Year: 2020

Another hot day and so Ellie and I were up early. We met Marley, one of her doggy friends in the field opposite. Marley’s owner is back at work, making stained glass windows in Rochester. He said Rochester was just packed yesterday.

From there a nice walk in the shade by the river. I found another moorhen nest but that one was well hidden in the reeds.

The postman knocked again and this time another card and a large envelope which the postman apologised for as it had come open in the post and they had to reseal it. Well, it wasn’t his fault but nice of him to knock.

What a lovely surprise, a birthday card and letter from Scarlet and a birthday card and letter from Jack and school photos of both of them. My goodness they are growing up.

Allotment again in the afternoon.

We sat out in the garden in the evening and played cards.

Thought for the Day – “When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen.”

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A hot day and so Ellie and I went out as soon as the sun was up. It was lovely in the shade and we walked along the edge of the river. Another very funny moorhen nest and her chicks were all swimming around.

I think my birthday may be going on all week with the erratic post. Two more birthday cards and flowers through the post! I think I have been spoilt this year.

In the afternoon we went to the allotment and it was hot but we are 4 pairs of hands missing so there is a lot of work to do plus the watering!

Thought for the Day – “Friendship is a sheltering tree.” ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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A couple more cards and some flowers arrived in the morning. The post really is messed up. Maybe I can continue my birthday all week. I have plenty of Ollie’s delicious birthday carrot cake (my favourite), that he made me, to keep me going.

Our walk with Ellie was shorter than usual as it was getting hotter. Mal watered the allotment in the afternoon.

Thought for the Day – “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” ~ Francis Bacon

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My 70th Birthday. How did that happen?! With everything that is going on with Covid, I didn’t know what we would be doing.

Milly and Sol came round in the morning to bring my present and card. It was lovely to see them. We do miss the hugs though.

We spent a lovely afternoon. More later!!!!!! Suffice to say Lou, Rhys and the kids made it the perfect birthday.

Mal did say in the photo of both of us it looks like I am his carer! That will teach him to always pull faces in front of the camera!

It seems hearing from friends that the post is still disrupted as some things haven’t arrived.

Thought for the Day – “Birthdays are good for you. Studies show that people who have more birthdays live longer.”

 

We went over to Reculver for a long walk with Ellie.

After the walk we stopped at Lou and Rhys’s and sat at the far end of their front garden and had really long chats. The time flew by.

Watering the allotment in the afternoon.

Thought for the Day – “Happiness is being content with what you have, living in freedom and liberty, having a good family life and good friends.” ~ Divyanka Tripathi

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I went shopping in the morning. A big mistake. I guess people who returned to work this week were all shopping today. I gave up at Westwood and went to Manston. There were 42 people in front of me in the queue but it wasn’t as bad as Westwood.

We spent the afternoon in the garden, enjoying the weather. My first Arthur Bell rose has blossomed, such a strong perfume. I only ever have highly perfumed roses.

I had so many in our Cyprus garden but the crickets used to nibble away on them over there.

Ollie did very well this week with his “STAR learner of the week” from school and it was Oscar last week and an excellent for his work…. a very proud Nanny, it can’t be easy home schooling with the three of them, different ages. Lou is doing so well.

Thought for the Day – “Only when normal things are not normal anymore do we realise how special normal things are.”

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Poor Lou hurt her back a couple of days ago. At least she has been able to get in touch with her doctor and has some pain relief.

We walked Ellie through the cemetery where we topped the water up in Torin’s flowers.  They managed very well in all the wind. The rose I planted next to it, has so many buds now.

We then went down by the river. It is nice that by the cricket pavilion they have fixed a dog bowl under the tap. It is such a dog friendly town.

ALERT to all my readers in the UK!!!! Temporary filling kits are getting sold out everywhere. Also someone said mouthwash kills Covid 19 (!!!) and now there has been a shortage of mouthwash!

After lunch we went to the allotment. I put some tender plants in but it seems the birds rather like them – Alan on the allotment behind us told us. I guess they will like our fruit too when that really starts!

On the way back we chatted to the people in this house. They made an excellent job recognising the NHS workers on the front of their house.

Mum was just going to take her young son fishing as they haven’t been for so long. We gave them some tips on carp fishing as we learnt a lot from Torin who was a champion carp fisherman.

Thought for the Day – “I woke up. I have clothes to wear. I have running water. I have food to eat. Life is good. I am thankful.”

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