some good things make a post!

1. Toddler, upon being informed that we were coming to visit today, apparently grinned about this for TEN WHOLE MINUTES. My heart.
2. This evening's social limb wiggling was outside. I think that's the longest I've spent lying on my back looking at the sky in quite some time and it was lovely, partly for watching the birds go and partly for the was-it-mackerel?-with-occasional-larger-fluffs.
3. Swung by charity shop this afternoon to drop off A Bag Of Stuff. Spotted extremely gay shoes (link has photo, I have not even Tried to actually read the text). Established, via the medium of messaging photos and description, that they were enough too big for A that he didn't wan to try; realised, upon getting home, that the rest of the internet might be interested. Posted photo to FB. Not three minutes later had someone saying YES PLEASE, so back out I went to buy them (and had a lovely chat with the volunteer). (There is also a pair of size 18 Long Tall Sally black linen-viscose mix trousers, with pockets and belt loops, for about £8. If any of you are interested in me acquiring them, only say the word...)
4. Finished last of cake from Tuesday trip via Ottolenghi: Silician lemon & olive oil. I am very excited to have managed to shake the internet until the recipe came out -- I really really enjoyed the way bay contributed to the flavour; I have historically been dubious about making oil-based cakes (in part because historically they Have Not Worked for me) but I am Excited about this one specifically.
5. Frivolous stationery: today I have been enjoying staring at photos of an extremely sold out extremely limited edition Leonardo Momento Zero Grande, and also convincing myself that the Midori metal index tabs are sufficiently likely to Do The Job I Want Them To that I can justify them. (I have convinced myself that book darts are not ideally suited to my main current use case for them, and it is time to Accept This and Try Something Else.)