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Today is Saturday and, though some aspects of the lockdown are being relaxed, I still have to wait until the 23rd June until our 'shielding' will be completed. I am getting deliveries for everything to the house - yesterday we had an Abel & Cole veggie box and a fruit box which is always a delight to receive. It takes me some time after arrival to clean everything and with some items I prepare half for the freezer - this time we had blueberries, courgettes and beetroot, so I put half in the fridge and half in the freezer. Later in the evening we received an Ocado delivery so more cleaning and trips to the freezer (which is in an outdoors utility shed). They have been a godsend, especially Abel & Cole during the early days of lockdown when we couldn't get an Ocardo delivery for three weeks! This morning I have been putting together an order for The VeganKind Supermarket , another lifesaver during this time of crisis, which should arrive tomorrow....

I have just finished reading an inspirational book called The Salt Path  by Raynor Winn which describes her journey around the South West coast path together with her terminally ill husband, Moth. It was suggested by another member of one of the Book Clubs that I belong to and I am glad she did. Having spent many holidays in Cornwall with my husband and two children before they grew up, and when I was single, many of the place names were very familiar, especially those of the north Cornwall coast. The writing is lyrical and poetic and their experiences which take them close to the edge of who they are, also have comic moments. One of the few books to be awarded 5 stars on Good Reads! In these lockdown days, we send our comments in to our Group by email and read what everyone else thought.  After watching all of J K Rowling's Harry Potter films on Sky I attempted the Marvel Cinematic Universe in chronological order but only managed to get through Captain America, Captain M...

I have more time to set words down right now, as I expect many have, so thought that I would try to keep my blog somewhat more up-to-date even though my Etsy shops are closed for the foreseeable. I am trying to keep up with renewing items that have expired but have decided to add any new items that I might photograph and describe as 'drafts' which means that they are not seen live. It would be annoying for potential customers who see new items appear on their notifications list to then go to the shop and find it closed. Surprisingly, although I have quite a lot of stock I could add, I am not getting on with it very fast, especially during the last two weeks when it was unseasonably warm and I spent more time in the garden! I am still reading the books set by the two book clubs that I belong to even though we haven't met for a couple of months. In this context I have read A Month in the Country by J L Carr, The Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate Mosse,...