All Girls Together!

I've had such a lovely day today. Three of my cousins, who I haven't seen for 8 years, came for the day arriving for coffee this morning and leaving after afternoon tea for their two-hour-plus car journey home. It's amazing how we can seem to pick up where we left off, though there is still much catching up to do. I'm the one in dark blue in the photo above - we're all on the cuddly side! It fascinates me how different they are (two of them are sisters) but then my own daughters are all very different - and yet in some ways we have so much in common aside from our relationship to each other.

In this photo three of my daughters joined us - there was much reminiscing and shrieks of laughter as you might imagine, as well as one or two sad recollections. I looked on these cousins as the sisters I always wanted, being an only child. We definitely mustn't leave it so long before our next get-together and it's my turn to do the travelling next time.

I had set my alarm clock for 7.30 this morning but was woken at 5.30 by the cat - it's alright for him as he sleeps all day anyway but I didn't get back to sleep again. He'll be in trouble if he does it again. I'm off now for an early night - visibly wilting.