Sat down beside her

I give thanks to Jan for persevering last night and working out how to make a beaded spider which I've had a yen for after seeing this a while ago http://www.viralnova.com/ukrainian-christmas/

I give thanks to the cats and dog for alerting me to rats traversing the gardens taking treasures from A to B in a fascinatingly blasé fashion so that the humans joined in watching too.

I give thanks to Mark for making a mighty vegan Sunday lunch and being made welcome to share it by Jan's other son Adam and her wonderful mom Hilda as well.

I give thanks for a walk by the canal before it got dark and that when Lucy the dog rolled over and fell in she was easily fished out again...