Mother's Long Weekend

Because Mothering Sunday falls - wait for it - on a Sunday, there is always an element of difficulty for far-flung offspring, those who are not being allowed to go home from their jobs in service to the rich to visit their aged mothers in the middle of Lent. So I was delighted today to have the very 21st century notion of extending the celebration when a large box arrived from half of my family - a box containing flowers, wine and a rather glorious small cake.

Here they are as they came, cunningly packed in the aforementioned large box. In this period of sudden dearth of interesting photographic material, I shall return to the flowers - now properly clipped and in water - for future blips. But right now, here's to Mother's (or Mothers') Long Weekend ...