21 May 2026

 A collection of things that are giving me joy at the moment -

- wild flowers picked on a walk in the Mill Road cemetery today, in the vase given to me by a dear friend M-A; 

- eucalyptus stems from my plant that has travelled from a nursery in Gent to my balcony in London to my courtyard in Cambridge;

- candle with my initial and name given to me by Nina;

- candle I picked up in Edinburgh on the family trip to meet the angel boy (scent of Scottish shortbread);

- perfect pine cone picked up in the cemetery at the bottom of my favourite of the Bird Stones: standing stones by artist Gordon Young, engraved with bird-themed poems and with water bowls and perches for wild life.