Friday 28th March - a day for looking

 Neither of us had much energy today. I taught a chatty piano lesson in the morning; this student is also a good friend so we always have a good time. But apart from that I did very little. 

Sewing

I have made quite a lot of progress doing the last bit of this month's stitching on the Collaboration Cover Story. I'm hoping to post it before the end of the month; oh, hang on, that's Monday! Ang has already posted hers to me and it should drop through the letterbox box in the next day or so.

Gardening

Yesterday's Lent reflection email referred to this poem;

Earth's crammed with heaven, 
And every common bush afire with God, 
But only he who sees takes off his shoes;
The rest sit round and pluck blackberries.

(Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

The series is following the book 'Mister God this is Anna' by Flynn, and we've reached the passage where Anna starts getting interested in growing wild flowers, collecting seeds and sowing them in the dusty yard of the East end of London where she lives.

The garden is bursting with spring flowers now, everywhere I look. I should be out there sowing vegetable seeds and planting out my potatoes, and I will be very soon. We've had some busy weeks though, and I'm not chivvying myself at the moment.

Music

This is such a well-known piece, Aquarium from the Carnival of the Animals, and pretty much describes how I am today.