This
Summer we were going to have a party. Monday
was our thirty-fifth wedding anniversary and we thought we should celebrate with
friends and family.
In
March, I was reproaching myself for being late in sending out our ‘save the
date’s.
However,
Covid quickly turned my tardiness into an advantage. An anniversary party was one thing I did not
have to rearrange.
It
also changed my perspective. What we had
planned were large loud festivities.
What happened was very different.
Pascoe
came to stay and the twins visited on Sunday (travelling by Zipp Car and socially-distanced
from us). The children gave us champagne & flowers. I cooked a partially
successful vegan quiche (‘Don’t worry – I’m sure it will taste delicious.’)
which we ate in the garden. Then we went
for a long tramp around Heartwood and Nomansland where swathes of cornflowers glowed
blue against the yellow lady’s bedstraw. We came back for summer pudding made from homegrown fruit (good except
for the vintage saucer which had glued itself to the base of the pudding).
And
after all the separation from one another, it was a hugely happy occasion to be
together as a family once more. And more
than exciting enough.
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| Card by Carenza - Coral Anniversary |
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