We Will Not be Daunted

 Here’s to 2021 being a better year than the last one, but it seems that on a national basis it appears not to be the case with a difficult start as the country is in the midst of a national lockdown. Vaccines and lockdown have been introduced to help the nation get back to some sort of normality hopefully sometime in late Spring but breath is not behind held to be honest. COVIDIOTS who ignore or deny the existence or deadly effects of this virulent virus: Moronic people who in most cases prolong the spread of the virus by their carelessness; but they are to be pitied and felt sorry for because I think they are more frightened than the rest of us. Frankly its easier to bury your head in the sand and you won't see it will you?

Someone on Twitter wrote recently: “We’re all scared of the virus and what might happen in the next few weeks. But perhaps we should feel sorry for the virus deniers, who are so much more scared than the rest of us that they’ve had to create this whole fantasy world in which none of this is happening.”

Linda and I are keeping ourselves safe and to ourselves. We are desperately missing our family and friends; missing going to our favourite places for lunch; our favourite beauty spots; our favourite shops; freedoms we wouldn’t normally think twice about. The pay off? As two people mildly at risk, we want to live and it’s a price we are prepared to take for a more secure long-term future.

Of course, there’s a balance in that the country must continue to survive economically and sadly, that’s exacerbated by the ridiculous and outrageous exit from the EU, the advantages of which were greatly exaggerated and lied about from those with a misplaced and sorely misjudged nationalist, xenophobic agenda  those who hanker for the out-of-time and vicious days of the ‘Empire.’ Great Britain? It’s a Brexiteers joke surely!

Having retired, we are filling our long darker days this winter with plenty of things to do and it’s exciting looking forward to planning our garden to include a wildlife section, bee friendly section, vegetable patch, herb garden and much more. We have inherited some fruit trees, pear, apple and plum as well as a quince tree, although I am not sure what quince is - some research needed soon methinks. 

We have already planted up some shrubs we have bought from our previous home, a few more perennials to plant we brought in pots and a new flower bed to create in the grass (which is heavily moss infested). 

We have identified a small tree (about 20' tall) as a 'false acacia' and it has spikes on it which I am not happy about to that will be coming down leaving a tall stump which we can grow something around. 

Our spiritual life continues apace and we continue to tutor our psychic development group via the magic of the ‘tinterweb. Linda writes her stories and is writing her life story as we speak.

My camera is being dusted off even if it’s to take pictures in the garden and of the wildlife for now and I have some new art materials bought for me by lovely Linda and I have some plans for warmer days to paint using acrylics which I’ve never used before and reacquaint myself with oils. I was never any good at watercolours because my drawing skills are poor, but who knows, with a bit of patience, it might teach me a thing or two about myself!

That’s about it for now, don’t forget, never hit a dog over the head whilst you have your hand in its mouth!

Chat soon

Ta-ra