Enough is enough ! For too long I have wallowed in this empty nest … The fledgling has grown, she has her own life, nest and home comforts.  Her home in the UK is a bolt hole, nonetheless loved and sometimes longed for, but not Home! I agree and have no regrets; I really don’t! The transition has been long and sometimes painful; but in the main a pleasant journey especially as we begin to plan our third visit to Brazil in the summer.  

However, these recent shocks: my mother’s death, my daughter’s return to Rio,  no matter how well we plan this it is always a tender time, then there was the accident, these have taken their toll.  

Emotionally it has been exhausting and practically too. My creative stuff went on hold; in its very new and treasured condition it could not have endured the festivities and…