Huge (((Hug))) Maw and all good wishes possible. Wish we could be there with you holding your hand.
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Maw, another setback 
sending my best wishes, be kind to yourself.
Apologies to everyone I haven't mentioned but I must go to water my garden after a beautiful sunny day here in London. DGS's other Grandma has arrived to take over duties this week so all I have to do tomorrow is clean the house 
BTW Galen what news of your awful neighbours? Have they met a frozen leg of lamb yet? 
soop just like buses those DGGC are coming two together! Many congratulations to you and the family, especially the pregnant parents Excellent news about Rory too 
N&G those boys just have the loveliest smiles and I agree with soop - the photo of them on the tree stump seat deserves an honorary position on your wall
Greyduster fantastic photos of the heather, what a wonderful colour it is. Before I moved here I had some thriving heather in a rock garden beside my fishpond. I bought some plants for my London garden but they didn't even thrive let alone flourish. Too much pollution I expect
morethan it sounds as though your sense of distance is a coping mechanism and I can fully understand that. You and your family are in my thoughts 
aggie and ann until someone has lived with/cared full-time for a person with dementia it is easy to dismiss the illness as just forgetting things at times, but oh! the reality is so much more and so exhausting. I have nothing but praise and heartfelt best wishes for everyone in your situation
Maw you dear, dear person. That must have been awful for you to find Paw collapsed, no wonder you are worried. I can only add my own thoughts and good wishes to everyone else's that the light at the end of the tunnel was NOT an oncoming train xx
That's really worrying news about paw, thinking of you maw as you watch, wait and hope for better news of your lovely man. So many have such tough situations to cope with in family life. Who knows what the future holds for any of us. I hope that if such difficulties come my way I'll be able to demonstrate the courage, dignity and humour that I so often see from folk here.
greyduster, beautiful photos, we've noticed that the moors round here are also looking especially colourful this year. We walked around a local reservoir today. Despite all the rain we've had lately there were sheep grazing in an area that is sometimes full of water! We've enjoyed having dd4 here for the weekend. She's surviving without her lovely boyfriend and manages to talk to him every week via WhatsApp + texts every day, amazing considering he's volunteering in a remote part of Kenya!
Gearing up for 3 days of granny duties, the girls (10 &8) have requested a return visit to Brimham Rocks, full of potential for disaster climbing opportunities and fun, but very bad for my blood pressure! If I don't gone back, please send a search party!
I love chicken like that, Ann - the more stewed the better, so I'll have some! We are having chicken this evening. We have been walking today and nearly had lunch out, except when we got to the pub, their internet connection has been out of order for twelve days so the card machine is not working. We did the mobile equivalent of searching down the back of the sofa and DH managed to come up with twenty five pounds and fifty five pence - I came up with another five pence! It wasn't going to be enough, so we gave up and just had a drink. The heather was magnificent today - the best we have seen it for some years. It seems determined to make a comeback against the invading bracken? I will post a couple of photos. The man in the wrinkly trousers is DH.
Maw I am sorry that you seem to have gone back a few squares with Paw. Here's hoping he can make up lost ground. ?
Soop I realise that I haven't commented on any of your recent good news regarding impending great grandchildren. I am thrilled for you; you must be in a welter of anticipation. Congratulations!?
Well cooked chicken? Yumm. Send some over here ann. I relented in the supermarket and bought beef topside for us today, gave in to the mournful expression hovering to my right. Mr C loves it. Me? Well, give me over cooked chicken any day .
Oh dear Maw one step forward and two back. So sorry to hear about the latest trip to hospital. I thought that things were maybe settling at home with the carers coming as needed and Paw perhaps feeling marginally better again having been hydrated. for you but you need a holiday. I appreciate that is on the far horizon if non existent.
Where to begin. What to say. I'm stumped for the right words.
My heart goes out to our dear Maw and PAW, ann Morethan and aggie. The stresses that you are living and doing your very best to cope with, could happen to any one of us with little or no warning. On reading your messages I cannot imagine being in your shoes. There's little or no let-up...yet cope you must and continue to hope that there will be improvement no matter how slight. I wish that I could do something useful and practical.
Nana&G Lovely photos of two darling boys. I would have to have the photo of them perched on the tree bench enlarged and framed. It's super special.
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