1. I am tired this morning and so feel completely justified in standing and staring at lichen.
2. Little birds in black and palest brown scuffle and scutter in a thorn tree like boys on the way to school.
3. I have re-wrapped the parkin, swept the crumbs from the table and put our coffee mugs in the sink. A message arrives from Anna to say that she, too, has had a piece with her elevenses.
