Day 45 Sweden

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Joni rang before I was up. She had an online Welsh lesson coming up. She is taking Welsh as an A Level and she speaks it fluently despite have an all English family. It helped, of course, that at primary level she was taught in the medium of Welsh and she picked it up quickly. We talked a bit about the incidents of racism she encounters in Carmarthenshire because she is English. Rather sad really.

As it is Green Bag collection tomorrow I spent some time this morning attacking the Clematis Montana on the garage roof. It's a harder job than I thought. I nearly filled one green bag with the fruits of my labour - mostly the dead stuff, but there is a lot left and it hasn't finished flowering yet. The honeysuckle is coming through it also and that hasn't even started to flower. 

I did a bit more sorting in the garage afterwards. Found another box of knitting wool! It will be good to get the whole place dry and stuff stacked properly.

Maureen rang and we discussed the rat situation. She hasn't seen any more in her garden.

Went down to the allotment with Sheila and Jasper. I planted some sweet peas I bought last week. Usual chores. 

Later I got on with my knitting. I am knitting a mystery pattern for the 'Warm Baby Project'. It is an incubator cover with a design revealed as the knitting progresses. I can't make out what it is yet.

Young man next door caused his smoke alarm to go off yesterday. I hope I shan't need to call the fire brigade again!

Snippet from the News

1. 29,427 people have now died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus, Dominic Raab has said.

The figure is a 693 rise from Monday's figure of 28,734, the first minister and foreign secretary added - leaving the UK's total higher than that of Italy, once the epicentre of the virus in Europe, for the first time.

Mr Raab added that as of 9am on Tuesday, there have been 1,383,842 tests in total after another 84,806 tests in the past 24 hours - once again falling below the government's target to be conducting 100,000 tests for the virus on a daily basis.

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Quote - They say such nice things about people at their funerals. It makes me sad to realise that I am going to miss mine by just a few days. Garrison Keillor

Random Photo

This is Edward VII as painted by daughter Claire, when she was at art college in Gloucester. His belt buckle is missing. I think it fell off when it was hanging in our house in Pontcanna.

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