Michael Nobbs

It’s earlier than I thought

A photograph of an early-morning tea tray resting on a colourful crocheted blanket. On the tray, covered with a blue cloth patterned with little white hens, are a green teapot, a carton of barista oat milk, a yellow mug decorated with a hen, two pens and a small reading light casting a warm golden glow. In the foreground, an open homemade pocket sketchbook shows a black ink drawing of the objects on the tray, surrounded by loosely drawn hens. Across the top of the drawing are the handwritten words “It's earlier than I thought!”
A close-up photograph of an open homemade pocket sketchbook resting on a colourful crocheted blanket beside a tea tray covered with a blue hen-patterned cloth. The black ink drawing fills both pages, showing a carton of oat milk, a mug decorated with a hen and a small reading light, with little hens from the tray cloth filling the spaces between them. Handwritten notes include “It's earlier than I thought!”, “I've given up trying to sleep. Drink tea and draw!” and “Back to drinking oat milk — is that okay?” Two pens, one black and one orange, rest just above the sketchbook, illuminated by the warm light.

I thought it was a quarter to four, but it was actually a quarter to three. Would I have still not tried to go back to sleep if I’d realised?

Of course, in a couple of weeks the clocks will change for winter and this will be 3.45 am, so what’s the difference really?

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