Time Flies

Where does the time go? There must be some magical answer to this question, given that we have time turners, and so are able to extend time. It’s just that I’ve lost mine, and so I have had to juggle the hours in the muggle way this week, and so time seems to have simply flown by. I have of course been very busy pulling together a package for Lily Finnegan of Hufflepuff, and will hopefully be sending Specky on his way with it early next week. I am having to make sure the package isn’t too heavy for our faithful but aging owl. He should really have retired from active owl duty by now, but whenever we tentatively visit a nice retirement owlery with him, he expresses his disgust in the usual fashion (it’s a good job we have our brooms with us!). I had to make time to join in the bonus snitch hunt on the same night as my date with Mr Wychwood. It was such a fantastic night, with the snitch triumphantly found by our wonderful Headgirl, Millicent Brocklehurst. We are very grateful to Madame Pomfrey for attending to Centy during her recovery from surgery, and helping her to feel well enough to sit on a broomstick. It was very brave of dear Centy to play really, but she was determined to see us improve our house points, and so overcame her pain and discomfort to play seeker in the most exciting match of the year so far. I have also been knitting some socks for my little witch, who has complained that the wool socks I last knitted her are “itchy”. I therefore purchased some beautiful man-made yarn, which horrified my sister Emma Wigworthy, who is a self-confessed “yarn snob” and will only permit a small amount of unnatural fibres in her own projects. The yarn I have is knitting up beautifully though, and so I have decided to embrace modernity in my knitting, with my only concession to tradition being the use of wooden double pointed needles (magic wands should be made from wood after all!) Time has flown by yet again whilst I have been writing this, and I have to pack up for the family as we are visiting Grandma this weekend, I’m sure she will love to see the socks I am knitting her dear grand-daughter. Must dash...!!!