This sweet and innocent face belongs to a dog that has learned how to pull individual books off the shelves and rip the covers up. At 5am. 5...a...m... Puppy adolescence can sod off any time it likes.

Climate report. Picked my coat up this morning. Old dog leaps to her feet, tail wagging. 5 month puppy just looks bemused. In 14 weeks I've needed a coat for walks maybe 5-10 times? (This is Odd, standard schnauzer pup currently hitting adolescence hard).

"Our loves are not given, but only lent
At compound interest of cent per cent."

Paying back both interest and capital today. It was worth the cost of the loan.

If you see this post a bridge

I met this tiny beautiful spider recently. For scale it's on a metal railing