1. The gentle scraping of the witchling’s teeth against a piece of apple as she learns how to bite.

2. The whir-click of the well pump kicking in when the tank gets low, up in the roof.

3. The plolp, plolp, plolp of demijohn traps as fermentation gets underway.

4. The cracking and snapping of newly-chopped kindling as the stove lights.

5. The churning of the washing machine, now filling itself without the need for me to stand over it with a watering can! Ah, the joys of mains water.

6. The crunch of stalk as the witchling and I pick daffodils brave enough to emerge despite a recent cold snap.

7. The quiet bubbling of the kettle on the stove.

8. The rain thrumming against the rooflights in the kitchen.

9. Wixon’s super-loud purr as he gets in the way of my iBook.

10. Quercus’s terribly out-of-tune whistling as he wanders round the kitchen in search of tinned tomatoes.

And you?