Social distancing: June
We have now been told by the Government that we can leave the house and meet one other person from another household but neither of us seem anxious to do so and we watched the scenes on the beaches a few weeks ago with amazement and horror. I think we would both prefer to wait it out for the next week or so and see what happens.
These are some photographs that I have taken of my garden: the cornflours and the poppies are in the wild area while the borage is in a pot and the ox-eye daisies have appeared in the lawn. I am still having to go round with the watering can once or twice a day as the recent rain has only been sufficient to create one or two small puddles in the road. I always make certain to refresh the seedlings in the greenhouse and the sweet basil and rocket plants which I have planted out in the garden.
Current reading has been the lighter fiction of Agatha Christie in the shape of two Miss Marple books 'Murder at the Vicarage' and 'Body in the Library', the peaceful (!) setting of St Mary Mead being more relateable to our current lockdown in our small village. For the bookclub I have just read 'I'm Still Here' by Clelie Avit which is from the perspective of two individuals, one of whom is in a coma - perhaps relevant in current times. The next book will be 'Mill on the Floss' by George Eliot which may be a more challenging read.
A recent book which I have received in the post is 'A Child's Guide to Gardening'by Mrs Alfred Sidgwick and Mrs Paynter with charming illustrations by Mrs Cayley-Robinson. The book was published in 1909 by A & C Black and I have discovered that Mrs Alfred Sidgwick was, in fact, called Cecily and was regarded as a key figure in the Lamorna group of artists in Cornwall at that time. Cecily was a popular writer and novelist and many of her novels were set in Lamorna, or in nearby Cornish locations. Her husband, Alfred, was a respected philosopher. The artist, Mrs Cayley-Robinson, otherwise known as Winifred Lucy Caley-Robinson, was the wife of well known artist Frederick Caley-Robinson, but was a well known illustrator in her own right and a friend of the two authors of this book. She and her husband made frequent trips to Cornwall, despite being based in London. The illustrations for this book are delightful, showing all aspects of the child's garden.
All best wishes, stay well and keep reading,
Julie
Current reading has been the lighter fiction of Agatha Christie in the shape of two Miss Marple books 'Murder at the Vicarage' and 'Body in the Library', the peaceful (!) setting of St Mary Mead being more relateable to our current lockdown in our small village. For the bookclub I have just read 'I'm Still Here' by Clelie Avit which is from the perspective of two individuals, one of whom is in a coma - perhaps relevant in current times. The next book will be 'Mill on the Floss' by George Eliot which may be a more challenging read.
A recent book which I have received in the post is 'A Child's Guide to Gardening'by Mrs Alfred Sidgwick and Mrs Paynter with charming illustrations by Mrs Cayley-Robinson. The book was published in 1909 by A & C Black and I have discovered that Mrs Alfred Sidgwick was, in fact, called Cecily and was regarded as a key figure in the Lamorna group of artists in Cornwall at that time. Cecily was a popular writer and novelist and many of her novels were set in Lamorna, or in nearby Cornish locations. Her husband, Alfred, was a respected philosopher. The artist, Mrs Cayley-Robinson, otherwise known as Winifred Lucy Caley-Robinson, was the wife of well known artist Frederick Caley-Robinson, but was a well known illustrator in her own right and a friend of the two authors of this book. She and her husband made frequent trips to Cornwall, despite being based in London. The illustrations for this book are delightful, showing all aspects of the child's garden.
All best wishes, stay well and keep reading,
Julie
Great Blog Ma!
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