Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

It has not been an easy morning, following long and strange night. It is odd how we can go through the most unusual situations and still face the day with every appearance of normality sometimes. We are a resilient species on the whole.
So, after a long night and a very early start, I was home early from my son’s and set about finishing the jobs interrupted yesterday by the recalcitrant washing machine, re-stuffing the sofa cushions into their newly washed covers that, temporarily at least, smell fresh and clean… and not of Ani. The small dog, in helpful mode, decided to plump the cushions for me. Sadly, she seemed intent on doing so by sitting on each of the ones I was struggling to re-stuff. It made life a tad difficult. Funny, but difficult.

It reminded me of the day I tried to lay the carpet here alone. My…