Sunday 2 August 2020

The Distancing Diaries - Day 134 & 135


Weekend? What's that? In lockdown life Saturday is just another day and, as usual, I was awake at just after 6am to let the lads out. The only variation to my normal routine is that I take two mugs of tea upstairs and I get back into bed and read for an hour or so. Jon got up at 8am to start on the breakfast whilst I stripped and changed the bed and loaded the washing machine.


We ended up throwing the bread on our sandwiches to the birds (a disappointing ciabatta loaf from Morrisons), only eating the sausages. Although it was still warm it was overcast but I risked pegging my washing out on the line. After I dressed I started on my to-do list, cutting back the spent blooms on the lavender plant, just like Monty Don had told me to do on Gardener's World last night.




I did my usual deadheading and raking up the leaves routine and then, after soaking it for an hour, we planted our new Phormium (New Zealand Flax) in the border. Jon took a photo on his phone so he can show the lady on the supermarket checkout who was kind enough to give it him for free.



I smashed up some broken plant pots and a couple of chipped saucers (we're a clumsy couple!) and raked & weeded the area by the pond.


When Jon brought me a mug of coffee he suggested we turn the area into a bog garden, obviously on a far less grand scale than the one we'd loved at Coughton Court. With little prospect of life returning to normal and vintage fairs resuming this year, it'll be a Winter project we can really get our teeth into.


Ever the optimist I'd put a bikini on when I got dressed earlier, hoping to whip off the wraparound skirt if the sun stayed out. Sadly it didn't.

WEARING: Crochet bikini (retail, 2017), organic cotton, block print maxi skirt (Cotton Cottage,Goa 2019), Vintage 1960s turquoise & copper pendant (inherited, with the matching cuff, from Mum)

The postman arrived with my new earrings - brilliant service considering I'd only order them on Wednesday.


As we'd only had two sausages for breakfast we had noodles for lunch - rare for a Saturday. Jon had been busy in the kitchen making spelt bread.


Just as Jon had started up his electric saw in the garden the rain started. Fortunately it was only a heavy shower and he was able to resume work after half-an-hour. The task? To box in the electric cables leading to the fuse box in the kitchen, obviously using repurposed wood from our stash.


Testament to how wonky our walls are, the top part measures 4 inches across and the bottom 5.5 inches. Once he's filled in the gaps it'll be painted the same arsenic green as the walls and then the tiling can commence.


I had a lazy afternoon, painting my nails and finishing off my dreadful thriller. For a change we walked around the block for the first time in ages before tea, another Indian Greek fusion.


Later we drank rum & cola and watched the award-winning Polish film Cold War on catch-up, beautiful to look at but I wasn't overly enamoured by the plot.


Both cats woke me at 7am on Sunday, pacing up and down the bed. I let them out, made tea & took it back to bed. Jon had had another restless night so he snoozed while I started on next book. I love William Boyd, a vast improvement on the previous trashy read. At 8.30, after I'd painted my nails, Jon made us a  poached egg on toast each for breakfast.


Barry M nail paint of the week is Rhubarb.


 Jon went round to visit Tony taking with him an olive tree and a loaf of home-baked spelt bread, I stayed at home & caught up with Blogland.


 Once dressed I swept the patio and watered the plants. With Friday's proper summer weather more fruit had formed on the tomato plants and the peppers had started to flower. A gladioli I'd bought from Poundland 8 years ago had also sprung into flower, somewhat hidden by the glorious agapanthus.


The forecast was for another day of sunshine and showers but, despite a big black cloud darkening the skies earlier, the sunshine broke through and it turned out to be a lovely - if not particularly baking hot - day.


I started the day in my Harrods Indian cotton kaftan but by the time Jon returned from Tony's - bearing some early birthday presents and real ale - I had stripped down to a bikini and was busy invisibly mending my kaftan as I'd managed to put my foot through the hem (I told you were were a clumsy couple). Apologies for the state of my hair, its been five weeks since I last did my roots, I'll sort it out tomorrow.


After a bowl of lunchtime noodles I returned to the lawn with my book while Jon decided to clean the works van which, as it hadn't been moved for over five months was in a shocking state.


It's my brother's birthday today and he popped round on the way to his girlfriend's house. We sat in the sunshine, drank tea and chatted for an hour or so. Marcus hates his photo being taken so you'll have to make do with one taken by my Dad the day he was brought home from the maternity hospital in August 1968. It can't have been a great Summer weather-wise, look at how we're all wrapped up!


After he'd left Jon continued cleaning the van and I went back to my book, joined by Frank. Jon & I shared a bottle of beer in the late afternoon sunshine before he disappeared inside to start cooking tea, a mixed vegetable tikka masala with rice. It's part two of A Suitable Boy later, if it's no better India or not, we're abandoning it.

Stay safe, thanks for reading  & see you soon!

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  1. Happy Sunday evening Vix, So much to comment on.... firstly love your top and skirt and it's funny but I also picked out a red colour for nails this week. I admit that your montbretai and hydrangea do seem to be in better shape than mine(despite the extra care). Now why would you apologise about your wonderful hair? Looks fab to me. I braved the newsagents this afternoon! but hairdressers ain't happening yet. What a lovely lot of earrings! and loving that kaftan. You are getting through your books at a rate of knots! I reckon we are getting close to a full reveal of this fabulous kitchen of yours. Well have a great night. We have lavender running down both sides of our front path so I better do as Monty says lol Shazxx

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    1. Hello, Shaz! Sorry about the late reply. I'm not sure why the montbrecia & hydrangeas are looking so healthy, we were comparing them to some we saw at the National Trust place we visited today and felt very smug, they obviously thrive on neglect!
      Good on you for braving the newsagents. I was on tenterhooks for a fortnight after my hairdresser visit just in case I came down with the dreaded lurgy.
      I'm so pleased with the earrings, I didn't expect them to be so big & pretty when they arrived.
      You do need to do what Monty says! I sit there with a notepad and a pen on Friday nights making notes (only joking, I've got my hands full with rum!) xxxx

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  2. woops meant to mention how much I admired that beautiful turquoise pendant of your Mum's! Shazxx

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    1. Would you believe Sheila has the same one? An ex-boyfriend of my Mum's bought it back for her when he visited Canada in 1965! xxx

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  3. I'm seriously starting to mix up the days and it would be even worse if I didn't have to go out to work two days a week. What a wonderful idea to turn that area near the pond into a bog garden! It'll be a great project indeed, I'm still casting around for ideas for a project of my own. There's only so much one can do in a tiny garden like ours. I do love the crochet bikini top worn with your wraparound skirt. Your new earrings are gorgeous too! What a magnificent blue hour hydrangea is. Unfortunately, a combination of hot weather followed by relentless rain means that all the blue colour has disappeared from ours, which are looking positively autumnal! Your Harrods kaftan is stunning, and I love the visible stitching you did on it. Happy birthday to your brother. Oh my, that must have been quite a chilly August day back then indeed. xxx

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    1. It's really hard to keep a track of the days. We used to have set days for going charity shopping - when we weren't at festivals - and now I do things like wash my hair on the same day each week just so i know where I am!
      It is an advantage having such a big garden, we can sit and make plans although we'd bankrupt ourselves if we bought all the plants we needed for the project. I'll be going round the NT with scissors and a few plastic bags in my pocket like my Grandma used to do!
      It definitely wasn't kaftan wearing weather when my brother was born by the look of those photos. xxx

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  4. I just love your wrap around skirt outfit, and am so impressed by your mending. NZ flax: during one of my impoverished times, and there have been many of them, I had no handbag, and was teaching yoga aat a big yoga school in the swanky area of Auckland City. I was given an el cheapo flax bag, just a small square thing with tiny handles. Very rustic (not well made). I turned up at work one day and the rich ladies were waiting and smiling. They all held up their identiccal flax bags. Heartmelt moment.

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    1. Thanks so much! Wraparound skirts are the best, they're so easy to wear i feel like I'm cheating!
      Love the story of the flax bag, I'm seeing that plant in a whole new light now! xxx

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  5. another weekend here was spent inside, playing around on Ancestry.com. So many babies! It's fun to find all the family when it's to damn hot to go outside. Looks like the hurricane will stay off the coast, out in the Atlantic, which is one less thing to worry about. Your garden looks more beautiful every photo

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    1. I keep meaning to do the same! One of my ancestors had 14 living children, there's a photo somewhere. Thank goodness I was born in the 20th Century, what a life! xxx

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  6. I love the minty color of the garden table. I suppose with festivals all cancelled for foreseeable future, you’ll create new project lists.

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    1. Thanks, Sam! I can't see festivals coming back for a while so yes, the more projects the better! xxx

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  7. Never heard of bog garden. I am not even thinking about winter projects. Coffee is on

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    1. We visited one last week, they're gloriously tranquil places! xxx

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  8. Ohh a bog garden you have me interested!! We went to a wonderful garden outside of Sendai yesterday, it was attached to a temple, but I cannot for the life of me think of the name. It was so quiet and peaceful. It even chilled the kids out!!
    Went vintage shopping and got some day Berger et mickelson trousers for 70p !!! well 100 yen as the shop was closing down, thanks covid !!! And a few vintage items. I was very restrained !!!!! It did make me feel sad.
    Felt sad you put your foot through that beautiful kaftan! But you did a splendid job. Off to see a koeshi doll maker now. I collect them. Keep safe speak soon

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    1. We loved that bog garden at Coughton Court so much we really fancy having a go at making our own (budget version, obviously!)
      What a shame about the shop closing down but great that you found a bargain. I've just Googled koeshi doll, i know what you mean now. I hope you found some. xxx

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  9. You must be a bit like me! I'm very clumsy my family nickname was fairy elephant and I'm always knocking things over, ripping my hems and banging my legs and elbows on things! Very pretty kaftan. How exciting about the bog garden, if we have a shady spot in our future home I would like to do this too - will be really interested to see how Jon gets on with that project later in the year. I haven't started a Suitable Boy yet, giving it a go tonight. Love those earrings - maybe I should get something dangly myself - and your turqouise pendant - what a beauty. Have a fabulous week x

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    1. That's so funny that we had the same nickname! I'm absolutely awful, I break everything and Jon's just as bad!
      That area is seldom used so it would be much better served replanted and made beautiful, somewhere to reflect on life in peace and quiet. xxx

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  10. Hi Vix love the idea of the bog garden. Doesn't the Turquoise go well with the copper, I have masses of Turquoise but nothing as unique as that. Your brother looks a bit older than a new born in that photo maybe that's why you're all rugged up. Stay safe, well and enjoy the NT on Jon's birthday. L,

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    1. Hi Lynette! I love turquoise and copper together, they compliment one another so well.
      I'm not sure about what babies should look like (I used to run off and lock myself in the loo if workmates brought them in if they were on maternity leave!) I do know that when Mum brought Marcus back from the hospital I found some scissors and cut the pom poms off all his clothing in a fit of anger! xxx

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  11. do you dry the lavender for some moth repelling sachets?
    a bog garden seems a grand idea to me! but you should thake care that it will have enough natural water - from a shed roof perhaps.....
    poor kaftan! but you have it sorted out perfectly! love the new earrings! the home made bread looks gorgeous - who needs the bland shop bought kind.
    xxxxx

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    1. I am drying the lavender! I made rosemary bags last year which worked brilliantly but I am partial to the smell of lavender.
      Great idea about the shed roof, Jon was going to run a drainpipe from it to the water butt at the start of lockdown but got distracted by about 100 other jobs! xxx

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  12. How fabulous will a bog garden be? Great idea! The kitchen must be nearing completion (does any room every become completed? In my experience, jobs generate more jobs!!), I am so looking forward to seeing it! My sister came to stay this weekend - how exciting! We are a bubble so it is allowed! Weather was ok, we sat in the garden as long as we could. Love the photo of your mum, Marcus and you. My mum wore a hat like that too. Very stylish!

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    1. You're right, jobs do generate more jobs! The end is in sight in the kitchen but Jon keeps reminding me that we've possibly got many more months at home and he'd rather do a bit here and there when he feels like it - I'm so impatient!
      How lovely that your sister came to stay, I bet you had such a laugh! I'm glad the weather behaved as well. xxx

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  13. Keeping with our routine of going over to Tod most Saturdays ensures we know what day it is and now Philip has his drinking slot at the pub that helps, although his mate goes away next week so I’m not sure he will still go.
    Your kaftan repair is very Boro influenced. Just my thing.
    Well done to you on staying put Vix and planning your days. I can see from the comments people leave you’re helping a lot of folk stay sane my friend as well as giving us all a good read every couple of days.
    Much love to you from us two xxx

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    1. You are so correct, Vix is helping me in (just announced) stage 4, not seen my sons or parents since March (and zoom is not the same) but every second day I look forward to seeing what Vix, Jon and the lads are up to.

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    2. Thinking of you Lynette and so glad that Vix is a good go to place for you xx

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    3. Thanks, Lynn and Lynette! Whenever I've been at a loss for things to do in the past I've loved reading blogs about people's daily lives, there's something so comforting about learning about the routines of others, a bit like having penpals when I was a child. When lockdown started I thought I'd try and do the same, share what we were doing each day in the hope it might cheer up or even inspire others.
      I'm glad you're still visiting your beloved Tod. I'm not sure if the charity shops in the towns we used to visit regularly are even still open, I keep thinking that we ought to go but I don't really need anything so I'm better putting my time to good use in the garden instead! xxx
      PS Thinking of you, Lynette. It must be tremendously hard being apart from your family.

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  14. Oooh, thanks for the Monty tip! I started watching it yesterday but got distracted. I love your Harrods kaftan. I really do love your relaxed style aesthetic! You look a vision!
    Nice tohave the free plan t looking so nice. I like Jon's cabinet. I'm FINALLY starting to get flowers on my pepper plants. About time too! Very envious of my sister who has about 10 massive peppers on her plant! Her cucumber has about 50 on and she picked 5 big ones this week alone. I'm quite jealous!

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    1. I used to watch Gardener's World avidly years ago, I'd forgotten what an interesting programme it is, I love Monty's jobs for the weekend, there's always something to learn!
      There used to be two Vix - the Indian version and the UK one. The UK one was all about loud colours, fitted maxi dresses and towering platform heels and the Indian one was spicy, earthy tones, barefeet and floatiness - Indian Vix has taken over!
      I've got pepper and cucmber envy now! xxx

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  15. What gorgeous new earrings, Vix! And what a beautiful kaftan! (I would totally have stood on the hem or similar. I'm also excellent at ripping pockets on door handles. Alas my invisible mending skills are non existant).

    I'm also in awe at your activity level. Lockdown/social-iso/shielding has had the polar opposite affect on my creativity and productivity. I can even be arsed to do things I enjoy doing. Hoping kitten therapy will help with that.

    The picture of little you and your family made me chortle. Nothing says Typical British Summer than a hooded furry jacket!

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    1. Thanks, Fig! Never a day goes by without one of us tearing or dropping something, we shouldn't have nice things!
      I'm sure that kitten will keep you on your toes. I'm quite surprised at how we've both maintained some momentum during lockdown, mind you if I didn't do anything I'd have nothing to blog about so it's a good incentive! xxx

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  16. I love the idea of a bog garden you are fortunate to have such a good mix of sun and shade in your garden. I bet it will look fantastic.
    The spelt bread looks very moreish. We've made our own bread since buying a breadmaker a decade ago, it broke in lockdown and it was hard finding a new one as they'd all sold out. It's great for pizza based too and, like you, we love trying different types of flour. Speaking of food, I've been loving your Indian/Greek fusion food, two of my favourite types and both together, it looks mouthwatering.
    I like the rhubarb nails, colour, it's a lovely warm shade, so is the kaftan. Your mending is lovely and a great exercise in mindfulness!
    Happy start of the week! xxx

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    1. That area with the pond has no sun at all so things like ferns and hostas should hopefully thrive. Our visits to the National Trust gardens are a constant source of inspiration.
      What a shame about the breadmaker. We bought one from Lidl years ago but never had much success so sold it at a car boot sale and reverted back to an old school hand-held mixer with dough hooks. xxx

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  17. Bog garden sounds like a fun project, I'm sure you and Jon will manage a nice little version. Your garden looks great, you're taking such good care of the plants.
    That crochet bikini top is so cool..love how you paired it with a maxi dress. The accessories you inheritd from your mother are absolutely perfect with it. I also love that kaftan on you.

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    1. p.s. Happy belated birthday to your brother. Fun to see that photo with you and your mother bringing your baby brother from the maternity hospital. Your mother was a very stylish lady! I always enjoy her outfits and style when you share her photos.

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    2. Thanks, Ivana! I loved that high necked bikini when I saw it online, my chest is bony and inclined to burn and that style is really good and keeps the sun's rays at bay. xxx

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  18. Days mean nothing here except that I was my hair on Thursdays most weeks. Always a bummer when a splurge loaf of bought bread ends up going to the birds (or in our case the squirrel as the birds are picky eaters). Jon's homebaked one looks delicious though. I once put my foot through a long brides'maid's dress minutes before a wedding. You repair looks better than the one I had to improvise.

    Your Mum looked fantastic in that photo-hard to believe she'd just had a baby.

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    1. I've started doing that, having set days for washing hair, painting nails and the like so I know where I am!
      Fancy you having picky birds, ours eat anything - even dreadful supermarket ciabata! xxx

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  19. At the risk of repeating myself, I love William Boyd, love Monty, love your crochet bikini top and ALL of your earrings, love Jon's bread-making skills. Not-so-much liking A Suitable Boy yet but hopefully it will pick up next week. It's beautifully shot though, I'll give it that. Think I'd prefer just to read the book again. Have a great week, both.xxx

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    1. Ps meant to say love the delightful baby pic. Your Ma looks so trendy!

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    2. We love so many of the same things! I finished William Boyd this morning and I'm missing Brodie already. I might have to reread Any Human Heart again, I cried when I finished it!
      A Suitable Boy is a feast for the eyes but I had to abandon it, it made last year's trashy Beecham House appear high brow!
      I wish i still had my Mum's hat, after it went out of fashion it went in the dressing up box and my brother and I were always playing pirates and highwaymen dressed in it! xxx

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  20. I've not watched A Suitable Boy yet, but the Freeview box is recording it for me. I was looking forward to a nice binge watch, but it doesn't sound that hopeful. I'll give it a go though. That pic of you and your brother is delightful, look how trendy your Mum was :-)

    Oh and that spelt bread looks delicious, he's got a good texture/crumb going on.

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    1. A few people have told me that they're loving A Suitable Boy but it's not for me, I'm going to have to reread the book now.
      Spelt bread really is tasty, we usually slice it and freeze it immediately after making it so we don't eat it all in one go! xxx

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  21. So that's what you do to lavender. I'll be out there with my scissors this afternoon as my lollipop lavenders are just about done flowering.
    I tried to like A Suitable Boy but it just didn't grip me at all but I have been enjoying Le Dernier Vague on BBC4 on Saturday. The French are just so good at intriguing modern thriller/supernatural themes - I was transfixed by Les Revenants a couple of years ago, a wonderful blend of plot, landscape, cinematography and music. William Boyd never disappoints. Graham Masterton used to be a horror writer if I remember from my teens, one of the more schlocky kind along with Guy N Smith, when Steven King was becoming very popular and publishers were crying out for more horror novels. He wasn't good then and I doubt age and a change of genre have improved him.
    I'll be intrigued to see how you set up a bog garden. Does it need a constant stream of water piped in, I wonder, to keep it boggy in summer, if you're not starting with ground that's already saturated. I'll be happy if I can keep my hydrangeas and lavender alive through the winter!

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    1. Thank goodness for Gardener's World! I thought I'd killed it but apparently it's just died off for the season!
      I wasn't sure about Le Dernier Vague when I read the blurb, I'm not generally a fan of the supernatural but, like you, I loved Les Revenants and also the Belgian series Hotel Beau Séjour over on Walter Presents. Maybe I should give it a go....
      I certainly won't be buying any more books by Graham Masterton, I couldn't put down the William Boyd book, I felt bereft when I finished it!
      There's a leaky pond in the area we want to use but we'll see what happens. With so much shade it'll be a combination of a woodland and a bog garden! xxx

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  22. I have a lavender plant in my flowerbed that was growing great gangbusters all summer and I need to trim off more of the expired bits (that is the only thing I have in common with your marvelous garden).

    That caftan is gorgeous! Love the colours. I can't believe how efficient the post is over there. I purchased a couple of vintage cotton dresses from a seller in Sweden and I'm curious to see how long it takes for them to arrive. I've also got some earrings coming from Australia that I purchased from Sarah. It may be months before I see them.

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    1. I love lavender, we used to have a hedge of it outside the front gates but too many dogs kept using it as a loo and it killed it all off!
      I never expected to win that kaftan on eBay for a reasonable price.
      Our post has been pretty amazing throughout the last five months, I posted a book to a friend at 5pm one evening via Second Class post and it arrived at 9am the following morning. Our posties are heroes! xxx

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  23. I have no idea what day it is, I've given up on weekends, and just work when I need to.
    Your garden just keeps getting better, and I love the idea of a bog garden. You guys don't sit still for long do you? How did you find the time to work before all this?
    Love your kaftan, and your new earrings are really nice.
    xx

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    1. That sounds very sensible, I bet you're a lot more productive working when you feel like it rather than when you should.
      I don't know how I used to waste so much time back in the days BC (before corona)! xxx

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  24. Your kaftan is gorgeous - such luscious colours! I love seeing your crocheted bikini top, and there is "our" shared copper pendant! I love that we are "twins" with that.

    Your garden - sigh. I just want to hang out in it and read all day!

    Hugs to you and the lads.

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    1. I always think of you when I wear that pendant! Isn't it amazing that we've got the same thing? xxx

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  25. Love the downward-looking shot of your toes and the colorful array of potted plants! That is an aspect of patio gardening I'd literally overlooked until I had a patio: small plants in small pots can "accessorize" the bigger elements in the plan. (Like your new earrings with their interesting shapes & details.)

    Congratulations to Jon on his finish carpentry in the kitchen. Well done, sir!

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    1. I love the instant gardening aspect of all those little pots, they take a heck of a lot of watering but it's such fun swapping them around and mixing up the colours. xxx

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  26. Jon's bread looks wonderful - great shot! And you look so much like your Mom - beautiful and stylish! Happy Birthday to your Brother! Mine was also born in 1968. :)
    Much love!

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    1. Thanks, Natalia! It was always my brother who people thought resembled my Mum, now 'm older the likeness is uncanny! xxx

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  27. So delightful to see you in a crochet bikini and fab skirt taking care of your garden!, Looking Fabulous!. Love particularly your inherited pendant, so beautiful!.
    Also lovely new earrings (stunning!!).
    I'm amazed by Jon's bakery skills, those loaves of bread look really Delicious. We always buy our bread in a 'traditional' bakery which makes a difference!.
    Your kaftan is such a beautiful piece, sorry that you had to mend it, even if you did a great job. I'm also notoriously clumsy, so used to mending (and repurposing)!. Making the most of our qualities (including clumsiness!)
    Lovely family photo, and totally amazing that you're so well wrapped!, English Summer as its best!. Your mom looks totally like a Star!
    I've been telling Mr.A. about the books you like, as it looks like you share similar interests!
    besos

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    1. Thanks, Monica! I'd been eyeing up those crochet bikinis for ages, when they reduced them by 75% I bought four, should keep me going till I'm in my 60s!
      I love traditional bakeries, we're obsessed with them in Greece, nothing smells as good as traditionally baked bread.
      Me and Mr A like a lot of the same books, don't we? William Boyd is an incredible writer. xxx

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  28. I certainly won't be eating that ciabatta bread again, it was horrible! I do recommend spelt, it's a lovely light texture and a lot easier to digest apparently.
    I know what you mean about slow delivery times, I was really impressed when those earrings (and Jon's presents) arrived with 48 hours - and P&P was free, too! xxx

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  29. Hi Vix, your distancing diaries are a treat! But heres my 2 bobs worth. l dont think the photo of you and your brother was taken soon after he was born. His face is so open and alert, with head size l would say about 3 months old, which fits with the cold weather clothing. l have had six babies, but just my thoughts, doesnt matter at all.

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    1. Hello! Lovely to hear from you! I don't know the first thing about babies as you probably can tell. Maybe it was taken at my brother's christening. I don't suppose I'll ever know. xxx

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  30. Jon's a great baker. Bread is something I always struggle with, I can never get it to rise.

    A bog garden sounds lovely. Do you get frogs in your garden now?

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