View from the balcony

I wasted the sunny part of the day. Now it's clouded and cold. I'll just remain inside and tidy up.

In the morning I went for a visit. My downstairs neighbour has incurable lung cancer and is in a hospice since last week. We've been neighbours for about 30 years. Both living alone. Not in frequent touch, but always knowing the other one is there, just in case. Holding each others house keys, just in case. A strange feeling that she's no longer in her house. She's at peace with the situation, that's a comfort.