May 1st and the picture is, of course, Lily of the Valley. In France it is the custom to take bunches of Muget to loved ones and friends to bring them luck. We had a patch of it growing at Moulin du Clout.
I had a long telephone chat this morning with two friends, Lloyd and Barbara. They are both well, thankfully. It will be good to see them again when the quarantine is over. Lloyd is to play a central role in Kafka's Dick when we get to start rehearsals, probably sometime next year now.
I rang my daughter Claire later and she is well also although her little Jack Russell Della is growing more adventurous having jumped the wall and run down the road. Safely returned, however.
I also chatted to granddaughter, Joni, who rings me most mornings to check up on me. She is feeling the effects of isolation from her friends now although I tried to impress upon her that she has it better than many her age. A loving family, beautiful place to live and regular contact with friends by other means which she acknowledged but still complained. I keep trying to remember what it was like at seventeen but it was all so long ago . . . . .
More piano practice and more patchwork rows done. Also Sheila and I made a brief visit to the allotment and some of the BEANS are showing! I bought two raspberry bushes - yellow variety - at Filco. We shall plant those tomorrow if weather is fine.
Snippet from the News
Ministers say they have met a flagship target of 100,000 coronavirus tests a day – but face accusations that the figures have been massaged.
Official numbers include tests yet to be carried out, sources confirmed.
Tests posted to people’s homes but not yet returned have been counted, they said.
Health secretary Matt Hancock on Friday announced the government had exceeded his 100,000 target, saying the number of tests on the final day of April was 122,347.
A leap in tests announced on Thursday, to 81,000, fuelled speculation that ministers had succeeded in what was described as a Herculean task.
But the figures have been boosted by home testing kits being sent to individuals through the online retailer Amazon.
Sources confirmed the tests were counted when they were sent out, not when they were returned.
On 30 April, more than 27,000 home tests were sent out.
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Random Photos
A couple more from the Shakespeare Show.
Peter as the King in Henry V
Caro and Dennis as the Macbeths
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