When I woke this morning I was convinced it was late so I forced myself to wake up properly and found it was actually quite early. Went for my walk earlier than usual, onto the field by the entrance at the end of my road, usual route through woods, down the narrow path, same way back to the field then along the walkway behind the houses and round onto the road, back to my house from the other end of the road. A bit of a change and hopefully throw nosy neighbour off the scent. It was very cloudy and quite windy but pleasantly warm out.
Was hungry early so had lunch. Brought the recycling bins back in and sterilised the handles then unloaded the top soil I bought yesterday from the car and put it in the garage. The soil that is, not the car! Despite the bags being small it's pretty heavy. Set about cutting the turf from where I'd marked out the widening of the border, there's a limit to how much I can put in the garden waste bin as they won't take it if it appears to be full of soil so I'll have to store a lot of it in the garden till I can dispose of it gradually. I dug where I could into the underlying soil and put some top soil onto the bits I'd done. Transferred my Red Hot Poker from a pot into the new bit and gave it a lot of water. There's still quite a way to go but I had to stop myself before I overdid things, it's heavy work. Had peace in the garden for quite a while but of course NN had to come out at some point and make her presence known by doing something right next to the fence. Despite enjoying doing my garden I was feeling agitated today about recent events and asking myself how I'll be able continue dealing with what feels like being continually stalked.
Put my tools away and sat in the garden reading for a while. A light aircraft had been flying round and round the area for some time. The sun finally showed its face a little at about 4.30.
Spoke to my friend whose husband died at the start of the pandemic, it's her birthday tomorrow, it's going to be verystrange for her. It's been a hard time for us all but so much more for her. Some friends are doing a party in her garden for her.
Have been watching the programme about the Van Tulleken twin brothers (both doctors) and their experiences of Covid. One went to work in the hospital, the other had caught Covid and had some effects that they didn't know whether or not were attributable to the virus. A very interesting although heart rending programme. I couldn't have watched anything like this a few weeks ago.
Over to you.......
