My lovely 'Thank you' card

This morning while I was watering the garden, the little girl from across the road came over.  'When can we have another art class' she asked. 'Just give me five minutes to finish the watering and then I will go and get some things from my craft room'  I replied.  She hurried off home to collect her art box while I finished the watering. I set a thick blanket on the drive for her to sit at a social distance on and we had a little art session. She is a lovely, chatty little girl and really listens properly to instructions. I brought some die cut paper birds for her to colour and ribbon to glue them on.  While she was busy colouring in, my neighbour Joan stopped to ask what we were making today.  Joan and I sat in the garden with a cup of tea while little Jess continued with her task. After about an hour she glued on the wings and some googly eyes and held up her finished bird for Joan and I to  admire.  She took it home to show her dad and about half an hour later she came back across the road.  She had made a 'Thank you' card for me and asked if we could do art again next week. I think I will prepare a box of easy projects so that she can choose what to make next time. When I'm not busy we can have another craft session outside in the sunshine. . 

My lovely card

The etched glass coaster in the top right hand of the photo is one of a set that I made at art college many years ago when Tony and I enrolled on a taster session. We etched, engraved and slumped glass. We also played around with stained glass.  Many, many years before that, Tony and I enrolled on a stained glass course. We did it for several years and now have some really pretty things that we made.

Yesterday I asked what you were having for tea.  We had a tasty pork casserole with mashed potato, broccoli and  huge Yorkshire puds. The Yorkshires were absolutely huge.  We hadn't had them in ages and I just fancied a 'proper dinner' for a change.  Tonight we are having Spanish chicken with plain boiled rice.