Snow

There was snow here today.
It was J's Uncle John's funeral today and we drove through wintery rain and grey.

Families gather .
The boys ...the cousins... could tell stories of their times together as children long ago after struggling to recognise each other.

This is the garden of the hotel where we met just as the sun set and it started to snow.

On the way home it snowed very heavily . Our journey took three times as long as it should have. On our return home, the tall bamboo at the gate had fallen over under the weight of the snow.

Being a newcomer to the family , only 12 years of knowing, I could only observe.

But taking time tonoght to remember Dr John Watson Gibb , J's Dad's big brother.

May he rest in peace.