Ruth's Bedspread

When we were small, we all remember our mother, Ruth, crocheting. She did this while she was waiing somewhere, at home--always working on the bedspread. It was a beautiful bedspread, a lily pad pattern, and it was not quite complete when she died. For reasons I neither understand nor remember, I inherited the bedspread, and treasured it mightily. Unfortunately, in 1960, when we lived in Illinois, we kept some folks for the church--we lived off base and these folks were not authorized to go on base to stay with any of the other church members. At some point after they left, I realized the bedspread was no longer stored on the closet shelf. Of course this made me sad and angry, and for many years I have looked for the bedspread. I finally found a crochet pattern, and made a few blocks, just to prove to myself that I could, but I didn't muster up the perseverance to make an entire spread.

As some of you know, I buy and sell on Ebay. So when I happened to see this bedspread, of course I bid on it, and watched anxiously to see if I would win the bid. I did, for $26.00, although I had placed a MUCH higher bid. The bedspread should be on its way. I certainly do not think it is the same one, but if it were, I think I could tell. At least I will feel like that family treasure will be in part restored.

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be, and why?

I had another question to pose to the family, but David's pending trip brought this one up for me. I always wanted to move to Australia when I was a kid, until I learned how hot it is there, and just how many snakes live there. I love to read about Ireland and Scotland. Those are the two places I would visit if I could. I think they have been well romantasized, but I would love to see the castles. So my question is this: If you could visit any country in the world, with money as no object, where would it be and why?

Tally-Ho!

I'm off to London for a week, leaving this Saturday. It is a working week, but the group is going out to dinner on Thursday night, and before dinner we are going to ride the London Eye.

The top picture is the capsule you ride in--the bottom gives an idea of the size of it. Our group is booked for Thursday at 4:30. Right now the forecast is for rain, but I am putting in my bid for sunshine.

It is basically a huge wheel that rises over London and turns slowly so you can look out the windows and see the city. Works better with no clouds...

This link is a real-time web cam that shows the size of the London Eye in relation to the city. I understand that on a clear day you can see Her Majesty's flower gardens at Buckingham Palace, much to the chagrin of Her Majesty.

I am thinking about changing my return flight to Sunday so I can have Saturday to do touristy things in London, like visiting the Imperial War Museum and the British Museum, neither of which I visited on previous trips to London.

I'll take pictures, of course, and post some on Enscussions.

"Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave
London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there
is in London all that life can afford."— Samuel Johnson