June and the rain came.

So we are in the month of June.

In school we had a week of Ocean Themed activities.

At home I did some more baking.....

The very start of June we still had some lovely weather to enjoy the garden...

I managed a day reading with Misty...

A casualty of the wind

Plants ready for the hanging basket

Then the rain arrived.....

I walked to the local post office on one sunny day...

I did plan to tidy my workroom...I did start and filled a bin bag but got fed up and gave in!

So come Monday we are starting strange social distancing bubbles at school, it will be a strange place and I am sure at times very frustrating, especially for the children, it will be hard for them. We will have more key worker and vulnerable children in school plus Reception and Year one children (our year six children are going to a local high school) 

The merry month of May.

After our little trip back to the 1940's for VE Day (see last post) The rest of May continued as April had.....

 we slipped quietly into May....

 I continue to make face masks for friends and work colleagues,

 The cats are mainly enjoying us being at home, they do like to be out in the garden with us....

 I have baked far too many sweet things (I have put weight on since lockdown!)

We have been blessed with good weather so far in May...Which means we are still eating outside when ever possible.

 School continues....

Since they eased lockdown a little.... I had a little job at another school to do.... 

A Blank wall.....

The book is having some words....at some point!

My friend is Head at this school and asked if I could help make the entrance a little more colourful!

 I also popped over to see my mum one day for a socially distanced afternoon tea in her garden, The dog didn't understand social distancing! I think it was the longest I had not seen my mum face to face ever!!

 We had a lovely afternoon chatting under a parasol each in her oasis of a garden.

 Quiz night takes place via zoom once a week with some friends...I'm not getting any better at it!

 I did spend a lovely afternoon in the garden playing with paints.....

 And we dusted off the bucket Barbecue one evening too!

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I sometimes forget we are living in these strange times. I forget we can't pop to the shop (Amazon of course are raking it in at the moment) to buy a shirt, or a gift, or a tomato plant without first thinking do they have them in a supermarket? Can I order it on line? If so, will it take a month to arrive? 

You can't go for a meal to celebrate a birthday or anniversary. There are plenty of restaurants and cafes that have figured out how to do their business as a take away, but it is just not the same, is it?

You can't hug a family member to console them when they have lost their wife, mum, grandmother, best friend, after a long battle with cancer. You can't attend their funeral to pay your respects, you can't send flowers for a beloved Auntie, just a donation seems very un-personal, You can't take your 80 year old mum to visit her brother in law so they can swap stories and remember his wife, raise a glass to her, say goodbye to her.

There are many times during these strange times we have uttered the words "When this is over...."

Goodnight Auntie Sheila.