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My sister and I, along with our four cousins, spent many afternoons throughout the summer with our grandmother shelling bushels of peas and shucking corn.

The presenter hosted her final breakfast programme in December after six years in the slot, and recently took up a new role fronting Saturday afternoons on the station.

On Sunday afternoons, I scatter halved strawberries or blueberries across a parchment-lined baking sheet, drizzle them with honey or maple syrup, and roast them until their edges bubble and the whole kitchen smells like jam.

Unfortunately, the group was greeted with back-to-back dreary, overcast afternoons instead of the trademark California sunshine.

Matt Halliday, whose two daughters attend the school, said his wife worked full- time but had Friday afternoons off to do "life admin".