Listening to old tapes doing research for a book I’m writing, I came across this rehearsal-room tape of my first ever band, Stern Bops, in 1979Photograph: Tracey ThornDown in Dorset at the weekend, walking by the cliffs and the lighthouse at Durlston Head, bracing at this time of yearPhotograph: Tracey ThornDoing a training walk by the Thames as I am doing the MoonWalk in May. I was listening to the new Radiohead and the setting seemed perfectPhotograph: Tracey ThornMoving house soon, somewhere smaller, with no room for my greenhouse, so I am clearing it out and saying goodbyePhotograph: Tracey ThornThe hellebores are in flower at the moment, as they have been for a few weeks. The best flower in the gardenPhotograph: Tracey ThorneThis is my lovely new kitchen. I’ll be moving here in about four weeks’ timePhotograph: Tracey Thorn