Seeing our little tomato plant seedlings shooting up out of the soil, stretching towards the sun
When we’ve run out of coffee at home, having a nice excuse to go to the little coffee shop across the road where they supply excellent coffee, pastries and always give Joni extra treats and cuddles
Finding a tiny steak cleaver from Flat Iron by our doorstep and Tom saying Alfie the cat’s been on a date
Seeing Tom turn around to see me smile at the joke I know he made because he knew it would make me smile
Taking full advantage of the very small window of the year in which rhubarb is in season and eating it on my oats for breakfast every morning
Fresh tulips, just because
Lying down on the warm grassy field mid-way through a dog walk and having Joni lie down next to me
Nothing like a sun-drenched drive through windy roads to remind you of how beautiful our country actually is
Remembering there’s cake
Working from the garden all day long
The smell of Hawaiian Tropic suncream
The lush chaos of the garden during No-Mow May
A freshly cut lawn on the first day of June
Seeing forget-me-nots everywhere and wondering how they could ever be called weeds
The buzz of Exmouth Market during a heatwave
And on that note — pedestrianised area that make an evening in London feel like a European city break
Making myself a spicy margarita on a solo Thursday night


Coming back from a week’s holiday to see those same tomato plants have grown 5x the size
An empty seat beside yours on the plane
Long messages in birthday cards
Screaming along to the radio on solo car journeys
Folded, clean laundry, still warm from being dried outside
Buying the slightly more expensive shower gel because you deserve nice things
Eating vodka pasta for dinner at 10pm and calling it mediterranean
Obsessively watching the livestream of the peregrine falcon chicks nesting in the cathedral (niche)
The back of my dog’s head (see below)