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Showing posts with label Lockdown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lockdown. Show all posts

Sunday 10 May 2020

More Questions Than Answers!

The only difference between a pigeon and a farmer today is that a pigeon can still a deposit on a tractor - Mervyn Evans
Welcome to my Sunday.
I got up far too early for a Sunday↓
 I left Sleeping Beauty in the warm pit.
I tidied up the kitchen.
Once he rose,
We enjoyed a hug and tea in bed↓
 I had breakfast.
Got dressed.
I got the flowers ready to put on my parents' grave↓
 Loaded up the car.
Now for a little ride out↓
 Goes round to see my parents↓
 Goes off to the Farm Shop to get more flowers..↓
Nice pond behind the car park↓
 I get some nice flowers↓
Off to Waitrose to pick up some reduced items.
Made sure I kept apart from people in the queue↓
 
 
 I gets lots of reduced food.
Even a reduced Stir Fry for tomorrow.
Now for coffee and nibbles↓
  Off to do a final shop at Lidl↓
 I picked up a garden windmill for £7.99.
The people in front of us spent £135.
We didn't spend that much!
Back home to unload the shopping↓
 The windmill is on the step↓
 The flowers have been planted↓
 Funny front cover of Private Eye↓
 Then onto the newspaper↓
Graham  Gouldman is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He has been the only constant member of the band 10cc.He is 74 years old 🎈
    Light lunch↓
 I catch up with the blog.
(I write 5 blog posts,
Good job I have a good memory)
I made a Chicken,Leek,and Mushroom pie↓
 
 We watched Boris talk about changing the Stay At Home message to Stay Alert↓
 There are more questions than answers after that!!!!
I have circled 1st of June to go back to work..
We watched the final episode of season 4 of Hill Street Blues↓
 All ready to mount a tiny Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 tomorrow.
 
 

Monday 4 May 2020

A Good Monday Is Hard To Find....

The cruellest lies are often told in silence - Robert Louis Stevenson
Welcome to Monday!
Let's hop onto my tiny Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡
 I had a nice hug and cup of tea to start the day↓
 I had breakfast.
Got dressed.
Not out for our daily walk↓
 
 Under the bridge↓
 Went past my late dad's house↓
 
We walked 1 and 1/2 miles altogether.
Hubby goes off to work↓


Back home to hang 3 baskets of wet washing on the line.
Quick look in the newspaper↓
Terry Scott  was an English actor and comedian who appeared in seven Carry On films. He also appeared in BBC1's domestic sitcom Terry and June with June Whitfield.He would have been 93 years old 🎈
 He died aged 67 in 1994
 Randy Travis, is an American country music and gospel music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He is 61 years old🎈
 Dom DeLuise  was an American actor, voice actor, comedian, director, producer, chef and author. He was the husband of actress Carol Arthur and the father of actor, director, pianist, and writer Peter DeLuise, and actors David DeLuise and Michael DeLuise. He starred in a number of movies directed by Mel Brooks, in a series of films with career-long best friend Burt Reynolds, and as a voice actor in various animated films by Don Bluth.He died aged 75 in 2009.
  I got the saw out to shorten the trellising↓
I will paint it green later on in the week.
I had my Amazon delivery↓
I wrote up the weekend blog posts.
Now for a little boost.....↓
 Hubby followed me so he could drop off his car to be MOT and serviced.
 Gets back in the sunshine↓
 Light lunch time↓
 My new bench arrived↓
 Tea at 3pm↓
 Kenny was sulking and wanted to be played with....
 I made a nice Lemon Drizzle Cake↓
 The youngest son was putting the bench together.
While we went food shopping↓
Some people were not doing the 2 meter rule!!!
The Bench is ready to be christened by my big arse↓
 Unloaded the shopping.
Now to start on the evening meal.
Courgette, Crab, Pork Stir Fry with Mexican Rice
 Followed by tea and lemon drizzle cake↓
 Now off to work↓
Has some great music to sing-a-long with↓
It was nice and dark with a shiny moon when I got home.
We watched the newspaper review.
As no one is eating the bananas I bought at the weekend.Time for a bit of banana cake to be made tomorrow.......
More time with Kenny!