Chicken soup, hot port with cloves, a stack of trad CD’s bequeathed by a friend ce soir, hot water bottle, cashmere cardigan, bed socks, book and flurries outside the window.

Nest. Nesting. Nested.

This is the winter of perfecting the art of nesting. The small male and myself agree on this heartily. A couch per reading penguin, we intend to double the volume of hot water bottles (2 per penguin) and I have to stop snaffling his bed socks. (only one pair permitted on one respective set of flippers) We have not quite perfected his choice of hot drink. We believe strongly and severely in coziness and comfort in these parts. We are dedicated to comfortable reading the way others are to the pursuit of the puck.