NewsRound

Sunday evening - watched Grace on TV. I do like that police series, as I am especially fond of Brighton,
Monday morning; first I went to the Foodbank Warehouse with over 100kg of donations. The staff were especially grateful that things were sorted into categories[thanks to the helpful girls from Sunday Club who sorted out tins, pasta , toiletries etc into separate bags after the morning service.]
Then onto craft group - eight of us had brought back our mosaic tiles - don't they look good?
In the evening after the Quizzy bits, we caught up with NightSleeper. I may not travel on a train for a while...
Tuesday I did my volunteer visitor stint at the Hospital then came home for lunch. Bob had been attempting to get somewhere with his orthopaedic consultation. Progress - after initially being told November 2025, he now has a cancellation appointment on Saturday Morning. Hallelujah! Thank you all for the kind words of encouragement. I will keep you posted on that one. In the evening I sewed mouse dresses and mob caps.

Wednesday I went to Tall Orders for tea and scones with my oldest  friend Christine, as it is her birthday this week. It was very good to sit and chat. I cant believe we've been friends over half a century. Or that this year I was so disorganised that I delivered her birthday gift on August 20th instead of September!
In the afternoon I had an email from someone having trouble placing an order with my shop. Having got the other issues sorted, it transpired that there was a further problem with the online payment system. Bob was brilliant and together we got it sorted. All seems to working well now, I just need to get all the new stock in place. I had a lovely card from the recipient of the gonk. 
And in between all those things, I have been plugging away at decluttering, and making marmalade [with Mamade Tins, not from scratch!] and getting the garden tidied for winter.
Monty Don's tomato tip works! I put a load of green cherry tomatoes in a brown paper bag with a banana - and they are ripening beautifully. As I removed all the bean stuff, I found some dry pods from the little French beans - and have harvested a load of bean seeds for next year. Also saved some seeds from the yellow cherry toms that Jess loves so much.
I have completely lost a box of squares of paper which I'd prepared for Kusudama Flowers. It is quite small [about 4" square and 3" high] So I dived into a CS on my way back to the carpark yesterday. I bought a paperback with over 900 pages for £1. That represents nearly 100 flowers for the workshop I am running in October!

And I could not resist this one. Over ninety activiy ideas for indoors and out,through the four seasons on sunny days and rainy days. I love the MMM stories, and read them to the girls, and now to Rosie and Jess. This will definitely be in use over half term. Most of the ideas are things I have done before - but the instructions are clear, and beautifully illustrated using pictures from the original books.
Today I have set aside for sewing, and Friday afternoon we are visiting friends.
So all is good [and our afternoon cups of tea have been accompanied by a small slice of anniversary cake]
Someone pointed out it is 99 days till Christmas. I am not going to worry about that, I am enjoying September.
I was sorry it was so cloudy on Tuesday night though- I did want to see the Supermoon! Did you see it?