grave matters

we had a copy of this fish made for our family grave after mum died.
it didn't turn out as well as expected, but now has ivy growing over it and seems to have settled in.

reading:  Here We Are  by Graham Swift.
(i finished The Long View by Elizabeth Jane Howard this morning - i loved it.)

boiler update:  thanks to Ben, his brother in law came and fixed the boiler - i'm so looking forward to a hot bath after 3 days of either a cold bath or boiling kettles for a strip wash. the emersion is ****ed.