Fathers Day

Dad used to grow carnations and geraniums but at Christmas he would always buy Mum a dozen red roses. It is quite fitting then that a red rose (bought as a present for our Ruby Wedding Anniversary) is flowering in our garden today as we remember him with love.

Buckets Full Of Love

The cold winter may have held back the growth of spring flowers but there was no shortage on sale this weekend at several places in town and many like this one on Bath Street had blooms by the bucketful.


The reason of course is that tomorrow is Mothering Sunday not to be confused with the American Mother's Day which is in May. Other countries celebrate Mother's Day at various times during the year but Mothering Sunday is a Christian celebration that always falls on the fourth Sunday in Lent. Whatever the date and wherever you are, a simple gift of flowers to your mother has the same meaning around the world - love.