RedRococoGarden

It was refreshing to be able to sit in the garden, however briefly, last Sunday when we were blessed with some sunshine again. The wildlife area has taken something of a battering from the wind and the rain, but is surviving and the bees are buzzing busily on the clover that has been left to grow on the lawn. Currently we are unsure whether we need to wear a mask or not in the shops - not that we have rushed to go out shopping - but I have bought a pair of face coverings from a shop on Etsy to be prepared, one for me and one for my husband. Roy has been to a few shops in search of items required for vintage motorcycle projects and we took my car for an MOT and service last week - it's Roy's car's turn this week. Our lunches can now be embellished with crops from the garden as some of our spring onions and rocket salad are ready to be harvested. My husband always has a sandwich with (vegan) yoghurt (added strawberries from the garden) and I have a salad of some sort; here i...

Nothing has altered very much since the last blog, apart from going out to the Post Office, where only two people are allowed inside the (small) space. The staff were wearing masks and, although we, the customers obeyed the rules, one member of staff came out from behind the counter to talk to another customer behind me and was only standing two feet away. I sometimes think that people aren't taking this pandemic seriously. Then I went to the doctor's surgery to collect my prescription inhalers (I have suffered from asthma for forty years) only to be told that they had been sent to the nearest pharmacy in the town where I had just come from, despite the fact that I had sent an online message whilst ordering the prescription online that I would like to collect them from the surgery, as I felt that it would be a safer environment! I do wonder sometimes! Apart from that we remain at home and are now wondering about the return of the lockdown to Leicester shortly after schools and...