In Oxford's covered market, there is a charity shop  which sells yarn, alongside the donated goods. I found three balls of Trekking XXL, so decided that, since I have been using stash quite successfully of late, I was entitled to purchase. The shop raises funds for Helen and Douglas house - a children and young people's hospice. We have never needed anything like that in our family, so count ourselves very  fortunate. In 1966 I was working on the children's ward of a large general hospital, and some of the dying I saw has never left me. We need hospices.

I have been knitting a couple of manly little tank tops for the grandson. He is starting on solid food now, and just as the weather gets colder, he has learned how to put his cuffs in the dinner!

Short Break

Just had a brief visit to the daughter who is a librarian. I'll see if I can find a picture or two.

 What a lovely old quadrangle.  Part of where she works. This is the picture without the large group of Japanese people taking pictures.

 In the covered market, there is a shop that makes exquisitely decorated cakes. We loved this one - something of the feel of the Western Isles about it.

 The Ashmolean is closed on Mondays - who knew that? So we couldn't get back to where we left off the last time. Instead we went for a walk in Christchurch  Meadows, where the squirrels are very laid back. This one looks as though it is about to make a speech.

 Looking back at some dreaming spires.
And then looking down at some reflections with autumn leaves sprinkled.