The School Run

This morning we took Violet to school as usual on a Wednesday morning.  Today was dull and overcast and the wonderful Autumn colours are fading now, not helped by such a grey day.
In other news: we received a shock phone call from our dear friend L late this afternoon and learned that after a very bad fall at the end of October, she has been in hospital, extremely poorly with multiple injuries including a fractured skull.  She is now on the mend but it will be quite a while before she fully recovers.  She is very much in our thoughts this evening.