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Sundays, Back In The Day

Sunday roast, back in the day, would bring an unnatural amount of condensation to the kitchen window. We could never really tell if it was the cooking that made the day look grey and dull outside, or if it was the steam from the potatoes boiling before they were roasted.

Dinner on Sunday was always a big thing, Mam would spend hours slaving way. Peeling Potatoes, Washing the vegetables, slicing the meat. Dad would come in from Golf and maybe read the paper, or go our and do a bit in the Garage. All the brothers would mingle around the house like lost souls. Drifting from one room to another as they waited to be fed.

After dinner we would go and see Nana & Lala. My fathers parents.  As they were getting older, they no longer drove into Wicklow with (Under Construction)

 

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