Mending and growing

I had to unpick the hem on the tails of my blue shirt in order to cut out a strip in order to patch a hole next to the cuff placket :-(


Not particularly happy, as I've only worn this shirt relatively few times. (My pyjama jacket, which has already been patched at the shoulder twice, has now torn through *again* on the front of the sleeve -- I simply don't understand why it should wear out on the upper arm, of all places, where there is little to no chafing against the sheets, as opposed to the seat of the trousers wearing through. Something to do with reading propped up on my elbows?)

( California poppies and chillies )

My first marigold has opened :-)

Still at the red and gold stage, but it will go orange as the flowers mature.