copper beeches

I am a widow of five and a half years after 50 years of happy marriage. I have three children, all happily married, six grandchildren and one greatgranddaughter. I love my family to bits. I also have some wonderful friends who helped me when I needed them most. They are still there for me after more than five years. We all, every now and again, talk about my husband David and for that I am very grateful. I love my garden and my green house. I grow a lot of plants for my daughter's school fete. She is a teacher in a special needs school. I go for meals four or five times a year with some of my old school friends, one of whom is a widow like myself. Di and I go on holidays together as we get on very well and sharing a twin room keeps the cost down. I love animals especially dogs but have to be content sharing my other daughters dog and my great granddaughters rabbit. I don't like routine housework, especially ironing, but I do like a tidy house. The dusting gets done when the sun shines! The vacuuming once a week unless I have "messy" visitors. I only wash every two weeks. I iron only when I have to,!!! I visit my Aunt in Harrogate three or four times a year (she is 96 this year). I like to think of myself as a young, very able 77 year old who lived life to the full, especially in the 50's and 60's (David and I met in '61 and married in '64 and then with David after the children flew the nest. We loved America , particularly Las Vegas Nevada and
Lake Havasu City Arizona. We used to go at least twice a year, sometimes three or four. We were not the sort of couple who could lie on the beach all day but we did go away a lot to the Costa del Sol with our friends and always had a great time. Happy days. I guess that's quite a bit about me. So bye bye.