Tomatoes

 I decided today it's time to pull the plug on the tomatoes. The weather will only get wetter and sluggier, and to be honest I had no interest in the garden this year with work and didn't look after them well. A lot of these will I think ripen in the kitchen. Any that don't will be used as green tomatoes.

I haven't begun on anything new, but had a quick look through a couple of my books for a crochet pattern, and this one caught my eye. I'm not sure though if the girls are getting a bit old for that sort of thing, I think I may have missed my chance. For some reason I just couldn't get myself going with making clothes for the girls when they were small. I wish I had made more of an effort. There we are. they had a spectacular time as very little girls in the countryside, we all did, and things I think usually work out in the only way they can. 

The pattern is from this book, which belonged to Will's grandmother who passed away a couple of years ago. I liked her very much, she was a quiet, dignified woman who kept her thoughts to herself, and I liked that. To my shame, I asked for this book after Will's Grandfather also passed away last year - his Grandmother had lent this book to me as a young woman to help with my knitting technique, and I will always remember the kindness of this welcoming gesture - Will and I can have only been together for a year or so, and I doubt I had met her many times. I think of her often and wish I had known her better. She was in her nineties when she passed. Her and her husband led a very rich but simple life, and I think Will and I take a lot of strength and inspiration from the way they went about things.