I had this idea for a really long blog post about how I’ve been having more and more moments of happiness lately and how I can finally feel the magic power of time starting to do its thing. I thought I would end the post with a selfie of me and Parker–the puppy I look after during the day while my bro-in-law Dave and his partner Daniel are at work. Then everything fell apart.

Every time I tried to sidle up close to Parker, he took that as an invitation to pounce. Much face and ear licking ensued. When I looked at the disastrous series of selfies I thought, ‘Huh, that actually sums up everything I was going to write about’.

So, dearest Nutters, with my sincere thanks to the Wonders of Time, I give you: Happy