Soft woollen comforts and other pleasant surprises..

Fred came with me to Nathalie's today; he played piano while I played with the puppies. I came home to find a package for me in the mailbox. Inside the package was a beautiful new hat, hand-knitted for me by a girl I've not yet met, but who has inspired me for a long time. It's enough to make a lass happy to be going from winter into another......