Success in neon and sewing

Finally! I got round to putting yet another (the fourth(!)) sleeve patch and darn into the shoulder of my pyjama jacket, and at last I have pyjamas to wear again. (Since I was previously delaying wearing them because they needed to go through the wash, I have been sleeping in my underwear for more than a week -- with hindsight it would have been much better simply to have made the necessary excavations to get my second pair of summer pyjamas out of the bottom of the remaining trunk of seasonal clothing, which I still haven't finished emptying...)
I have, however, been forced to retire not one but two pairs of pants in quick succession, one of them due to damage caused while I was trying to mend it.

And my largest mesembryanthemum popped up an unexpected neon flower this morning, with lots more now visible in bud; after last year's travails, the mesembryanthemums have been almost embarrassingly successful this time round, growing far larger than before and threatening to overspill even their wide shallow tray. The biggest one is now relatively huge.

( basil )

( chillies )

( tomatoes )