Getting there

Still trying to get ready for the craft fair. It is a bit like Christmas at the moment with things arriving every couple of days.

Instead of using "normal" baskets, I am using these lovely little trugs. I think that they look lovely.

Domestic Chores

I am in danger of becoming horribly domesticated.

There is a glut of plums and cooking apples on Mum's trees, and I have taken to jam making.

The jars with the blue lids are apple and plum and the red lids are plum. I have a fridge full of apples and a bowl of cooking apples I am trying to decide what to do with. I have so far tried only the plum jam and it is very nice indeed, if I say so myself.

Do you think there is any therapy for this kind of thing?

Busy, busy, busy

I am busy wrapping soap for the upcoming craft fair. I like the way it looks.

I still have a lot to do, but I am getting there.

Sunflowers

Yesterday, I received a beautiful bouquet of sunflowers to cheer me up. They have brought a smile to my face, and are just the sort of thing that Taz would have loved to nibble.

Goodbye

Yesterday, my lovely, funny, gentle, and rather silly teddy bear of a cat, Taz, died. He was 11 and had gone from being a terribly scrawny kitten to a chunky boy who loved nothing more than a cuddle, or having his tummy tickled.

I miss him taking over the bed leaving me perched on the edge, I miss him shouting at me for food and I will miss him crawling under the duvet and lying against my stomach next winter.

The other three watched him die, and are really stressed and clingy as a result. They have hardly eaten this evening, and there is nothing I can do to make them feel better.