I have already spoken about my mum (it's Day 8 if you missed it) but as it was Mothering Sunday yesterday I'll give her another mention.  I always felt safe with her.  I hated having to go to school, knowing she was not at home but had gone out to work.  And I know I've said it before and, no doubt, I will say it again, but I give thanks to the good Lord every day that, although physically failing, she is still the person I know and have always loved.

Yesterday I spent some very quality time with a new friend and an old friend.  Well, when I say old, I mean in terms of how long we've been friends!  In the process I re-acquainted myself with bargello tapestry and found how relaxing it was.  Picture is of a cushion I did years and years (and years and years) ago.  I will be doing some more

I was watching Gardener's World and a man who grew Dahlias said that he didn't want to be one of the best growers because winning a prize occasionally was much better than winning all the time.  I think I agree with that.

Picture is done with an oil painting app.

Sometimes you worry about something that you have said, something that might have seemed unkind, or upset someone else.  Eventually you summon up the courage to say sorry and then you find out that no one even remembers it.  So, you have removed the worry from your own heart because there was nothing to worry about in the first place.

That great feeling of achievement when you get round to doing a job you've been putting off for too long. Yesterday I defrosted the freezer !

I did this picture with one of the painting programs, sorry, apps, I have on my iPad.  It is indicative of the fact that the nasty old clouds that have been my mood for a while, are at last beginning to lift and I shall soon be my sunny self again.

Several people were nice to me today even tho' I probably didn't deserve it