Cold and blue

The day started cold and blue and clear.  Frost very heavy on the ground, to think last weekend we were all in t shirts.  After a broken night I spent the second half in the spare bedroom in the old part of the house and took this at dawn having been reading Brooklyn for some time. 

I went over to Winchester to pick up the ring in the extra photo.  My friend Karen who’s a jeweller had it made in India for me.  We chose the stone and the design over WhatsApp.  It’s a watermelon tourmaline, smoky green with a blush of pink and I love it.  We sent each other photos of rings to copy or allude to.  Fabulous. We had lunch and a good chat and root through her jewellery and then I drove home via Hambledon for a cup of tea with Mum. 

After such a bad night I was very tired and glad V made dinner.