It was a week where the sun came out again and temperatures rose. 🙂 I ventured on to the Tube for the first time in a few weeks I had a routine appointment for a blood testTilly and I met two friends in the garden of our favourite local caféI booked tickets for the photography … Continue reading Me on Tuesday
One of the UFOs on my list for this year's 100 Day Project was to finish a 6x8 album about our long weekend in South Lakeland last Summer. I'd added a bunch of photos and then put it aside. To complete the album, I used journaling and filler cards from In a Creative Bubble and … Continue reading Lakeland Weekend Album
On Monday, 17th May, we (those of us in England) were allowed back indoors in restaurants, cafés, pubs, cinemas and theatres. 🙂 Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon, Fortnum and Mason At 14.30 on Monday, 17 May, a friend and I sat down to an early Afternoon Tea in the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon in Fortnum and … Continue reading Afternoon Tea at Fortnum and Mason
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
Basildon Park is a National Trust property near Pangbourne in Berkshire and we'd arranged to meet The Best Friends there. It was the first time we'd seen each other in person since the visit to the reindeer. Sitting elegantly in 400 acres of historic parkland and gardens, this 18th-century house was purchased by Lord and … Continue reading A Socially-Distanced Visit to Basildon Park
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
It's been a fab few days here ... The Postie delivered the latest offering from Mhairi McFarlane. 🙂 The Brainy One and I tackled the weeding and replanting in our front garden. We met up with my SiL to walk our dogs together and then had lunch in her garden. We revisited Hughenden. We enjoyed … Continue reading Me on Tuesday
Did March turn out to be marvellous? Let's see what the numbers made of it: 4 doses of the vaccine received by family members (including me) 🙂 83 days spent in the 3rd national lockdown for England. 1 year of Covid-19 restrictions in place across the whole of the UK. 3 cyber crops with The … Continue reading Month in Numbers | March 2021
I'm finding things a wee bit emotional today ... British Summer Time is here.England is emerging from the 3rd nationwide lockdown (which began on 5th January).I have a date to meet two friends for a walk with Tilly. :)The Brainy One and I are meeting my lovely SiL for a walk in the woods with … Continue reading Me on Monday
I did not think that when I began keeping a scrapbook about the Covid-19 pandemic I would be on the 3rd album ... Great news about the vaccine rollout - both for the country and me personally. 🙂 The Boy has to be tested twice a week as a condition of being able to return … Continue reading Covid-19 | The Journal, Part 13
