I’ve been outside a lot lately. The sun has done me good, and I can’t get enough of the life that’s tumbling out everywhere: everywhere green, everywhere dappled light, everywhere colours and pollen… I love how, at this time of year, every view is glimpsed through a window of green, how I can sit at my table working and the flowers in the vase blend into the leaves of the peace lily, and the leaves of the peace lily blend into the leaves and flowers and branches outside through the window and everything seems so full of summer and life. We had a thunder storm earlier and the curtains of rain just seemed to spread more colour everywhere, and later the sun came out again and everything looked extra shiny and vibrant.

These things feel to me like gifts, and make me so thankful and glad. What’s nature doing where you are?