Roses and thorns

A visit to P (aged 95) and her son C with my brother, visiting me for Christmas. It was P who described these photos as a rose between two thorns, and a thorn between two roses. 
A wonderful tea accompanied by much laughter and reminisces- the friendship between the two families goes back generations: P’s mother-in-law and my grandmother were friends in the first part of the 20th century.