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It's going to be difficult; my housemate is on the shielding list, and I don't fancy the time when I have to leave the house and she can't. But at some point I'm going to have to go back to work (not for a few weeks however).
 
Managed a supermarket run this morning without coughing suspiciously. The rape is out with a vengeance here, fields of yellow between here and the next town, always gives me a sore throat and snotty nose, even with an antihistamine tablet on board.
Was ridiculously excited to find the large co-op in the next town had potting compost on their 'seasonal' shelves in the shop, replacing the easter eggs. I visited a garden centre just before lockdown, looked at the compost and thought, na, I’ll get it next time. If I had but known! Managed to balance a couple of bags on my trolley. I had ordered some from a local nursery, but they are overwhelmed, so I haven't received them yet, and I’ve got veg and flower seedlings to pot on. I resorted to excavating some garden soil into pots to sow courgette seeds in over the weekend.
 
I'm getting my compost from Aldi's because they let us ol' bids in at half seven. I shall be there tomorrow, pension day. 🙂 The have nice plants too. Cheap as chips.
 
Just finished our walk. A good long one today, but as usual saw hardly anyone. We did take a 'short ' cut and ended up wading through a bog. Glad I wore sandals.
(I had hoped a photo taken on my phone might work on an upload. No joy. Just imagine some VERY soggy feet and sandals with the odd bit if weed attached)
 
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managed today practising the guitar scale, does help to play it the right way round and does sound better doing things right, don't think it will be Hank Marvin for the time been but at least it is a stress buster 😎
 
@SB2015 - I imagine it was a boggy short cut? However were it a cry and a big, it at least must have made a change!
 
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@SB2015 - I imagine it was a boggy short cut? However were it a cry and a big, it at least must have made a change!
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No crying involved at all, just my usual typos!!!
Very boggy as we followed the edge of a rhine which was marked as a path on the map.
Just the lack of bridges as we met other rhines led to us diverting. We spotted lots of the plants we have around our pond!! That was a good clue for what was to come.
 
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Busy day for me today. Didn’t get half the stuff I had planned done.
 
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A knew challenge emerged today.

Eldest grandson was due to take his GCSEs this summer, but all studies were stopped by coronavirus in favour of teacher assessment.
He has been drifting about doing not-a-lot since then, but his mother has now caught up with him and decreed that he needs to start studying towards the A levels he is due to start next September.
He is going to be doing an A level Psychology course - a subject on which he will have no pre-conceived ideas!
This is a subject I also no nothing about, but for some unknown reason the family has 'picked' on me to help him.

Sooo - today we have both signed up for on on-line 'Introduction to Psychology' course which we are going to work on together. Yuuks!!! not sure how well the old grey cells are going to cope with this.
 
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Sooo - today we have both signed up for on on-line 'Introduction to Psychology' course which we are going to work on together. Yuuks!!! not sure how well the old grey cells are going to cope with this.
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Every day is a school day!
 
I'm gonna weed the patio and try not to pig out. Tomorrow I'm going to start walking again and shop daily for low carb food. I don't want to but needs must. I'm always making plans that last all of a day. At least I don't get bored. :D
 
After a very early bird watching walk. 6am! I pottered about, yet another glorious sunny day albeit it with a north easterly prevailing. Did a wash, sent shopping list to daughter number 2 who, bless her, went straight away although I said no hurry. Stocked up on store cupboard stuff. Beans, tinned tomatoes etc. No meat required, freezer well stocked. Mr Eggy painting front door so a bit draughty! Made some pastry to wrap around some chicken, ham and leeks for tea. I love a pie. Read my walking magazine which plopped through the letterbox this morning, actually it never, as we have “ no wood inth’ole” at the moment! Unfortunately listening to Lou Reed at the moment, not my kind of music at all, in fact I would go as far and say I can’t stand it! But Mr E loves it and it keeps him motivated to get my front door back on it’s hinges! Apart from that nowt exciting happened today. 🙂
 
Toucan said:
A knew challenge emerged today.

Eldest grandson was due to take his GCSEs this summer, but all studies were stopped by coronavirus in favour of teacher assessment.
He has been drifting about doing not-a-lot since then, but his mother has now caught up with him and decreed that he needs to start studying towards the A levels he is due to start next September.
He is going to be doing an A level Psychology course - a subject on which he will have no pre-conceived ideas!
This is a subject I also no nothing about, but for some unknown reason the family has 'picked' on me to help him.

Sooo - today we have both signed up for on on-line 'Introduction to Psychology' course which we are going to work on together. Yuuks!!! not sure how well the old grey cells are going to cope with this.
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Blimey! Good luck!
 
Toucan said:
A knew challenge emerged today.

Eldest grandson was due to take his GCSEs this summer, but all studies were stopped by coronavirus in favour of teacher assessment.
He has been drifting about doing not-a-lot since then, but his mother has now caught up with him and decreed that he needs to start studying towards the A levels he is due to start next September.
He is going to be doing an A level Psychology course - a subject on which he will have no pre-conceived ideas!
This is a subject I also no nothing about, but for some unknown reason the family has 'picked' on me to help him.

Sooo - today we have both signed up for on on-line 'Introduction to Psychology' course which we are going to work on together. Yuuks!!! not sure how well the old grey cells are going to cope with this.
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That sounds like fun, and learning with someone else is so much easier.
What a lucky grandson.
 
I’m starting to get a bit stir crazy. The only two occasions I have left the house for in the last five weeks have been to attend maternity appointments. I’m quite a home bod so usually staying home doesn’t bother me but with the nicer weather and being stuck home for an extended period I am just missing being able to go out and do normal things. It’s a double edged knife really as although I am desperate to go out, at 35 weeks pregnant I am exhausted and my legs go numb and burn (compression on my thighs) so I can’t walk far now anyway!

I’m missing seeing family regularly but we keep in touch daily and often FaceTime.

I am generally ok though, some days are just more tedious and difficult than others. The last three days have really got to me but up to then I’d been fine really.
 
Here in Ozstralia we have just *three* new cases today & I'm bored.

However, a locust plague is starting to spread in outback NSW.

Locally, the coronavirus thing is starting to look like an entr'acte between the continent burning down and plagues of locusts. Presumably the rain of scorpions is all queued up and ready to go in a couple of months but I'm sure our wonderful public health experts have a robust scorpion-eradication plan in place.
 
Heh! S'funny Eddy. :D

We're watching Outside Edge because we missed it first time round in 1994. The frocks are hideous.

I got a lovely piece of Chinese fabric out of a skip yesterday, I risked the virus and now it's blowing on the line. People chuck out too much stuff. S'lovely.
 
a nurse who told me to isolate for 12 weeks in which i had a bit of tit for tat due to no help and then told me to be careful as it is out there only contracted covid-19 and then her husband got it. there is me battling away and then be blown the nurse lecturing me goes and contracts the virus.
 
Another day in the garden, interrupted by two Zoom choirs, which will be fun.
Glad of the sunshine.
 
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