August continued

This is one of Littlest Granddaughter's simpler ideas - making a quilt for Mummy to use "as a decoration". I'm not sure that Mummy needs such a decoration, but it can become a doll's quilt. Littlest did actually do some of the sewing, though her role was mainly supervisory. She also chose all the fabrics, arranged them, and decided on the quilting, backing and binding. 

A few days after Son and his children visited us, poor little Medium Granddaughter was taken ill with appendicitis. Luckily both her parents are doctors and they took her into hospital, but her appendix actually burst, and she had quite a long operation and recovery time. Thankfully she's all right now, but as you can imagine we were all very worried about her. 

Daughter 1 came round. Littlest became a mermaid with a sand tail. 

Another day, Littlest and I went to the park. She had a happy time playing with thistledown and - it was a hot day - I sat down in the shade beside her. Almost immediately a young woman came up and asked if I was all right. Kind, but discouraging! I must look feebler than I feel...

And Mr L, Daughter 2 and Littlest and I went to Jupiter Artland (with balloons for some reason) and she had a good time running around the Land Forms. 

My nephew's fiancee and my brother and sister-in-law came to stay as well. The house was rather full, but it was nice to see them all. 

We made a top hat so that Littlest could be a magician, and she mopped the kitchen floor. Shades of The Sorcerer's Apprentice. 

And we went to the Zoo (see the meerkat?), 

where she made friends with a small boy, so he and his dad spent the afternoon going around the zoo with us. 

One day she painted with her feet. The lawn is still quite colourful. 

But now they've all gone back down south. The house is a lot quieter and not yet quite tidy. And it's nice not to be so busy. But I'm sad, as I always am when Daughter 2 has been and then gone back down to London.