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Friday 1 May I have really neglected the blog of late. I guess, thirty odd days in, that things have become what is being referred to as the ‘new normal’ and very little has changed. But the situation does move on albeit rather subtly and I will backtrack through the days and recap as bestContinue reading “Day 42”

Thursday 30 April Boris Johnson has been on the telly again to day doing the daily briefing from 10 Downing Street. He announced that we have avoided the “tragedies other countries have suffered” and yet some project that fatalities in the UK might hit 40k or more. That would make us one of the worstContinue reading “Day 41”

Wednesday 29 April It has been a momentous day in the UK for all the wrong reasons. The death toll from Covid-19 has hit 26,000. I remember back at the start of this that the government and SAGE said that if we suffered under 20,000 deaths then we would have done well. The most troublingContinue reading “Day 40”

Tuesday 21 April Another ‘school day’ under lockdown with Lisa in school, kids working in their rooms and me working downstairs with Mabel keeping me company. Very windy but still wall-to-wall sunshine with birds queuing up to get to the food; also in line is a brazen grey squirrel and ‘Fat Pigeon’ as kids fondlyContinue reading “Day 32”

Monday 30 April A new working week in lockdown (the second period) starts and I feel I am starting to find my stride with this blog thing. Italy are starting to lift restrictions and my brother and sister-in-law were able to venture out a little which made me realise how fortunate we have been inContinue reading “Day 31”

Sunday 19 April Really fierce hayfever today; one of the downsides (the only one?!) of having a warm and dry spring is that the trees and shrubs have a flowering field-day and the blustering winds whip the pollen around like an invisible dust storm. Sitting in the back garden (probably unwise re the above) IContinue reading “Day 30”

Saturday 18 April The past few days have seen it get a little chillier with air coming in from the north-east which has an effect on things; the trees are not used to bending and reaching in a different direction so you can hear them creak and rub against each other making our walks aContinue reading “Day 29”

Friday 17 April Got some upsetting news today; being at home I think helped me work it through and then pass it on to the rest of the family. It made me reflect on how, in the day-to-day hustle and bustle, we don’t have the time to mentally digest and manage bad news when itContinue reading “Day 28”

Thursday 16 April The Shed. This is one of the most wonderful places to any household that is lucky to have one; it is a storage place for old things or items not needed at the time but are too important to throw away. You might need it in the future, it was expensive toContinue reading “Day 27”

Wednesday 15 April I saw my first ever Green Woodpecker today flying across the freshly ploughed field down our lane. It swoops like a washing line propped up in the middle using what seems like a split second of flapping but is probably about twenty wingbeats each time. Our lesser-spotted woodpecker is a regular visitorContinue reading “Day 26”