Contrasts....

We had a cloudy rather cool morning with the sun coming out after lunch. In the afternoon Friend Priscilla and I attended one of the biggest and most moving funerals I have ever been to. It was to celebrate the life of Ally, a most remarkable woman who touched many lives during her own lifetime. Hundreds attended with many having to stand. A mark of the love and respect engendered by Ally and her family. Later I admired the Cotinus coggygria - or Purple Smoke bush in Priscilla's lovely garden.