Yesterday would have been Nannie’s 81st birthday. So we decided to have a family gathering by her summerhouse (my aunt lives next door) in the garden, and honour her birthday with a spot of ever-so-English Afternoon Tea. My cousin had decorated the summerhouse with golden balloons, and everything had been set out. We arrived, fighting [...]
The carrots are finished, the cabbages are finished, the kale is growing (albeit slowly) and the blackberries are few and far between now.
With everything that’s happened I haven’t had a chance to really sit down and think about planning the winter ahead. We have leeks in at the allotment, but they won’t be ready until [...]
My sister, Nannie and me
Nannie
11 October 1927 - 5 October 2008
When I come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom filled room
Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little, but not for long
And not with your head bowed low
Remember the love that [...]
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