We're playing tunes at my house today, and it's raining with a forecast high of only 15C -- definitely not patio weather. Serena the fiddle has recruited Mary Anne on guitar, so this afternoon I must calculate socially distanced seating for three women with three instruments between our dining room and parlour.

Fortunately, neither of the others is allergic to cats.

Ideally, we would sit around the dining-room table, but it's a 48-inch round job and the dining room is small. Therefore, one can sit at the table, another can sit in the kitchen door, and the third must sit out in the parlour.

The things we do for tunes!