Calling it done!!!!!

After more fiddling around, including turning all the lighter diamonds

to the reverse side to give better distinction between light and dark,

hating it and changing them back again, I moved pieces around

and changed out some of them.

I'm happy with it now and on with the stitching next week.

The odd fabric here is in the bottom row left hand side,

black fabric with pears. In the early days of our friendship

J was a great bottler of fruit. She would visit the market gardens and

come back with cases of pears, peaches, you name it she bottled it,

hence the pear fabric. I had to put that one in for her.

One of the consequences of spending so much time

trying to get the setting to my liking was not checking on my zucchini

plants for three days, this is the result

9" long zucchini and one marrow sized.

Sometimes they hide away under the giant leaves and are

easy to miss.

However, I had the makings of our evening meal with two of these

along with freshly picked beans

 a little fresh Genovese Basil

pasta from the cupboard, a hunk of Pecorino cheese
and store bought tomatoes - delicious!

Life then took a different turn.

Our eldest son, following the removal of a mole, had a diagnosis of melanoma he's

now due for wider excision surgery.

One day later we learned that our 17yr old grandson

had been in a crash in his car, thank goodness he wasn't hurt but

his car is a write off!

Two days later I had a 'phone call telling me that my long time friend 

living not too far from me had passed away.

We had similar health conditions and used to support each other

with many long telephone chats.

I am so glad that I had gifted her a quilt in July when  she became

very unwell.

Time spent flower gazing has been excellent therapy

and I love it when the hydrangeas begin to turn from their

usual vibrant hues to the colours below.

Oh my, I just have to show you this photo of a beautiful silk scarf made

in India but bought in Portugal as a gift for me from my ex-daughter-in-law,

she called in an hour ago to see me. She thought I would
like the rich colours!!

Have a happy weekend!

Maureen