First time in a long time

1. Waking up and finding blue skies for the first time in a long time and feeling all the brighter for it. Tackling pilates for the first time in a long time and feeling all the looser for it.

2. The sunshine means the basil brush jacket comes off the hanger. Today?s best comment was that it was like something that skinny bird would wear in that film with that Scottish bloke. It took us a while - Atonement - we got there in the end.

3. Having the best kind of work day. Lots of things done, getting past stumbling blocks and finding fresh air.

4. My new table arrived tonight and this is the top of it. It was hand delivered by a very lovely woman who really didn't need to go to all that trouble. I really like it. I think it?s more 70s that 60s and I can tell it?s been in a few living rooms in its time. I can picture it littered with cans of McEwans Export and over spilling ashtrays on a Saturday night or lacy table squares with cups and saucers and a slice of fruit loaf or two come the Sunday.

5. Spending my evening putting pictures into frames and finding the place to hang them. Sitting in a room without bare walls for the first time in a long time. Feeling all the happier for it.