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For our family games/quiz night we had a preliminary challenge "take a photo of an inanimate object that looks like you". This was my effort (pretty good I thought). ... The book is Mrs Beeton's, the page - what to do with leftovers - topical n’est ce pas? I was quietly confident. I was outraged to be allocated 3 place out of 4. Disgruntled? well certainly NOT gruntled. Hi everyone hope you all coping with stay at home and practicing so that when we get back together we are perfect. Trying to find new places to walk bit difficult without using the car, but a couple of videos from a walk through the woods near us. Take care, stay safe. Anne & Ron. P.S. 1 video too big to send so here's some photos instead.
Congratulations Sharon & Ian on your forthcoming grandchild.
Here is a photo of our new grandson Joshua Alexander xx Like many people during lockdown, I have been catching up on outstanding tasks. Two weeks ago, I started an Airfix Kit which I have had for some time. In fact I bought it before our son, Stuart, was born and he is 34; and I hadn't even opened the bag of parts! Anyway, the pictures show the completed model.
In these uncertain times it’s good to have some positive news to share with you.
Like Judith, my children spent many a happy hour in ‘The Argus Creche’, being cared for and entertained by a generous band of volunteer baby sitters* on Saturday afternoons in the Walter Best Hall. Well, we too are about to present the Argus Singers with an Argus grand-child. Sarah is due to have her first baby in October. Sadly, in the current circumstances we can’t see her and Nick but hopefully will be able to visit them before too long. Thank goodness for Facetime! Onwards and upwards! *Apologies if I have missed out any of our gallant band of helpers – please correct me if I have. Mary Patrickson Mrs Snowball Anne Newland Joyce Harris Joan Oakes Last week we bought a night-vision camera to capture hedgehog activity in our garden. We’ve been meaning to do this for ages, but isolation gave us the incentive to do it, and we can now review the footage each morning over a cup of coffee. After only a few nights, we have discovered that we have at least two hedgehogs, a couple of field mice and a visiting fox! I have attached a couple of stills taken from video clips.
BW Cathy Morning again,
Saturday has come around and it's time for an update - ha ha ha. It has been more of the same here, although Ian and I have managed to get into the garden and as well as mowing, edging and weeding we have got all the trellises and fences treated and he has cleaned out the gutters on the conservatory. The things you do when you have no choice. I also had a very pleasant afternoon in my shed, sowing seeds and generally thinking calm thoughts while listening to Radio 4. As far as the offspring are concerned, Stuart continues to work from home but is finding plenty to occupy himself in downtime. I'm sure there is plenty of piano playing going on but he's also re-rushed (??? is that a thing?) some of the dining chairs that the cat had shredded and is busy decorating the stairs.The dog is fully recovered I am pleased to report and Imogen went back to work on Monday. She was at her clinics this week but they have been scaled right back and next week she's going back to working on Obs & Gynae and having nightmares about it I think. Nick is back at work but Sarah is still working from home. She has managed to get remote access to work so is sharing her time between doing phone consultations for her patients and number crunching for the boffins in the lab who are working on an antibody test that works. Because they are a lab based specialty they have been told to stay there and concentrate on testing and vaccine development. Have you come across an app called 'House Party'? Imogen introduced it to me last week so the 3 households are hoping to get together on it this weekend and play some games. It's a bit like Facetime/Skype but multiple users can be on it at the same time and it has some games built in. It's a bit of fun and a good way of keeping in touch. Did you participate in the 'clap for the NHS' on Thursday? We did and I was surprised that there were some other people in our road who did it too. All the old folk sensibly stayed indoors but there were a few who came out and I could hear applause coming from the other side of the railway line and across the village. It was quite moving really. I am hoping that one of the good things that might come out of this sorry mess is support for the health service and all its workers. We can only hope. I am now going to have a trawl through our vinyl collection. Ian and I think it's a good opportunity to re-visit some of the records we haven't listened to for years. (And maybe get rid of some we will never listen to again!) He is busy sorting out photos on the computer. Now there's a job that will take a long time. Look after yourself and your family. Stay home and stay safe. Lots of love. Sharon x Today [Monday 23rd], a beautiful sunny day, I took the dog out. Not unusual, you'd think, but as I walked along the main road, two girls overtook me and turned into their house, waving to an elderly lady living nearby,who was at the window. As I passed her house, her curtains twitched and so I thought I'd wave too. She pulled back her curtains and waved enthusiastically, back to me, smiling. It was strangely uplifting! Continuing my walk I was conscious now, of looking for people to wave to. A little further on was an elderly man, in his kitchen washing up as I passed. So I waved to him, and he acknowledged me by waving back. You've no idea how that lifted my spirits. At this strange time, people will be living alone, perhaps not seeing a soul, hopefully a wave now and again might make a difference. Stay safe everyone X Janet T And two videos to make you smile :)
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