desk. We shake our heads and wait for news. At last, the proud father rings to tell us that he has a daughter.
3. The spaces in my lunch box are crammed with home grown tomatoes that are splitting with ripeness.
