Happy birthday, Monty!
Hang on in there, Strops. Maybe the fact that you didn't rush over has allowed DD time to take stock and make some grown-up decisions for herself. Hopefully getting back onto her meds will stabilise her thoughts.
Sending best wishes to the empty nesters. It's not something that I've ever really given any thought to (DS currently has no plans to go to uni). I read a statistic recently which gave the average age of a son leaving home as 34. 
That means, for every son that leaves at 24, there's one still in situ at 44. I must say, I've always regarded DS as particularly helpless domestically, but this changed slightly today - we went to collect him from work and found him closing the cafe on his own because his colleague had left early - he was busy clearing out the cake cabinets, washing up, sweeping....we did give him a hand but I was quite impressed that two teenagers manage this alone every week. He keeps his skills well-hidden at home, though, possibly because it's so convenient if mum does it. 
Well done on the bulbs, BTM. I have at least walked around the garden to see what needs digging out. Borders are overrun with an infestation of perennial geraniums (the ones with small purple flowers which come up in darling little cushions in the spring, then by September are lolling everywhere in huge, stringy drifts). Also there is a huge amount of something the previous owner put in - it comes up, throws out some weedy flowers in an unpleasant shade of yellow, then falls over. I have decided what needs doing, but made no plans to actually do it.
at Walthamstow bus station! I think it's quite a nice picture, though maybe not for the same reasons as mini-Herbs.
NU - I am looking wistfully at your pics and wishing we were still there. DD1 has put together an amazing video/photo montage of our whole holiday and I keep rewatching it. Hope DV is enjoyable - DH and I went there in 1999. It is indeed on the warm side.
Hi DQ and Flora - nice to see you.