R's rue

As lockdown draws to a slow end the vicar has started a bit of local art in the shape of a multicoloured covid snake . The village children and indeed everyone have been asked to add to the snake by decorating a pebble and laying it towards the Church. I laid mine a few minutes ago ... Well why not? I've ticked six boxes from my list today. Fitted in a beach bike ride, Mary's trip to the groomers, the clearing of the drive of weeds, a collection of a load of plants from Meirion Jones's prize winning garden and just managed to join in with the last few songs of Zoom choir before settling down to a much looked forward to Alan Bennett on BBC 1 Beneath the chintz , and the cardigans and the perms and the brown furniture, Alan Bennett's Talking Heads , ventured into the darker side of the life of  the  1980s Northern middle aged, with studies tinged with the effects of mental illness, loneliness, sexual abuse and exploitation, grief and alcohol abuse. His humour shines throu...

So on a summer day it was nice to take a look at another diary page.   In this one I see there is no mention of odd occurrences  happening in her life.   She seemed a bit melancholy but a little gardening made her feel thankful.