What a week of ups and downs

Sunday started so well as I went to church but then I hit an uneven curb in the church yard. The damage did not look too bad but it ruined my day thinking about it.

Monday
We took the car to a couple of garages for quotes both said the whole front section of the car needed to be replaced £756 and £700 were the quotes!!!
Tuesday
Chris did some research and found a specialist place that would actually repair the damage rather than replace the whole front section. Suddenly £350 does not seem so bad but an expense we could well do without.
On the same day the kitchen fitter called to fix a drawer that was not closing properly. He dropped a cupboard door and damaged the flooring, and although he will pay for the damage it means having a new floor laid, which meant a trip to Northants Flooring who still had the same flooring and will replace it next week. This also mean emptying the kitchen... does it ever end?
Wednesday
I went to visit a couple of the sisters from church with my companion Sophia and although the meetings were good it was a sad day as Sophia will be moving away and it was our last day together.

Sophia, me and Betty

Sophia, Sue and me

Thursday
My cousin John's funeral in Derby, the sun was shining , the church was packed. It was a day of remembrance for a really great person, friend and cousin, I will really miss him.

Towards the end of WW2 by mother was pregnant with me and my father wanted her to go and live with her sister as he was away in the war. Strange thought to be moved from the relative safety of a village to the center of the City of Leicester but Mum went and I was born with sandbags at the windows in the local maternity hospital a ten pound breach! We then lived with my Aunt and her three sons, John being the eldest.
Friday
Oh joy a happy day...

We had arranged to meet friends Christa and James, here on a visit from the USA, at Cambridge Botanical Gardens. Some years ago we stayed with them in Paducah while I taught lacemaking to a group she belonged to and visited the famous Paducah quilt show.

It's funny how with some people you meet you just feel at home with, the talking never stopped and it was a really nice get together.
Having never visited this Botanical garden before we wandered around the grounds and although the drought we are going through meant all the grass looked like a desert it was a wonderful place and I would like to go again with more time and in better weather... not SO hot!

Loved this pond

Flowers are so amazing 

The greenhouse has a long corridor with greenhouse rooms leading off from it, each displaying different Countries plants.

Chris entering the jungle?

Today is Saturday and I need to do jobs this morning that have been left all week, and then intend to watch Wimbledon tennis and Le Tour de France this afternoon.