{"id":6427,"date":"2021-09-26T11:57:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T11:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/?p=6427"},"modified":"2021-09-26T11:57:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T11:57:28","slug":"sunday-26-september-life-and-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-26-september-life-and-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 26 September – Life and Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn\u2019t post a blog last week and we didn\u2019t achieve as much as we\u2019d hoped in the previous 7 days as life has a way of throwing you occasionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Very sadly, David\u2019s mum passed away quite suddenly and unexpectedly, and we thought that he would go back to the UK to be with his dad.  In the end, David\u2019s sister and family were able to spend some time with his dad and David will return shortly to spend some time with them before and after the funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David was very close to his mum, and she, with David\u2019s dad, had spent lots of time with us at Kergudon.  Regrettably, with the travel restriction of the last 18 months, we had not seen them in person since November 2019 and while they spoke frequently online, it is very sad that it had been so long since the last time we had been in their company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result we had to change a couple of things we wanted to do, including a party to celebrate David\u2019s recent significant birthday which adds to the sadness of the timing of his mum\u2019s passing.  We have been very touched by the messages of support and kindness from our friends and Mercedes was very kind (as ever) when we visited the following day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, David\u2019s Mum wasn\u2019t the only sad news we received in the last week as another friend, who we had made since moving to France, was recently diagnosed with cancer and is currently undergoing treatment in Landerneau.\u00a0 We were at least able to visit the hospital and spend some time with them last week, and will do so again while they are there.\u00a0 We are hoping they make a full recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With these events our activities here are very much put into perspective.\u00a0 I did manage to progress the hedge cutting that I had been undertaking.\u00a0 I am happy with what I achieved and, while there are a couple of short lengths of hedge uncut, they can wait until the spring without a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am pleased that I managed to give our wisteria its biannual taming.\u00a0 The larger it gets, the harder the late summer trim is getting as its vines get under the slates and between the stones.\u00a0 Next year I am tempted to visit it more frequently to minimise the number of shoots getting under the roof and train them a little earlier where we want them to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n