The thumb is healing

 Thank you for all your good wishes for my poor thumb.  I’m happy to report it is healing well but I’m still not stitching much yet and besides, it is too too hot.   I have been sitting in front of the fan with the DBEM and keeping her company while she reminisces.   She grew up in the very north of New Zealand and obviously experienced some very hot summers but now at almost 92 she doesn’t tolerate them so well.  Nor do I and even reading books set in snowy Scandinavia hasn’t helped!

Today I went to the next village which has a small sewing shop with a minuscule stock of DMC perle as I needed to replenish my stock of #8 in Blanc.   And I promised an ice cream as a treat if the DBEM comes with me for an outing.   Yes!  I’m resorting to bribery as despite taking care not to mix much during this Omicron outbreak she still needs to have some stimulus (and I’m a little tired of audio books).  No ice cream, which is better for my continuing weight loss but we had a pleasant outing together.

I found these at the little sewing shop.  I’m on the lookout for the whole nativity story in these buttons as I have a Christmas book planned.   Supply chains disrupted by Covid mean ordering from The States is out at present.  Just as well there’s no hurry.