Old friends

These lovely flowers were a present to me today from my oldest and best friend, who I met on the first day at secondary school 65 years ago. We’ve been trying to get together for ages – we were supposed to be having a joint birthday celebration back in March (she is one day older than me!) but I was ill and so we had to cancel. We finally managed our belated celebration today, when she and her husband came for a light lunch. 

It’s always amazing how the years just roll away and, apart from us all having gained a few wrinkles and ailments, it feels just as it did when us two girls were at college, sharing a flat, with the two chaps coming round to see us. Friendships like this are few and far between, and so very precious.

*The words show up much better if you have the time to look in large view.