19 August 2026

We had dinner out last night to celebrate life - 3 years this week since the incident of August 2023 that almost ended it.

I didn't think to take any pictures after this - probably a good sign - but here's one of our coquilles saint-Jacques starter, over a conversation about how life looks and feels these days -

This morning we woke to sunshine after all the rain. This was the view through the narrow, ground-level window in the subterranean bedroom -

First coffee in the garden, and everything was looking intensely green

the few splashes of colour heightened 

Later a flash of sunlight under the fig tree where we sat briefly, and clothed -