Year: 2020

Another early morning walk with Ellie. Even at 5.30, there were plenty of dog walkers, all preventing walking their dogs in the heat of the day. Mum seagull was squawking at me when I walked past.

A quick shop early to buy some more bean sticks and a few plants for the garden!

Mal went to the allotment on his own in the afternoon, it was too hot to be working down there. He brought peas home.

I have to admit to eating a lot while podding them!

I cooked a Mexican Tuna Casserole for dinner. I always laugh because it was the first meal I cooked for Mal and I think that is what he fell in love with!

It’s now been confirmed the whole world has gone mad! All the DFL’s heading for the coast in their thousands, have they forgotten about the pandemic?! I’ll say no more, maybe I am the only person with this opinion.  Are we waiting for another spike now?

Thought for the Day – “Simple rule in life: If you wouldn’t like it done to you, do’t do it to others.”

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Early morning walk with Ellie, just the two of us…Mal was still asleep! I really don’t want to walk Ellie when it is too hot. Anyway, it is the best part of the day but a lot more dog walkers avoiding the heat today! I spotted yet another moorhen nest. The little ones are growing as are the baby seagulls on the roof of the house next to the cemetery.

The allotment again in the afternoon, we can’t leave it this weather. I spent the time watering and weeding as I went. We have so much fruit and it won’t be long until the blackcurrants are ready too. This is just today’s raspberries, we pick at least the same every day! I also have the first courgette. I told Mal I have always been good at growing them, so I was pleased mine appeared first!

One day I will have clean nails! I do scrub them but I am no good at wearing gloves, I need to feel the soil!

Thought for the Day – “Sometimes you just have to remove people without warning. We’re getting too old to be explaining what they already know they’re doing wrong.”

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I went shopping believing there wouldn’t be any queues…there were queues so it was a short shopping trip!

I stayed in the garden in the afternoon and tidied it and look what I found. He did make me jump but we don’t have a pond, so not sure where he came from.

I also up-cycled a pine chair.

Thought for the Day – “Never disrespect your gut instinct. You are not paranoid. Your body can pick up on bad vibrations. If something deep inside you says something is not right, about a person, or situation, then trust it.” ~ Kirsten Butler

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In the afternoon, we went to the allotment. It was hard work and it was starting to look a little like a jungle so we had to chop down all the grass at the side.  We had well over 2 kilo of soft fruit to bring home and that was not including the ones we ate while we were there!! Of course more watering.

Tris came round in the evening, he was going to come on Father’s Day but it all got complicated. It was lovely to see him so we all distanced in the garden and had fish and chips for dinner.

Thought for the Day – “Accept both compliments and criticism. It takes both sun and rain for a flower to grow.” ~ Kapeesh Bajbaj

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I walked Ellie early as I thought it was going to be hot…it wasn’t!

Father’s Day and so I took some fresh flowers round to Torin’s grave. I am sure the twins would have done it had they been able.

We went to Lou and Rhys’s for a buffet lunch. We took a few tasty morsels including a samosa pie I baked which everyone seems to love! Mal did very well with presents and cards!

We sat in the garden and were fascinated with this sparrow who has made his nest in the soffit board in their house .

This just shows what lock down has done to our family!!

We had a lovely day.

Thought for the Day – “Remember when you forgive you heal. And when you let go, you grow.”

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I went shopping, never again on a Saturday. I queued everywhere for everything but I needed some things for tomorrow and they had to be fresh. My hands are now painful and peeling from keep using sanitizer.

Mal watered the allotment in the afternoon while I did some baking. We watched the Hammers game…they lost! Enough said.

Thought for the Day – “Three things can not be long hidden: The Sun, The Moon and The Truth.” ~ Buddha

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We went to Minnis Bay. It didn’t forecast rain but it did rain, in between bouts of sunshine. There were very few people down there.

We made a booking for Wingham Wildlife Park as we are annual members there as well. No mention there of having 3 months added on and it was nowhere nearly as well organised as Howletts. We didn’t stay long and under present circumstances we much prefer Howletts, well we prefer it under any circumstances!

The chimps made us laugh, they love young kids and this one kept banging on the window.

We have discovered that they now sell Solley’s (Kentish) Ice Cream . It is my favourite and if you are having the calories of an ice cream, you should have the best or not bother!!

We had a lovely evening with Lou and Rhys for a Turkish night. Rhys cooked kofte and much more and Ollie made a lovely Mediterranean  salad.

After dinner we all watched the Man U v Spurs game. Even with the crowd “background noise” on , we all decided it just wasn’t the same. It was a draw anyway.

Thought for the Day – “Listen and silent are spelled with the same letters. Think about that.”

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