Day of memories

Today would have been my mother’s birthday, bringing back so many happy memories of a wonderful loving mum. Today is also a sad one, with the funeral of my fabulous brother-in-law taking place in Australia, to which he emigrated over 40 years ago. So many great memories of him too. They glow in the gloom of a wintry November, like this floodlit mansion I drove past today in Blackheath.