This contemplative little creature sat watching the rain for 20 minutes today. I am in awe that an 8-month-old can sit for so long, mesmerised by swaying branches, puddles of water and the drop, drop, drop on the roof. And then I realised that watching water fall from the sky is a wondrous thing for a little one, almost unbelievable.

It’s been a cosy winters rainy day…