Monday, May 6

I start my birthday by opening wearable presents and a card derived from the Ladybird Book of Mindfulness. The temperature has dropped sharply and I stay huddled indoors with my toothache. Whatever dental magic Tero attempted last week has caused an immediate economic boom for the Paracetamol industry in Finland.

I manage to grab a cancelled appointment for tomorrow afternoon.

In the early afternoon, with the wind still up and the temperature still down, I go for a long walk down the long path. I stop to photograph a tree that has stood there rather longer than me.

It looks like it belongs there.