Breaking Up

Had a good day in the garden yesterday pulling up ground elder and snipping and chopping.  Why is it that plants struggle, but that pesky old ground elder just keeps growing and growing.......also managed to get the first cut of the year in for the grass.  Ah, life's circle - talking of which.
We have a garden table and six chairs.  Two for us, two for mum and dad and two for daughter and husband.  Now one of the chairs, and only one, is starting to break down and crumble from the inside.  So soon there will only be 5.  Dave said, almost symbolic of my dad there - he is also breaking down and crumbling from the inside out.  So this is Dad's chair.  It now sits at the bottom of the garden looking back towards the house and will stay there till it falls apart or my Dad has gone.