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my bathroom window is clear glass, south-facing, and sun-catching, but overlooked by next door's garden, and by the houses behind. being a shy brit, i'm self-conscious, and don't like to have my bathtime ablutions on display. so i let down the blind and hook the string around the tap: this leaves a strip of light at the bottom of the blind, which fans out into the big blue bathroom. it makes the light seem soft and evening-like, whatever the time of day.

you know that noise you make when you sink down into a deep, hot bath, and the copious scented bubbles slide past you and make a honeycombed ruff around your head and neck as you lie back? that mmmmm---ahhhhhhhhh noise? that's blissful, that is.