So good to see Home Folk!  We get Diane settled and then go across the street for dinner and a pretty early night to bed.  She has brought me my prescription meds, more Euros and a present from my quilt teacher and friend, Sally.  Also, a batch of glue sticks as gifts for my quilt group gals here in Rome.  Diane and Sally had met this week and rode the McKinney Trolley on the newly opened route for the Inauguration.  Sally sent me a darling thingy used for fabric scraps on the table instead of a trashcan.  And she sent fabric and a pattern for a bunny quilt.  I’m nearing the end of the 100+ squash blocks I’ve been making since I got here, so need another travel project…and I need to make 100+ bunny blocks.  

On May 13, Diane and I caught the bus to go for MEXICAN food and my Quilt Group.  She brought a book to read while I was sewing.  The girls all seemed pleased with the glue sticks and I had sewn some Grandmother’s Flower Garden blocks for three ladies to add to their quilts in progress.  Diane went to another classroom and fell asleep.  I saw my group huddle together and heard my name…but didn’t pay much attention until Francesca (who speaks English) came over and said the ladies wanted to know what they could do for me to help me with my quilt projects.  I gave them some of the background fabric I had and asked that they make a little squash block using their squash colored fabric.  They all seems excited to do this.  These ladies are the nicest, kindest and most generous group I have met in a long time.  Of course, their kind offer made me tear up.  I will write their name on each block they make and add to my quilt when I put it together in January.  And I will bring the finished quilt to Show and Tell when I come back next year to visit.  After group, Diane and I head for home and have dinner at the Chinese place around the corner.  Tomorrow we leave for an EARLY flight to Mallorca…leaves at 7:15.  Mercy!  Off to bed early!