Little deeds of kindness

And the weather here today is - wet and grey. Just time for a long walk before the Heavens opened. Roll on Midsummer.

We are officially better. Thank you so much for everyone's good wishes. We also officially have a new bathroom floor, after this -

I know, not very salubrious. This was before the plumber put some new boarding down. But nice not to have the floor sagging or the loo wobbling. Or dripping into the kitchen sink. Always nice not to have that.

How about this then - a lovely present mysteriously left at the Hovel door by the Strawberry Fairy? Strawberries, cream and shortbread, with a sweet little note...

(thank you Strawberry Fairy!)

...or this little piece of gorgeousness, an early birthday present - in my favourite burnt orange?

(thank you Penny)

On a sadder note, this perfect wild rose is for my recently departed online friend - and friend of many - Daisy Lupin, who delighted us with her musings and writing. She had so many gifts and so much love and beauty in her - I will miss her. Yet somewhere, I am sure, she is walking through a grassy meadow, with her little cat at her heels, listening to the wind rustling through the trees and wondering if the dream she just had was real.

'Ever drifting down the stream -
Lingering in the golden gleam -
Life, what is it but a dream?
(Lewis Carroll, 'Alice through the Looking Glass')