It is ages since I last blogged but sadly Chas's mother died on the 20th April so we have been involved in lots of paperwork and organising since then.
Prior to her death we were busy trying to find a suitable nursing home for her to receive 24 hour care. That meant us looking at seven nursing homes before deciding on two that we felt were where she would be happiest. We took her to see our "top two" and she chose 'Farnworth Care Home' which is a lovely place with very caring staff so we moved her in on the 9th April but sadly she did not spend long in there.
We take comfort in knowing that she did not suffer any great pain and is now reunited with the love of her life, her husband, who had been greatly missed for a very long time.
She loved our garden and below are two pictures of the bluebells which form the dividing section between our two lawned areas.
Because we were so physically and mentally exhausted with all that had happened we took ourselves off to a caravan site just south of Blackpool for a couple of days. Imagine my surprise when I saw these two ducks outside our caravan (bottom picture). Chas did not believe that they were real at first as they were both fast asleep. That was until he saw the male one opening his eye.
One day I saw the male one wandering about like a lost soul. he seemed to be looking everywhere for his "wife". Thankfully he must have found her because later on they both came waddling over and I got some bread and began to feed them - what a lovely male duck - he let her eat most of it. 
Well, that's all for now. Hopefully I will post again tomorrow and play catch up with a bit of crafting. Must get on and do some card making as I am way behind with birthday cards for friends.
