Yikes! Have been very poor at updating the blog! last time I started to write was a slightly shameful day on the sporting front for England! Though we didn't leave the England/USA match with our heads totally down, a draw is better than a loss... i think, it was pretty embarassing to be a minority group amongst a lot of locals! And there has been little good sporting news since then. I don't really care about football though, am currently listening to a live feed from Wimbledon which is much more exciting! Makes me feel very far from home though.
We have been in Kansas for almost 3 weeks now and last week we had a little escape to Chicago. What an amazing city. An architectural and cultural feast! We dined on Monet and Matisse at the Art Institute and drank in the art deco and post modernist buildings. We managed to fit in a lot of good meals and a baseball match too, at the iconic Wrigley field, home to the Chicago Cubs. I had to get myself a cap (i'm a true fan after all), which no doubt will go down well when i wear it to the Kansas Royals game on Sunday. The drive took nine hours each way which seemed like nothing. We broke it up with a few obligatory stops at road side diners and we even saw some Amish folk.
Back in the epicentre of America now, and happily J still hasn't started work. We joined a whole gang of Brits at a true American 'Smoke out' on Saturday night which was a delicious treat and Jeannie (our hostess) is my key to a future of quilting and teaching!
The tomoatoes are doing well on the deck. The hibiscus, however, has been completely demolished by some nasty racoon and is just a cluster of twigs now. Very sad. On a good note though we have discovered a supermarket selling more than muffin mixes... aspargus and artichokes! Hurray! xx