Friendship Card

This block looks like a cross between a traditional Card Trick and a Friendship Star. When we first moved to England we were warned that we’d find the English very reserved - to the point of seeming unfriendly. Even before our furniture arrived, a woman in our new church announced from the pulpit that she refused to make friends with Americans. “They never stay long enough,” she said, “You get to know them and they’re gone.” I’m so glad to find she didn’t mean that. In fact, she’s become one of my dearest friends. Even passers-by have been surprisingly warm and welcoming. Not long ago we were walking the dog when one of our neighbors crossed our path with a punnet of fresh strawberries. He must have seen us drooling, because he offered us three. I’ve never tasted anything more delicious. And we don’t even know his name!