Here in the UK it's Mothering Sunday. As always in the midst of their busy lives my children have remembered me.
I was shopping with Rhiannon yesterday. She bought me a beautiful Sophie Conran candle with the most wonderful scent. Whilst paying she had a conversation with the assistant who mentioned that when the candle is finished the bowl can be used for cooking. They mused that it would be particularly suitable for a soufflé. If it is indeed used for a soufflé it will be a first for this mother!! Rhi and Stuart will have invited us for a meal this evening, which I know will be delicious.
Tom sent me some lovely tulips and card courtesy of Moonpig. They were delivered yesterday and the arrangement large enough for me to take some down to my Mothers grave which is about 200m away, in our village churchyard.
The weather is warm and sunny, I'm baking a chocolate cake and Tim is busy watching the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Happiness, contentment and certainly counting my blessings...
UPDATE 1: Perhaps everything in my Mothering Sunday garden isn't so rosy; instead of baking a cake it would be more accurately described as BURNING a chocolate cake. Still a covering of frosting can hide a multitude of sins! Sorry, Jean! You can find Jean at -bakinginfranglais.blogspot.co.uk
2: I love my iPad, but the blogger app is very clumsy to edit or insert links and resize pics? It won't even let me publish and then go to blogger to edit later. I think I'll revert to using windows live writer which allows me do everything I want to do, easily! There doesn't seem to be an app for live writer. Why not? There's app for almost everything else!
Your children do better than I manage. I'm impressed that Tom remembers Mothers Day living in a foreign country. I never manage to remember what date it is in Australia, because it's different to France and the UK.
ReplyDeleteI suspect Tom's had a reminder from someone! Perhaps his sister, or a female British friend in Japan. I doubt very much that his father was aware that the day was approaching.. ;o)
DeleteI am sure Tim would have remembered! C
ReplyDeleteYou've more faith in Tim's memory than I have!!
DeleteSounds like you have lovely children, well they were children once! Have a great week Diane
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DeleteSoufflés are apparently not as tricky as they look......!!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't know as I have never attempted one!
And I have never tried doing a blog post using the iPad, that looks way too fiddly too !!
I'm glad you had a nice day. Mother's day is the only time that the loss of my own mother still seems quite raw. She died twelve years ago and I think about her every day, but this is the day that it really comes home to me as I wish she was still here so I could spoil her rotten. There is no grave I can put flowers on either as her ashes were scattered on a beach in Cornwall which is what she wanted.
It's always a day of mixed feelings for me too. I wish I could offer you some comfort but it can sometimes be very hard to follow the wishes of a loved one. Your mother will, I'm sure, know you loved her, but perhaps not how much you would miss her.
ReplyDeleteLovely post, Gaynor - I'm so glad you enjoyed Mother's Day. I'm glad too, to see such lovely Moonpig flowers! I sent my mum the rose and freesia bunch, which arrived on Friday, and she hasn't stopped telling me how wonderful they are yet!! (I have to phone a lot this weekend because it's my mum, my dad and my sister's birthday all within a day of each other!)
ReplyDeleteI have made a souffle before now. They're not too difficult but not that exciting either in my opinion....
It wasn't Mother's Day here in Spain - I think it's sometime in June. I think a candle and some flowers would suit me down to the ground...I'll start the hints soon.
Axxx
I love my ipad but not for blogging, useless for that!
ReplyDeleteHello Gaynor. It was lovely to hear from you again. We celebrate Mother's Day in May over in Australia. I'll try not to burn the chocolate cake. I'm sure it was delicious! A pity about the iPad and blogger. Hopefully they will improve this.
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