...mending, making, growing, laughing

Mending:

A favourite hat 

the moths ate holes in, 

using some scraps from a ball of wool 

the moths ate holes in.

Making:

Another Mini Mania scarf,

in (mostly) shades of blue, 

hoping to make a dent in the stash.

It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.

But the dent in the stash is almost indiscernible.

Plus...

...a reversible bucket hat for my Mum,

who saw mine and wanted one of her own.

I don't need asking twice, 

but have arrived at this conclusion: 

attaching circles to cylinders is 

an exercise in patience I'm not anxious to repeat.

(With a fully reversible bucket hat 

imperfection is not an option).

If at first you don't succeed, 

baste, baste, baste.

And finally...

Thanks to my daughter for the back-of-head modelling!

...mask-making is still a thing

for now.

Growing:

Delicious things in pots -

Courgettes

Salad leaves

Strawberries

(Copper tape and wool pellets

are keeping the slugs at bay)

And...

...flowers galore,

including a glorious surprise Iris 

from bulbs planted 3-4 years ago

(and long since given-up-on).

Laughing:

At our dear, silly XXSCat dog

running futile rings around a tree

in pursuit of a squirrel.

No matter how fast she ran

the squirrel was always on the other side of the trunk.

Since XXCat dogs  

aren't familiar with pantomime jokes,

the only logical course of action

after three fruitless circuits

 was to commence an intensive search 

of the surrounding area.

Feeling all the while, as though someone was watching...