Would you believe that I only *just* got the "down" reference? Brain :)
Lovely way to start a morning - I read this with a wee smile the whole way.
All a bit excellent, really; I can't pick out a single bit to be my favourite. There're a slew :). Exploding owls! "You forgot your change" Harry sticking an owl inside his clothes to keep it comforted, flying with the trainees sometimes, the shop girl who was too young to recognise Snape, the whole thing of it. Sunny barns with empty shelves. So very appealing - I can safely mark this one down as a favourite that I'll be bound to re-read for feelgood vibes.