On a wet afternoon during the recent half term, The Boy and I headed into Marylebone and The Sherlock Holmes Museum. The two of us made up half of the total numbers of visitors. 🙂 Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson lived at 221b Baker Street from about 1881-1904. Apartment 221b was on the first floor … Continue reading The Sherlock Holmes Museum
On the day that eating indoors in restaurants and cafés was allowed again, a friend and I had Afternoon Tea. 🙂 I included a print out of my Mass Observation Diary (which happened before Afternoon Tea, but no matter). Dominic Cummings appeared before a parliamentary committee and let rip - it was fascinating to watch … Continue reading Covid-19 | The Journal, Part 16
I treated the day like a Day on the Life entry and my key word was detail. I wrote the timed entries without much thought to structure. For our cast of characters, I promoted The Brainy One to The Doctor. 🙂 I couldn't resist including a photo of Tilly and part of a scrapbook page. … Continue reading Mass Observation Diary | 12 May 2021
The easing of lockdown across England began - Tilly and I met friends in the park, we met The Best Friends at Basildon Park, there were three haircuts and The Brainy One and I received our second doses earlier then expected. 🙂 i stitched the journaling card along the edge of the page protector. I … Continue reading Covid-19 | The Journal, Part 15
While The Boy and I are reasonably happy to venture into town, we're not going in that far and we're choosing to go early before the shops open. I love Mayfair for its historic architecture (The Boy is ambivalent about the area), although many original buildings have been stripped back to their facades only, with … Continue reading Weekday Walk | Mayfair
It was quite a week: All three of us had a haircut :)The Boy endured surgery on his toe :(We had lunch al fresco with my SiLWe learned that demolition of a property near us is imminent and that redevelopment of the site is due to begin in June. While we're glad something is actually … Continue reading Me on Monday
The third volume of the Covid journal is filling up ... I added a couple of postcards which made me smile. 🙂 (I've done a lot of lolling on the bed with Netflix on my laptop and Tilly next to me for company.) More stories about the EU's response to the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. The … Continue reading Covid-19 | The Journal, Part 14
Non-essential shops reopen today :)All three of us have appointments for haircutsThe Boy and I are planning another Weekday Walk in townThe Boy and I are planning a visit to his favourite bookstoreThe garden update is proceeding as plannedWe've made arrangements to see my SiL and our friends again - twice in two weeks!We visited … Continue reading Me on Monday
On the 12th May 2021, the Mass Observation Archive will be repeating its annual call for day diaries, capturing the everyday lives of people across the UK. The written diaries will be stored in the Archive at The Keep and be used by a wide range of people for research, teaching and learning. If there … Continue reading Mass Observation Day Project 2021
The grimness continued with a astonishing threat from the EU. I don't usually swear when scrapbooking but, really ...? It's paired with grief at the loss of a wonderful man. I included Captain Sir Tom's obituary and a photo of Number 10 with the Union flags at half-mast. 😦 I also included a cartoon and … Continue reading Covid-19 | The Journal, Part 11
