Little Paxton WI this afternoon

I was invited, by old friends from the u3a walking group, to give a talk to the Little Paxton Women’s Institute monthly meeting

There were 35 or more women who listened attentively and asked some good questions

I was asked to judge a table of elephants

Picking out my favourite three – I’m not exactly sure why?
I didn’t want to offend the owners of the elephants that I didn’t choose!

We went to a fabulous party this afternoon

My two second cousins have significant wedding anniversaries this week and …
Their amazing mother is 99 today

My mother met her new friend during the war when she and her parents left London to escape the bombing and moved to St Albans. They spoke to each other at the bus stop on the way to school. In 1948 Mum invited this friend to her wedding and at there l her friend met Mum’s first cousin and they dated and then got married. So mum’s friend became family. (You can read about it in my book Cohencidence).

Not only did the birthday girl dance and give a speech but she also travels to and from her home in Florida unaccompanied, uses email and WhatsApp and is beloved by her five great grandchildren.