some good things make a post

1. We have had some spectacular sunsets several days running -- all sharply delineated beautifully illuminated brightly coloured fringes and trails of cloud.
   
2. I am grinning pretty much every time I look at the hardcopy of the thesis. Giving myself a Nice Tangible Object was definitely a good call.
   
3. I first became aware of flowering teas long after I stopped drinking caffeine. I realised, earlier today, that this is a thing I can have -- like, if I'm going to be having regular migraines I am absolutely going to gleefully grab hold of every single possible positive associated experience.
   
4. On which topic I have also spent a very pleasant chunk of the day looking at tea bowls, and am going to let the research sit and percolate while I decide which I actually want. (The question is essentially "what kind of blue glaze?" -- naturally.)
   
5. Treasure of the day: Papa's army uniform cap, GviR ROYAL ENGINEERS metal crest and all, buried in the last two suitcases of camera gear which I have finally got around to cataloguing today (give or take the two camera cases I have not yet managed to get into, but I'm pretty sure one of them's empty and I've definitely dealt with The Majority Of The Stuff at this point.