I have two pairs of shutters on the windows and a twitch in both eyes

Last summer in Lefkada, I took a photograph of a pair of window shutters; double-panel, hardwood, painted palest sunbleached olive.

“I’m going to get someone to make five pairs of those for the front windows of our new house,” I said, “I’m going to mix the paint myself so I can get them that colour exactly.”

“We haven’t even signed contracts yet,” my husband said, “it’s way too soon to be thinking about aesthetics.”