Afternoon with friends.

I picked up my friend R who lives just up the road, giving her the envelope of poppy seeds I’d collected. We were going to spend the afternoon with our other friend, M, who used to live in our road, but moved a few years ago..
She moved with her husband into a lovely one bedroom apartment (It always feels like a hotel.) about a 20 minute drive away.
She moved as her husband couldn’t manage stairs anymore and the house was too big.
He wasn’t very well being in the mid stages of having Alzheimer’s.
It is more secure there.
He died a couple of years ago.
A very welcoming hospitable person, she had made us a lovely Pavlova with strawberries and pouring cream to accompany the mouthwatering treat!
We had arrived at 14:30 and left at 18:00!
Not long after I’d got home having dropped R up the road another friend arrived with some sad news.
He then stayed for awhile.
Our prayers are with him and his family this evening.