Day 71 Gooseberry Bush

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Rosa Susan Williams-Ellis bought last year after my visit to Portmierion.

What a farce! After my extensive search of the house yesterday for the missing back facings of the scrubs I was sewing I finally admitted defeat and Julia, the organiser said she would cut me two more. I staggered, exhausted up to bed and when I reached the top of the stairs I saw them! 

They were lodged in the gap between my glass bannisters and the wall where they must have fallen when placed on the newel post. I would need something long and thin to retrieve them. I decided to sleep on the problem and rise early to sort it.

I got up early and with the aid of a ceremonial sword which I happened to have handy poked them out of their hiding place.

All scrubs finished and ironed by 10.30 so I drove down to Llanwit and delivered them. Got a batch of trousers to do now. Shopped on the way back and bought some plants for the beds in the allotment from Meadowvale Nursery including a gooseberry bush. Pity Brambles tea rooms was closed.

Maureen said that Jasper didn't howl during my absence which was good - mind you I did tell him that I was going to Bridge which is my usual excuse for leaving him home alone.

Decided to have rest from sewing for the rest of the day but Sheila and I did the usual down at the allotment and I planted the plants I bought.

Steve from Rotary rang to see how I was doing. He was ringing around all the Rotary widows and we had a nice chat. He emailed me some Newsletters and promised to include me in future Zoom meetings.

Snippets from the News

Boris Johnson set the 200,000 tests-a-day target earlier this month, with aides later saying this referred to operational capacity rather than tests performed. On Saturday, 205,634 tests were available, meeting the target a day early, the government said, although it did not release figures for the total number of tests carried out.

Experts questioned whether the theoretical capacity target is a meaningful way of assessing whether current levels of testing are adequate to support the newly launched track and trace programme.

According to Department of Health figures, 127,722 diagnostic tests were performed on Saturday, with a total capacity of 165,634 tests available. There was a further capacity for 40,000 antibody tests available to NHS and social care staff, the Department of Health said. The government has not released figures for how many antibody tests have been carried out.

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Random Photo

This is another view in our house in Eastgate. The sitting and dining rooms were joined by an archway so this is looking the other way towards the 'garden room' beyond. The pictures on the walls are mostly Jim's black ink drawings of local buildings. The large piece of furniture was a Victorian sideboard with a marble top. I sold it on eBay before I moved.

TOT ZIENS! Keep Testing! Keep Testing! Keep Testing!