Today I am grateful for things to look forward to.

It has been a hard day - a hard month! - and it's the little things that make all the difference. 

Biscuits, straight out of the oven. Mary Berry's infallible oat biscuit recipe which, I discovered yesterday, work just as well with honey instead of syrup. Hot bubble baths at the end of the day, just before bed. 

Two nights off in a row, with no social commitments. Rare, but treasured. Instead, I enjoy pleasant, long evenings in front of the sewing machine, lazily stitching along for a special occasion. Hot brewed tea in a teapot. Piles of yarn spilling over onto my sewing machine, waiting to be transformed into something special. I ought to tidy them up, but for now, I rather like how they all jumble around and demand attention.