It is necessary merely for Good People to do nothing ( Read more... )

Or, to comply with current Government advice, one friend from another household.

Yesterday C, who lives on her own but hasn't gone completely mad because she's a Key Worker (cashier at a local supermarket) came round for lunch, stayed to tea and eventually took herself off for an early night cos she'd relaxed a lot.

( Pushing the Boat Out )

Someone whose blog I read is writing more or less daily, and numbering each day. She's up to day 58, which I think sounds much, much worse.

Maybe it's because I'm having one of my not-getting-off-to-sleep nights, but I don't know what to write.  Oh, there are plenty of topics, including several to get worked up about, but . . .

( Positive Thinking . . . )

If slightly damp.

Not that we are, slightly damp I mean.  We're definitely still standing, all 3 of us.  Glory be to Almighty God!  Merely a bit tired from broken sleep (usual problem) and it being decidedly wet at times last week.  Also today.

( And . . . )

Last November when we had our last Cultural Trip in London, BiL and I had talked about the next trip.  Yesterday was IT.  We'd decided to hit South Kensington and finally take in the newly displayed Blue Whale skeleton (and other things) at the Natural History Museum and a couple of selected exhibitions at the V&A.  (Pictures do exist.  Go Google ( Read more... )

Or even straight forward copying ( Read more... )

It's that time of year again.  Alas it is also raining, but there we are.  I suppose we could always be knee-deep in snow, but with Climate Change due to Global Warming, I think it unlikely.  Yesterday it was sunny, I got out then, so suppose I shouldn't complain too much ( Read more... )

1. Oh! Dear!
2. God knows what He is doing - Always. F'rinstance
3. Seriously?  The UK electorate really thought that?  Or at least the majority of those of us who braved yesterdays torrential rains and gales to get out and vote did?
4. Wonder how long that'll last then?
5. Maybe, now, after at least four election defeats on the trot, the Labour party will sort ( Read more... )

This Saturday we stayed in.  H did a bit of shopping, twice in the end.  I made Jamaican Rice 'n' Peas* and Welsh Cakes**, then a salad for lunch.  After which I was ready to sit and knit for the rest of the day.  So I did.  That blanket still isn't finished!  Never mind, I've decided how to finish the side edges, so here goes.  Just hope I have ( Read more... )

Apparently a commuter used the time which might otherwise have been wasted by trains not showing, or otherwise delayed, productively last year. A Frau Weber knitted a scarf with different coloured stripes to reflect the length of each delay.
   
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