I had decided to treat my lovely mum and dad for their Golden Wedding anniversary (and dad's birthday) with a reminder of Somerset and all it's glories by sending them a Kitchen Table Posy of English cut flowers from the amazingly talented ladies at Common Farm Flowers.
I was a little disappointed that I wouldn't get to see the actual bunch itself, as they basically cut, arrange and send what is ready and lovely that day, although I knew the general feel would be relaxed and 'country flowers' style, there would be no way of knowing what different types of flowers and foliage would actually go into creating it. Mum's getting better with her mobile phone achievements but I did think that trying to get her to send me a photo message might stretch her a bit too much!
As it turned out, I ended up being here when they were delivered...due to dad having a 'turn' of undiagnosed nature in the supermarket cafe, blacking out and collapsing, Delboy Trotter style, straight backwards and ending up in hospital with a fractured skull and severe concussion. Thus resulting in an extremely late solo dash up the jolly old M5 and M1 for me to Sheffield last night, arriving shortly after 1am, to give mum a hand with sorting him out.
The flowers arrived promptly at 8am - poor unsuspecting delivery man, delivering to a household full of extremely bleary eyed inhabitants, who had completely forgotten all about the 'special occasion' for which they had been ordered...oh well, the stuff of life I suppose!
But they are so beautiful, and the scent! It has lifted our day completely to pass by and see this thing of delight on the table. As the day has gone on and the patient dramatically improved, we have appreciated them more and more.
It obviously takes more than a bash on the head to fell an ex-Royal Marine Commando...no medical explanation has been found for his random collapse but a heartfelt gratefulness for the thoughtfulness, swift action and care shown by the Asda staff at the Handsworth store as well as the professionalism, as always, of the ambulance service xxx
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