July 2021
Aaaaaand one care home has been left, (I think closed now) Another entered Because The final one is closed to admissions. But there is NO suitable half way home so this poor parent has to stay in a Decidedly sub standard hovel of a place while waiting for final care home to be released from covid closure. This situation is being duplicated up and down the country and with this next change to restrictions almost upon us......will anyone's aged parents ever make a hoped for next stage of their journey? Who knows. Here I am either tethered to telephone / email/ scanner / printer Or Firmly out in the garden....... and preferably Not Contactable! We have finished off one phone altogether and a second is fine temperamental, so this old trusty from the early 2000s has been hauled back into use! Delighting in: Borage, echium, nasturtium, our roses with Gorgeous scent!, purple loosestrife, yellow poppies ( & someone has sent orange poppy seeds, ooooh!), hesperis is still knocki