I managed to get separated from my blog – or the log in to the same…

Anyway, my friend Gracie moved to Long Beach where people were training as life guards.

The summer went well…

Vinny the caterpillar and his chums ate a great deal of dill…

which then formed seeds and I got a second crop.

The wonderful butterfly flower self seeded itself on the roof

add basil and mint to the old Moroccan jug.

Hydrangeas continued to enchant

and I dried some delphinium flowers.

We managed to get to Robert Moses three times

and the grandchildren continued to flourish.

Robert suggested I do a needlepoint loosely based on an old Italian plate. Lesson learned: do not attempt anything with lots and lots of circles in it.

A peach photographed on a baking tray

Some extra lovely dahlias Margaret gave me.

A photo from yesterday – photographed on a cookie sheet. The chewed leaf makes it look as if it ought to be an allegory of some sort – oddly medieval.