Mum's the word

On my Sunday cycle ride this morning I stopped off at Birkenhead Park Visitor Centre where I sat outside with a cuppa and a teacake. Nice.

I parked my bike right next to this sculpture which seemed ideal for a Mother's Day blip.

I then spent the afternoon relaxing in the garden, cutting the grass for the first time this year, reading the paper and snoozing in the sun with washing drying on the line. Nothing beats the simple pleasures!

Here's a song for my mum and all mothers, stepmothers, co-parents or similar out there in blipworld. I hope you've had a great day.

Mother Dear - The Divine Comedy

It was not that long ago it first occurred to me
That my mother was a person in her own right
Now I realise how very lucky I have been
And there, but for the grace of God, go I

Mother dear - she can see inside
Mother dear - and I've nowhere to hide
Mother dear - did I spoil your plans?
Mother dear - I do the best I can

When I was a teenager I really did believe
That my parents had adopted me
And the way I carried on they must have thought
They'd brought the wrong little baby home from maternity
I'd like to say I'm sorry but my...

Mother dear - she already knows
Mother dear - she'll never let me go
Mother dear - kept me warm and safe
Mother dear - I'll never lose my faith in mother dear

If I ever get arrested by the CIA
Because they take me for a foreign spy
They won't need no lie-detector, all they'll have to do
Is make me look into my mother's eyes

Mother dear - she can see inside
Mother dear - and I've nowhere to hide
Mother dear - kept me warm and safe
Mother dear - I'll never lose my faith in mother dear

Mother dear - did I spoil your plans?
Mother dear - I do the best I can