m's

Manky, mum, milestones, men, memories, memorabilia.

Today is the 4th year that mum wasn't here to celebrate her birthday with us.  It was a bright day and undoubtedly, had she been here, we would have been outside together at some point, joking about something silly, perhaps enjoying some food.   A picture from 2018 was just such a day.  

I visited Pa who had been looking through old photographs and gave me a postcard I had sent home from guide camp.  It made me laugh and I shall blip it at some point.  He also gave me some fruit and vegetables which I inspected as he is prone to give me things that have been hanging around a while.  I rejected several courgettes that had been partially eaten.  Pa says its a squirrel and that I am too fussy/can cut those bits off.
I say that I have vegetables at home that are ahead of the queue to be eaten and that I'd prefer to not waste those in order to eat the munched ones.  He has a massive freezer and the time/desire to chop/store them. I do not.

Pa was in good spirits but I still have the underlying thought that, at some point, my sister or I might fall out with him. He is very opinionated and set in his ways.   I mostly try and steer him off of subjects where we are likely to clash.  

I had a spray of mums perfume which is still on her  dressing table before we headed home.  

Spent some time watching tv and pondering holidays before bed. MrRIU just wants something in the diary so we are planning to return to Madeira.   Portugal is the next country to be getting a parkrun.  I can hope.

I spent time reflecting in bed and got quite upset before I eventually slept.