Japanese Anemone

Today I had to take my Mother to the dental hygienist. We came  back to our house  for tea,afterwards. I showed her a couple of  photo albums that I  had found at her sister's apartment . My aunt had compiled  them fairly recently but they contain some very old family photos (a few over a hundred years old ). My Mother  became  very animated when she  saw them, and could tell me  who many of the  subjects  were without needing to  read the captions. I'm so glad to have found  something "new" of real interest to her, and to me,  rather than have her  incessantly retelling  a few of her favourite stories "on a loop"! We can resume our study and discussion  of  these  photos on future occasions. 

This evening we attended a Cafe Scientifique meeting about a project to restore  Oyster beds in the  Solent. It is sad that over- fishing has all but eliminated the wild  oysters, and those that remain aren't  safe to be eaten due to pollution from sewage outfalls and run-off. Its an interesting project but will take ages to come to fruition!

A  late- summer flowering plant coming into bloom  in our garden is the Japanese Anemone. The plant does rather spread itself  around, but the flowers  look pretty right now!