Jo, I'm relieved, in a way that both of our parents are not longer with us. Being over here would make things so much more difficult, but I feel your pain. I had similar with my mother.
Been a lovely, lovely warm day (sorry) and we managed to get a lot of weeding done
The donkeys are more than happy 
Grumpy feels much better for stretching, his muscle pain has eased, as I slapped on a load of deepheat and made him take a painkiller - normally unheard of.Dentist rang, appointment for next week. Could have been this week, but I'd just made an appointment to see the doc, with all our test results
Fire now lit and that's us for the night
Edited to add - he's on his knees, staring at the fire and swearing at it
Door open, just a little and then it catches, shut the door and it dies back 