My family life being as generally messy as it is right now, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed 1) the first night of mum's opera on Monday (brilliant, thank god) and 2) going to the V&A with dad on Tuesday. We were both too tired to look round much, but there was a certain amount of collective cooing over beautiful musical instruments, and some excitement on my part about the costume collection, of course. And then dad bought a charming reproduction early Deco china Box To Put Things In. Retail therapy helps everyone, even sulky septagenarians.
And yesterday involved the lovely
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