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
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
The 3Q of 2020's album is now complete. 🙂 July: was all about the long-overdue haircut. August: was all about our road trip to South Lakeland. In order to accommodate all the photos into what looks like a single 12x12 spread, I went back to the brilliant class from Shimelle, 4x6 Photo Love. I made … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2021 | 12 in 20 #3
Week 49: We went early with the Christmas decorations. The Boy Child captured a beautiful sunrise as he waited for the bus to school. I made the first batch of cranberry sauce. The double-issue of Radio Times went on sale. London's West End was looking very festive and there was a glorious sunset. Week 50: … Continue reading Project Life Revisited | Weeks 49 and 50
As we begin one of my favourite months of the year, let's look at November unravelled: 26 days of a national lockdown for England. 4 pieces of Happy Mail sent. 11 Christmas gifts wrapped. 1 cyber crop with The Best Friend. 13 traditional scrapbook pages created. 2 haircuts. 30 sessions of online Pilates. 15 online … Continue reading Month in Numbers | November 2020
On Thursday, 5 November, England moved into a month-long lockdown. Shops and businesses classed as non-essential have been ordered to close until early December. There is obviously no guarantee that Lockdown 2.0 won't be further extended into January 2021. Over the first few days on November, I made a short list of things to purchase … Continue reading Life in Lockdown 2.0 | What Are Your Essential Non-Essentials?
How did October pan out in these weird times? Let's see what the numbers had to say: 46 walks with Tilly. 4 haircuts. 5 visits with family members. Another month with Covid-19 restrictions in place across the UK. London has now spent 15 days in Tier 2 - High. I fully expect another national lockdown … Continue reading Month in Numbers | October 2020
Back in April, as well as reaching out to friends around the world for their thoughts on lockdown, I also wrote a short piece about my own lockdown experiences. Six months on, I've written another, so grab a cuppa and pull up a chair. As I type this, London currently sits in Tier 2 - … Continue reading Covid-19 | Life in Lockdown – At Home Revisited
Week 37: Everything this week was centered around The Boy Child returning to school ... 🙂 Two other highlights were another haircut (which I'm never taking for granted ever again) and a visit to Sywell for a day hanging out with The Brother. Week 38: I picked up the latest offering from J K Rowling … Continue reading Project Life Revisited | Weeks 37 and 38
Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine the word I chose last December would become so synonymous with all of 2020. There was only ever going to be one event for July - the long-overdue haircut. For August, I chose Gummer's Howe as my pause moment:
