1. Alec, breathless, describes the bright colours of the three blue tits playing in a holly tree.
2. In the sunshine, the children chasing each other up a ditch filled with dead leaves.
3. The smell of the vermouth in the cocktail Nick has made.
1. In the small hours, when I can't get back to sleep, there's a friendly, familiar Terry Pratchett book waiting on my phone. 2. We ...