Good morning all ... March is here ... it may be stormy now but according to the saying, if March comes in like a lion itāll go out like a lamb ... so we have better things to look forward to šĀ
Yes that was always one of my mum's favourite expressions so let's hope it holds true.Ā
Blowing a hooly down here at ground level and very noisy but, given the way the clouds are whizzing by, it looks a lot more exciting higher up shoulder of lamb in a marinade for a few hours and then get on with paput ain the air.Ā work for Thursday's machine classwt Looks like March is going to be lively for a while yet.
Lots of chat last night about government advice to wash hands thoroughly and cough or sneeze into one's elbow so the French are also on board with common sense precautions.Ā Ā Good to know that the UK has plans @punkdoc.Ā Ā Take care of yourself.
I'm off to put a shoulder of lamb in a marinade for a few hours and then get on with some patchwork homework.Ā Bit behind for Thursday's machine class.
In case anyone is feeling blase about COVID 19, I have been contacted about my availability to act as an arbiter of who should or should not receive treatment in the event of the crisis deepening. Due to my own health issues I have turned down this rather unenviable task, but it is a sign that things are likely to get a lot worse.
Bu$$er!Ā We were relying on you to make sure we got prioritisedĀ Ā
But to be serious just for a moment ... I rather expect things will get worse before they get better ... OH has decided that (being quite a bit younger than me) he will be doing anything that requires going into large close crowds,Ā we have no plans to fly anywhere, and when we drive distances we will be taking sandwiches rather than using cafeteria in service stations etc. We have tickets for the theatre and a concert in the next few months ... we will plan to attend but should the situation worsen we will decide at the time.Ā Apart from that we will carry on our lives as normal ... following advice and washing our hands with soap and hot water whenever we've been out.Ā There's not a lot else we can do, and there's certainly no point in getting despondent about it.Ā
I sometimes try to take 'a long view' of current events ... looking back through history reveals that plagues, pestilences and fevers have always come and gone ... this may or may not be one of the bad ones ... I think that sometimes we just have to accept that these things happen, while not being fatalistic.Ā Ā
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Will be recovering from Aunty duties today. We didnāt manage to make Welsh Cakes, but I might do some later.Ā
Worrying times ahead with the COVID. Iām sure that people will not cope with the amount of restrictions, difficulties and sacrifices that they will, no doubt, have to face when things get bad. Our NHS will not cope with a massive disaster like this.Ā
From the evidence I am seeing in the journals, I believe that the mortality rate may well be higher than what is being suggested in the papers. Common sense is unfortunately about all there is to offer, and don't bother with face masks.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
According to something I heard on the radio, those with hairy nostrils will do better than those without ... OH says he'll be ok thenĀ
AsĀ for common sense @punkdoc, I'm reassured that my late Ma was surprised by how much of that I'd acquired by the time I reached 60.Ā She said she'd never seen any signs that I had any up until thenĀ
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I also heard a theory that those with a positive outlook on life - the 'glass half full' folk have betterĀ immune systems than those 'glass half empty' folk ... so let's keep our spirits up š·
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Lots of chat last night about government advice to wash hands thoroughly and cough or sneeze into one's elbow so the French are also on board with common sense precautions.Ā Ā Good to know that the UK has plans @punkdoc.Ā Ā Take care of yourself.
I'm off to put a shoulder of lamb in a marinade for a few hours and then get on with some patchwork homework.Ā Bit behind for Thursday's machine class.
Stay safe and warm and dry everyone.
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But to be serious just for a moment ... I rather expect things will get worse before they get better ... OH has decided that (being quite a bit younger than me) he will be doing anything that requires going into large close crowds,Ā we have no plans to fly anywhere, and when we drive distances we will be taking sandwiches rather than using cafeteria in service stations etc. We have tickets for the theatre and a concert in the next few months ... we will plan to attend but should the situation worsen we will decide at the time.Ā Apart from that we will carry on our lives as normal ... following advice and washing our hands with soap and hot water whenever we've been out.Ā There's not a lot else we can do, and there's certainly no point in getting despondent about it.Ā
I sometimes try to take 'a long view' of current events ... looking back through history reveals that plagues, pestilences and fevers have always come and gone ... this may or may not be one of the bad ones ... I think that sometimes we just have to accept that these things happen, while not being fatalistic.Ā Ā
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good morning all.
Will be recovering from Aunty duties today. We didnāt manage to make Welsh Cakes, but I might do some later.Ā
Worrying times ahead with the COVID. Iām sure that people will not cope with the amount of restrictions, difficulties and sacrifices that they will, no doubt, have to face when things get bad. Our NHS will not cope with a massive disaster like this.Ā
Common sense is unfortunately about all there is to offer, and don't bother with face masks.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
AsĀ for common sense @punkdoc, I'm reassured that my late Ma was surprised by how much of that I'd acquired by the time I reached 60.Ā She said she'd never seen any signs that I had any up until thenĀ
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.