Monday of week 4 was very frustrating as, for some reason I don’t understand, I couldn’t edit anything in my blog so couldn’t get last week’s post published! So I turned back to my jigsaw (Red Square in Moscow) and having started on the sky I had difficulty getting anywhere with it. Pieces are similar…
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Lockdown – week 3
So here we are on week 3. The weather was supposed to be sunny all week so I planned it as a gardening week, but it hasn’t quite turned out like that. Monday was the day for our book group, so we had decided to do it by email. The book was “The Secret Barrister”…
Lockdown week 2
I suppose that week 2 really that starts on Tuesday, but I am running Monday to Monday – assuming I remember what day of the week it is! Haven’t we been fortunate with the weather? Dry, sunny and warm last week and still dry and sometimes sunny this week even if it is colder. Still…
Lockdown, week 1 and before
Several of my friends have been “self-isolating” since before the lockdown as they are vulnerable for one reason or another, so there has been more than a week of non-normal activity. We are having to work out how to cope. There seem to be a few important areas to consider: social contact, exercise, keeping busy…
Go on a Calligraphy Course
I have thought for some time that it might be fun to learn calligraphy, so when I saw that hf had a weekend calligraphy course I booked for it. I was concerned that I might have to buy the kit, but the notes said that everything was provided, so that was good. Then the father…
Enjoy…..
…..completing my latest jigsaw. It was interesting to do and I liked the picture when complete, too. I am also really enjoying my amaryllis. It was a Christmas present and has grown well. It really lives on the kitchen windowsill and I think it smiles at me when I go into the kitchen and makes…
Eat Brussels Sprouts
I never eat Brussels sprouts unless I really have to – even at Christmas. But I have been eating these. My great-niece obviously does like sprouts as she told me that she and her cousin (my younger great-nephew) had a “sprout off” at Christmas – who could eat the most, I assume? She said: he…
Twin my toilet!
Toilet twinning is an initiative of Tear Fund. The idea is to pay a certain amount and this goes towards a project in a fairly remote area where villagers are brought together and consider working to improve their lives. They start by making suggestions and working towards projects they think they need. As they gain…
Walking and Sightseeing – St Ives II
There were different places to visit in the second half of my hf holiday in St Ives. The next day, Wednesday, we went by coach to the Geevor Tin Mine. On getting there we were able to leave our bags in a room and then had to pay and get our hard hats. We had…
Walking and Sightseeing – St Ives I
Another hf holiday, but it didn’t start that well as I had booked a 1st Class train ticket by “advanced purchase” and I had to change at Westbury. When I got to Westbury I found that the train I was supposed to get was cancelled! Eventually found a nice man who worked out that I…