Thank you

We had summer yesterday-hot and sunny-the first day like it for such a long time. Spent it in the garden, cutting the beech hedges that surround our house, tidying up the resulting debris and then beginning the tidy up for the autumn. Tomorrow will be September and the season will have rolled on in the blinking of an eye..

This morning,  in the rain, again,  we picked 6 pounds of blackberries. It was companionable work, with my other half and  the peaceful sounds of bird song . I made jam this afternoon. Well, half made it. The fruit pulp is dripping through muslin as I write and tomorrow I will jammify it. If you want the recipe-with illustrations-I wrote about bramble jam making last year in two posts,  here and here. I can vouch for its loveliness. I do a lot of cooking now I have stopped working as a teacher. Nothing very fancy, but cooking none the less. With plenty of fresh home grown vegetables.

Following some  very helpful advice from Gallimaufry and Allie, I have made and stitched a label on the Birch quilt, attached the paper labels for the show, found a pillowcase to put it in-(the show committee’s suggestion) and packed it with tissue, in a plastic bag , in a box. And tomorrow it’s off on its travels. Thank you ladies for your advice and encouragement.

Paula asked me for a picture of the finished item. Taken in the sun yesterday evening, outside in the garden. I’m standing behind it. Hello! (DH took the picture) Click to enlarge, as usual.

and a detail or two…