2022 - What I did today

My Grandma suddenly developed a new problem at the weekend and died yesterday morning. I've been up at her house with my parents since yesterday afternoon, and we'll stay into tomorrow as well.

It's very hard to walk around her garden and see 50 years' worth of her hard work that she will never see again. Her garden and natural history were her great passions in life and she planted everything in that garden apart from the grass, a few ancient apple trees, some violets, and the alkanet that she tried so hard to remove.

I saw her exactly a week before she took ill, and she said how pleased she was that I'd taken after her by having a garden. I doubt I can live up to her garden standard, but I'm glad to have that connection.

My Mum thinks my Grandma would really want me to take some plants for my garden. It's too soon right now, but with the passage of time, I hope I will feel able to think about taking cuttings, or saving seed, or dividing clumps, etc. It certainly would be nice to know that I have plants of hers living on.