Friday 1st March

The Wind was roaring and the rain hammering against the windows when I woke shortly after 6am. 

By the time Best Beloved set off to walk into town to complete a few errands, the wind had died down and the rain stopped. The sun came out as he walked home an hour later. The 1st March is the first day of meteorological spring, so perhaps showcasing British Weather is a fitting tribute to the day.

The first Friday of March is also World Day of Prayer, when churches all around the wworld present an ecumenical church service put together by the women of a different country each year.  This year's service came from Gaza, and was prepared four years ago. Well, you have to admire the timeliness.

I haven't been able to attend any church service anywhere since March 2020, but today one of the local churches live-streamed it, and I was able to follow using a service booklet which friend had dropped round.

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Ang's cross stitch collaboration arrived through the post today. As well as the cross stitch and accompanying book, there was also a cross stitch kit, and a bookmark from the service and a tiny weeny book of gardening quotations (not in the photograph)

What a box of delights! Her cross stitching for Dec/Jan/Feb is the Egyptian Hieroglyphs piece in the middle,  a reference to the holiday club she and Bob were running during golf term last week. Here's a bigger photograph;

I love the sandy effect from the variegated yellow threads, and the detail in the symbols.