All together now ...

Finally, I have the girls back from their exciting adventures and, 'Stone me!', DD1 actually bought me back a gift from Normandy ... yarn!!

After the pleasant shock dispelled we made tea, looked at photos and chatted for hours mostly listening to her tales of the fun evenings spent on the beach with good friends and 'cool' teachers, who for once were letting their hair down to reveal very 'human and likeable personalities'.



Also, on a more serious note, she spoke about how moved she was on her visit to the war cemetries and the on-going gratitude shown towards British visitors for the friendship extended to France during WWII. I'm very grateful too - very grateful that I have such a mature and compassionate teenage daughter.



Whilst clearing away the tea things I put the teapot back on the shelf and realised what I'd make with her yarn ...

Friendship Tea Cosy
Size: for a 2pt tea pot
Materials: British Breeds Yarns Guernsey 5 ply as the main colour. Phildar Oxygène, shades 102 and 106, as the 2 contrast colours. Used just over half of each ball.
Needles: 3.75mm
Pattern: Tea by the Sea by Keren Smith

Another 5 days

What an exhausting and emotional week. The house has been like a departures/arrivals lounge with all the girls’ comings and goings on school trips. Not to mention the rehearsals for 5 concert appearances and 2 performances of the school play! All were simply amazing and enjoyable but after 3 hours sleep on Sunday night, and only just getting DD2 back from her week away, I couldn’t restrain the tears when waving DD1 off to Normandy at the crack of dawn on Monday. “It’s only 5 days mum!”, she calls back as they drive away in the drizzle. Only 5 days …