Day 52 Scrubs?

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Blitzed the house with the vacuum cleaner this morning. Cleared clothes away in the spare bedroom and cleaned the kitchen. All because Sheila was coming to do the ironing. I cannot do the ironing because I get problems with my back and as she has not been able to go to work lately it seemed a sensible solution. While she was ironing I went outside and had another go at the Clematis Montana on the garage roof. I need to make more progress with that before I can have the roof fixed. 
The rose I ordered to replace 'Simply the Best' arrived so after the chores were finished we went down to the allotment and planted it along with the two Begonias I bought yesterday. I then thinned out the broadbeans and gave everything a good water.
I see that someone on Cowbridge hub is looking for sewers for scrubs. I could do that. My war effort! I left a message. Perhaps she will be inundated with offers.
Still no patchwork done lately or piano practice. I also need to start making some face masks if we are going to have to wear them out. Some pretty ones - they don't have to be suitable for hospital staff.

Snippet from the News 

Boris Johnson has been accused of misleading parliament by denying that his top medical and scientific advisers had not signed off his government’s new “stay alert” slogan.

The acting Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, claims the prime minister misled MPs “inadvertently or otherwise” by telling them in a debate in the Commons on Monday that the claim was “not right”.

Davey has asked Johnson to come back to the chamber to “clear up this discrepancy” and ensure that Hansard, the official record of parliamentary proceedings, is clarified so that it is accurate.

Davey has written to Johnson about his response to the Guardian’s report on Monday that neither Prof Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, nor Sir Patrick Vallance, the chief scientific adviser, had approved the “stay alert” message. Political leaders, scientists and doctors have criticised it as vague and confusing and warned that it could lead to the erosion of public compliance with the lockdown rules.

and

Tests could be conducted on sewage systems to identify local outbreaks of coronavirus and allow the reimposition of lockdown measures in new hotspots, Downing Street has said.

But prime minister Boris Johnson confused MPs in the House of Commons by suggesting that the tests would be carried out on water supplies.

His comment appeared to raise the prospect of water contaminated with the Covid-19 virus coming through the taps, when in fact it is waste water which scientists believe may provide a clue to the location of clusters of infections.

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Quote - I beg your pardon, I didn't recognise you - I've changed a lot. Oscar Wilde

Random Photo

The above is a photo of the sign belonging to my maternal grandfather, George Clark. Apart from the landscape gardening he had a plant nursery on the Stratford Road, Hall Green, Birmingham where he grew tomatoes and chrysanthemums mainly. As a child I remember the smell of the tomato greenhouses and the stoves at the end to keep the young plants warm.

My grandfather lived to be 87 and died as he would have wished - pruning his roses. Every spring he planted seeds and expected to be around when they sprouted. That's the right attitude to have!

Some pictures of Jim in the margin.

TOT ZIENS Stay safe! Stay Home! Stay sewing!