Mothers' Day.

Today is Mothering Sunday and I was delighted to get a bouquet from Vytas and a planted basket from Romas. Those helped to lift my mood which can be quite low on Mothers' Day. Not helped by the fact that due to Peter's coughing and snoring along with the usual aches and pains I haven't slept well for the last few nights. As usual I found myself filled with sadness at how little contact we have with the boys. Busy lives and distance mean that visits are rare and I guess you never appreciate your parents until it is too late. 

Peter got all the breakfast ready and did the washing up which is my job, which was nice.

Usually going out with the walking group helps to distract me but there was no walk today. It seems that the walk was changed to yesterday because of the weather but there was no information either via e-mail (which is how we know where to meet) or the WhatsApp where I saw a few other people wondering what was going on. Some people were going to meet up anyway but by that time it was raining and I decided not to bother. 

It had rained on and off all morning but at mid-day, just after low tide, I decided to go for a beach walk. 

First I had a wander around the rock pools and amused myself by looking for silly images amongst the natural objects.

It didn't take much imagination to turn these stones into a fat cartoon penguin.

From the rock pools I walked up along the edge of the water enjoying watching the foam and bubbles being blown across the wet sand.

I walked to the end of this little cove before turning back and heading home.

I spent the rest of the afternoon replacing the zip in a pair of black leggings. All by hand as I wouldn't trust myself or my machine for the job.

Right at the end of the afternoon there was a bit of blue sky and then some golden light as the sun went down.