How neat that 100 days after I began to post a picture a day to give me an aim during lockdown we reach Tynwald Day. This is our national day where our parliament, the Tynwald, traditionally meet in the open air on Tynwald Hill, where all the laws passed since last Tynwald Day must be read out in Manx and English, and anyone who wants to can ( Read more... )

Sunday School was fun - even though there were only 4 of them. We talked about worry, sharing burdens, and working together. This included making worry stones, and playing a game that involved crossing the floor standing on a sheet of newspaper - so much easier if two of you share two pieces... and they ate biscuits, drank juice, and generally ( Read more... )

I took the big curtains from the front window to the dry cleaners on Thursday. I went to pick them up this morning only to realise they are working short hours and I was almost an hour too early. As I had pole position for parking I sat in the car and read ( Read more... )

So - today I went and got my hair cut. I could have gone sometime in the past 3 or 4 weeks, but thought I would let anyone more desperate go first! It was nice to see Sharon for a gossip ( Read more... )

Today I am bringing you not a picture, but a short video. Manx National Heritage have been making short 'Museum on the Move' videos as part of their resources for children who were being schooled at home. This shows Katie, the Education Officer (who is a friend of my daughter) at Meayll Hill (Anglicised on the old metal sign as Mull Hill ( Read more... )

Today I ventured out on the bus for the first time since early March - and it was fine. The route has changed because of major road works, but at least I now know what route it takes. I went especially to call in at our little Christian bookshop where I volunteer, to get up to speed with the changes the manager has made, and also to be brought ( Read more... )

Today I went to M&S to food shop. And life here is totally back to normal - there were hardly any parking spaces! I bought a week's food and then wrote my menu list for the week as I was doing under the lockdown - I reckon it's a good habit.

I said I would show you what I bought in B&Q yesterday - here they are -


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This morning I had the urge to go out. So I drove as far south as it is possible to go without falling off the end - down to The Sound.

It was a grey, damp, day. This is the view towards The Sound from the road, about 3/4 mile away;


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Sorry - I've been missing today.

First picture is a screencap of the hourly weather forecast for today - steady temp of 13C, 90% chance of rain each hour, all wind speeds 45 -50mph.


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D-d came over this morning and we tried her wedding dress on her to make sure it still fits well. She has lost a little weight but it should be fine. We will try NYK2's on in the next week or two; she has got a little taller but I think it still the same chest size, so we may get away with it ( Read more... )