Ginger cake, sunset and stirfry.

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1. Alec runs upstairs to show me that he has obtained Granny's ginger cake recipe.
2. A sunset that turns the sky a deep orange-red that I didn't expect to see in nature. As the year turns towards spring the sunset moves out of view from my window. This week I have to crane to see it.
3. The pleasure Nick takes in his purple cabbage stirfry.

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