WINTER

It is rainy, cold, damp! Winter in Sparta! The weeds in the garden love all this rain! Usually, after a few days the sun comes through and temperatures get higher. The ultimate climate for weeds to thrive!!! 

I have a job to do!!! With the rain the soil is soft, so that helps. I might search for a soup recipe with nettles. They are supposed to be very healthy and I have an enormous supply.

The rain keeps me inside, enough time to do some sewing. I finished the bag for my cousin.

She wanted a purple one. It is made of wool and upholstery fabrics. 

A very good friend of mine died two years ago of cancer. She left me a whole bag of granny squares. It is not enough to make a blanket and the colours don't match. She would just use every thread that was left over to make granny squares, nothing going to waste.  I am using them now to decorate my bags. It reminds me of her and I love it that I can use the squares.