Hello! It’s 12.20 hr UK time and the stew is sizzling in the pressure cooker so we shall be having lunch soon.
I walked Maggie this morning on my own and met up with several people also out walking their dogs. We chatted for a few minutes and then went on our separate ways, but it was nice to have some casual conversation with familiar faces. Most people here are doing OK, having got used to the restrictions and working out new routines. Our neighbour went shopping this morning and town was dead, only 3 people in the Co-Op, so she was able to get some basic provisions. When Hubby went up for his blood test at 9.15, it was different story and queues were everywhere. She thinks it was because when she went it was Pensioner Hour. It’s her birthday tomorrow and as we can’t socialise as we’d originally intended by taking her out for a meal, if it’s nice, I’m going to do a tray of tea and biscuits and we’ll take two folding chairs out and sit on her drive singing Happy Birthday.
So, what have we been up to today?
Apart from the usual housework and preparation of our three day stew, we have been out in the garden. The Minions are now planted, having got into a good rhythm of me poking a hole in the dirt with the broom handle and Hubby dropping in an onion. We’ve planted 100 so we shall see how they do. Hopefully it will rain this afternoon, if not we shall be out with the watering can to jolly them along.
Tom and Jerry are defunct, being totally outshone by the cucumber and peppers seedlings.
The second generation in the bedroom haven’t shown their heads yet, but we only started them off a week ago.
Whilst Hubby prepared a secondary patch for our remaining Minions, I got the mower out and cut the front grass. Well, at least I think I’ve cut it, I went up and down often enough over the flattened areas. Our little mower tries its best, but struggles. Roll on when we can get Hubby’s shed and a bigger beast of the petrol variety.
Hubby will be preparing the ground for our runner beans shortly. They too will be started off indoors and the race will be on for the tallest.
Photo: April 2018.
Take care and
pensitivity101 
I am expecting my grocery delivery today, so depending on what time it gets here I will be doing some cooking to last me a few days. I am looking forward to having some grapes, I’ve been out of those for a while. Looks like a nice day here so I will also go for a walk.
Hope you get your full order Fransi. Weather here is a little undecided but Maggie will get a second walk after lunch., though she seems quite content to snooze the days away so I think she is finally accepting the new ‘norm’ and not so many. Enjoy yours.
Thanks Di. Yes, I think we are all getting used to the new normal. Enjoy yours as well.
🙂 Pics will be following shortly!
Excellent!
Hi I found your blog when I was looking for writing prompts for my blog post today, so you should get a pingback to one of your posts. Have a good day and stay safe!
Thank you so much, I saw it and your follow. Welcome to Pensitivity101!
Stay safe and well too.
Thank you! 😊
🙂 You’re welcome
We managed the grocery store today as well. Took longer to wash everything than it did to make the purchases!
I can identify with that!
You too Di.
good luck w/ the onions
Our first crop here in 2018 were lovely, but last year’s were a dead loss as they rotted from the middle. Last year was not a good year for home grown produce.
I love the idea of you sitting on your neighbours drive singing Happy Birthday 💜
It didn’t quite work out that way, but we stood on her drive instead and sang to her. We gave her some flowers and I put her card in a freezer bag which I’d covered in butterfly stickers together with a chocolate bunny and some purple and red heart shaped petals, then tied it with a purple bow. It looked really pretty.
That sounds lovely, what a beautiful idea 🌈💜
Improvisation sometimes works better
It shows that you care💜
I do Willow. i care about my friends be they neighbours or here in WP.
I do too it’s the way we are wired 😂