The family gathers

Today I felt much better after a good sleep.

I missed out on a family gathering at my sister's last evening but today we had a soup and sandwich lunch at mine and here are some of my siblings, my nephew and C enjoying the unexpected sunshine in my rather overgrown garden this lunchtime. C is out of shot but it was so good to see him. It's been too long since I last got to hug him and spend time with him, the Christmas before last in fact. Teddy was an absolute delight as usual, crawling everywhere, licking the bench, eating clover and blowing raspberries!

I did a Tesco shop this morning and am about to go round to B's house to meet her brother who wants to see if he can find any of his grandmother's jewelry. As we haven't found any jewelry to date, he might be disappointed...