July 2021

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 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 knocking out the scent of an evening,

  rosemary flowered beautifully, but only the one plant, why?

oregano about to flower,

thyme is flowering, 

pot marigolds all over the place,

And

Frogs everywhere!


Better go check for an email, the mobile phone has been Quite Deliberately turned off for a few hours. Needed peace and quiet!




Comments

  1. Bailey Jones18 July 2021 at 05:43

    Knowing one's aging parents are secure is so very important. I hope it's sorted soon.

    On gardens and plants, I found some oregano had seif seeded in my front garden, probably seeds blown from the long standing plants in the back garden. Either that or my husband separated and transplanted a little section. He can't remember. These plants are so old and so English, they may now - if what I read some time ago is correct - be classed as marjoram. Italian immigrants now completely adapted into a cooler, less exotic climate.

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    1. Somewhere round about3 August 2021 at 09:33

      Talk of oregano and /or marjoram , rosemary and flowers is deeplyDeeply soothing! Thank you! Today I heard of possible transfer date....

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