Kindness and Grace

We’ve all been down to Devon this week, to attend the funeral of Mr Uphilldowndale’s aunt N; a lady of great kindness and grace, regular readers may remember her lovely 90th birthday party last year.

Aunt N was the consummate hostess, she would very much have approved of the  glorious flowers in the village hall, arranged by her friends; the delicious tea (especially the cakes)

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and of her beloved church being so abundantly decorated

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for the harvest festival,

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The peel of church bells to celebrate her life  that rang  out true and clear across the estuary, was perfect, just perfect…