Family Tree

I have recently been given a family tree of my mother's side of the family

I am tickled pink as last time Mum was down in Wales we spent a lot of time talking and trying to work out how relationships had come about!

Mum often talked about a certain aunt who ran a dress shop and plenty of stories of how generous she was but I had a job trying to see how she was related

I mentioned this to a cousin and she came up with the copy of a family tree that her mother had been given....the excitment!!!

It starts in 1801 with a Captain (sea I presume) and goes up until my mother's generation

I am so pleased to see the people we have talked about and

How they are related

This is a picture my cousin also let me scan

and is of my mother with her parents

and younger brother and sister. 

When I sent Mum a copy she said she hadn't seen it since she left home 60 years ago!!

I am going to the Midlands tomorrow to pick Mum up and take her down to Torquay

for a few day's holiday. 

It was supposed to have been Scotland to see her latest great grandson (9 great grandchildren now!!) but I just couldn't manage the drive this year!

   Hubby is staying behind to man the fort, with help from the family!!

 Sorry to go on about family but I am so excited at finding out these things

I took this photo on our holiday in Scotland last year and, although it is through the car window, I think she looks so happy!!

It's one of my favourite recent pictures of her!

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I realised that I didn't show you the pictures of my woodland walk

 when I had been told the bluebells were out

When the bluebells are out this is totally covered...I'll go a little further

Still no bluebells...yet

But I found

And

 lovely little group of violets in the hedgerow on the way home.

I will keep an eye out and hope to catch those bluebells another time!

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and finally.......

Thank you all so much for your kind messages and prayers.

My consultant himself (unusually for Britain) called me yesterday morning

and told me that I have to be

in Cardiff on the 3rd May for the procedure...so at last things are beginning to move

Thanks again

I so appreciate you all!!

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