100 Days and More..

It's over 100 days since lockdown and the World keeps turning.  At Touchwood things are changing fast, two of the four of us are now unemployed, but I am putting a cheery face on, at least we are all together here and helping each other out.... getting out for walks and trips to blogland are a great escape for me.

I was up at six on Monday and found a Nuffield Health HIIT class on You Tube and got stuck in - these are 30 minute workouts (high intensity but with 30 second slow jog recovery periods between sets, so very easy to get into.  Still doing my 100 fitball sit-ups and venturing into the spider infested garage to do some weight lifting most days.

On our walks this week the fields have been full of these huge daisies.

Monday's walk with hubby was nearly 5 miles, I noticed the hedgerow is changing - blackberries are forming but still green, mallow, wild iris and foxgloves are out and the fields are full of yellow rapeseed. 

On Tuesday the seeds from eBay arrived (radish and spring onion).  Hubbys post wasn't so cheery, he got the Dear John letter confirming his redundancy.   But lets think pink and fluffy for now... this beautiful mallow is all over the hedgerows and roadsides here.

I won a 70s (allegedly) skirt on eBay which is due in the post at the weekend.  I often forget my EBay bids and lose out but remembered this one in the last 3 minutes when another bidder was creeping in.  I should set a phone alert next time.

Wednesday I planted up my spring onion and radish seeds in pots and weighted a tray with bricks on the shed roof - running out of space!  I am working lates all this week so have to rush out in the mornings whatever the weather to tend the garden - I have also done some more lawn seeding and dead heading of flowers.  The border is crammed now with snapdragons and nasturtium.

I flit from one cleaning job to another as I enjoy housework and it's good for keeping myself busy but I know its important to have quiet time too, lately I find it hard to get into books, I start them but dont finish.. (maybe I have adhd - it runs in the family!)  I just started Margaret Attwood's The Testaments - Handmaidens Tale fans probably read it last year when it first came out .. I forgot about it until it turned up this week on my library Ebook list.

Torrential rain this morning (Thursday) so just nipped into town for a few essentials and was pleased to find the rain had it's advantages - no queue at any of the shops or post office and loads of parking.  

I have discovered a jar of uninspiring black olive pesto but my goodness how delicious it was on my pasta with grated cheese and fresh basil from the garden - I think it's the fresh basil that makes it so lovely..  I've eaten it for lunch two days running.  

Ta da - sweetpeas in a wigwam pot.  First time I have had any grow from seed successfully.

The masks didn't work out well - the swimming elastic was all that Fabricland had at the time and it snaps easily - but I emailed them a new order on Tuesday explaining the problem and lots of elastic arrived next day l- brilliant service, I love popping into their shop in Brighton but their online shop has a very good range.  So with the weekend off I will be busy unpicking and sewing!

Here's hubby's collection of fridge magnets, - I like the tuktuk from India best... do you collect anything? being ocd I don't like clutter but can just about tolerate this little gathering :)

Things are not perfect for any of us in these strange times but I am grateful for the extra time to just sit in the moment and think, be and reflect.  I had my paints out in those spare moments this week which, for me, is very restful, will show you next time..... what have you been doing to keep yourself sane?