Graham’s funeral was a week ago today but, unlike today, the sun shone. (It’s raining heavily here at the moment and is forecast to last all day.) There were a couple of ‘hitches’ but, on the whole, things went well – I think he would have been pleased. Many more people turned up than I had anticipated. He had left detailed instructions regarding his funeral service and I included it all! Those of you who knew him, knew that he always liked to be the centre of attention and he definitely was last Monday! He lived a life of excess and it caught up with him in the end. He was such a handsome little boy. He always referred to himself as “Blakey” so, I had no choice, it just had to be!!
YESTERDAY THE SUN SHONE! We took the boat out just as far as Crack’s hill and it was a real tonic ……………
Up here on the summit of the Leicester Line it’s very rural and very beautiful – especially when the sky is blue and the sun shines! Maisie enjoyed the little ‘Autumnal jolly’ too. She’s also a tonic -thank goodness we have her! She even gets her own friends calling. The face!! (She’s worried about Hookna inadvertently knocking her in!) We have several good neighbours for the winter months.
A new hot-spot aerial has been fitted in the marina I can now sit INSIDE the boat when on the computer instead of freezing my butt off in the cratch!
The new chairs we ordered at Kinver back in September have been delivered. We like the colour and they are very comfortable.
We’ve kept ourselves busy this week catching up with some of the smaller jobs that need doing especially having a bit of a chuck-out before we sink even deeper into the water!
HONESTLY, THE THINGS MOTHERS KEEP! I found the apron that I made at school when I was 12! Examining it carefully I think my needlecraft skills were better then than they are now!! Looks like I was a large 12 year old too! Perhaps I didn’t wear it much because it was too big!
Goodness only knows what else I’m going to find when I start the un-enviable task of emptying Graham’s house where he lived with my mum. She began living there in 1939! Actually, I think she’s still there! I sense her following me around!
‘Gertie’, the little old ‘banger’ we have purchased for all this to-ing and fro-ing is, so far, serving us well.
I just need to take things a day at a time.