Oh to be a fly on the walk or an iPhone with a video recorder. As I cook for a pizza party and survey the carrots growing in the tyres that we rescued from the side of Mill Road

Mum is entertaining two of her “girlfriends” – all of them 90 plus but full of life and laughter and wisdom. Friends for over 70 years. I called mum to ask if anyone had a phone that could take photographs. The only one who had such a phone had left it at home. What a pity. May they continue to enjoy themselves with or without pictures.