Momento Mori

Sorting out old stuff it was my solemn duty to go through a few pictures and artefacts of my late stepfather, he who was know as Derek The Waistcoat, who died several years ago. Only man I knew who wore a tie whilst gardening. A character from a different era. I particularly liked his handwritten explanation of the field placings in a game of cricket.

The photograph in the foreground is The South Bank circa 1956, which I particularly like. 

Ah well ... life goes on. I'm not a nostalgist. Anyway, Einstein proved that time cannot exist independently of space, and no-one has enough space to keep all their old stuff. So it makes sense to be economical with the past and live for the here and now ...