
The tomatoes are making up for lost time - I keep forgetting they're the standard 'Money Maker' variety, and won't grow as big as some of the bush species we've tried previously.

You cannot move in our little hovel without tripping over cats or books. There are thousands of them - books - and four of them - cats. The books are piled behind doors, on chairs, cupboards, and as a last resort - up every available wall. Here is our big ginger female Clover, spilling over the carpet beneath towers of old children's books.

