Mostly choosing to stay home

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Well, going from having kids around the place , to having No kids around the place ....although technically  they were adults, but hey......was a big change.

But we always had the pets.

One move
Then we didn't have a cat
Second move
Then we didn't have the dog

Mercifully both pets Really got to enjoy their last homes though.



So now I have plants instead, coz right now neither of us can contemplate another pet.




Apart from this bloomin thing afflicting the world ..... life is chugging on.

 Mostly blue skies.
 Glorious home n garden.
Birds going crazy outside.
No one going crazy inside.
Lots of interesting cooking n baking.
Greenhouse.
Sheds.
Stuff to do, (lots of stuff to do, let's not go there!).
Getting to grips with fruit n veg delivery.


So, what do I actually miss with all this social distancing?
Casual conversations.
 Intentional catch ups.
Spending time with family n friends.
Church services, mostly because the people there are fab!
The ability to walk freely , without concerning either myself or others.
Mooching around the nearby town, goodness I miss that...


Mostly through all this time though...it's the unknowing and the unknown.

And I can't do anything right now. So what I Can do, I Will do.
Which is to stay at home, in my garden and get on with it.

And all the while this wonderful view waits........









Comments

  1. Bailey Jones25 May 2020 at 05:36

    That is a fine view.
    I was wondering why you had not posted on your old blog for a while. Blogging myself today - I noticed a new comment on an old post but it was not so much a new comment as your new identify.
    I hope you are well. You are a lovely presence in my virtual world, so really glad to find you still very much around.
    I hope you are well in these strange times.

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  2. Somewhere round about30 May 2020 at 04:24

    Hurrah!

    I think this Might work....? Well, that or there will be four replies!

    I am well, in these very strange times....
    Mostly outside, so grateful for good weather and an outside space. Himself is out and about, I am Not.

    Blogs and I tottering along, until something / anything! changes. Then everything grinds to a halt. My short term memory is not what it could be....but we are getting there!

    Good to hear from you

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