Fri 1 April
Day off. Had hair done. Watched first episode Slow Horses (read my review)
Sat 2 April
Walk, 6 miles. Forgot to wear Fitbit. V cold. Went to a party for granddaughter Rosie's third birthday party, held in a coffee bar. Three little friends from nursery came. Watched 1st episode Hacks.
Sun Apr 3
Cold, sunny intervals. Did a photoshoot of 4 outfits based on a red cardigan. Roast lamb for lunch.
Mon April 4
Dreary and cold. J dropped one of his bikes off in Chelmsford for repairs. He cleaned my car. I got petrol and a few groceries. J will be fending for himself (and Molly) for a few days, while I go down to Devon to see my Mum.
Tues April 6
Did early walk. Overcast. Attended a severance session (we are in the 45 day consultation period at work; everyone in marketing is at risk of redundancy). Left home at 11.30 to go to Plymouth. Got there 4.30pm. Took a Simnel cake from Fortnum & Mason and we had a slice - delicious.
Weds April 7
Raining, windy. Went to one of our favourite places, Buckfast Abbey, for lunch. Had a yummy pasty from Crunch of Devon (I consider myself a bit of a pasty conoisseur). We always light a candle for my brother.
Back in London, EV charger was being installed in the porch. The car was ordered last August but there is still no delivery date.
Thurs April 8
Did walk and saw Michael's grave. He was a baby who died in 1944. Flowers are still placed there. Also saw ribbons for Ukraine wrapped around a road sign.
Took Mum to Otter garden centre. I bought a heuchera and tiarella plus nerine bulbs. She bought a couple of roses and dianthus. We had a real laugh at one of her Malapropisms - "It's all water off a duck's bridge."
Fri April 9
Raining am. Took mum for 4th jab after I booked it with a local pharmacy. Originally, she was offered locations which were drop-in only, and difficult to get to without a car.
While she was being jabbed I rummaged in two charity shops and got a green top originally from Banana Republic. Then we went into town. Had lunch M&S, avocado on sourdough. Got some earrings. Started to pour with rain as we walked to bus stop. When we got back, I spent some time scanning some old photos.
Sat April 10th
Sunny start for my journey home. Left 9.50, home 3.50. J was picking up another of his bikes. Couple of deliveries waiting, handbag and vitamins. Clematis Montana Rubens (x3) in bud and will soon burst into flower. Spurs on so watched The Split on tablet.
Sun April 11
Lovely day, warm and sunny. Did walk, saw longhorns on Plains. Did shopping at Tesco and M&S. Grand Prix was 6am, Lewis 4th. Roast beef.
Mon April 12
Did a workout. Back to work (from home). Lovely day, bit windy, washing dried fast outside. Was planning to go to Cambridge tomorrow as our account director from the ad agency in New York was going to be in, but she has Covid and and there's another petrol shortage
Tues April 12
Walk, no cows. They move around so often I don't see them for days. Warm enough to take jacket off. Bumped into J who was running. Quite busy work-wise. Had forgotten to take pics or write a blog post for tomorrow. Managed to whip one up using prompt 10 on the 10th. Started The Gloaming.
Weds April 13
Planned workout but had meeting on which redundancy pool I'm in. Then got caught up in work.
Thurs April 14
Beautiful day. Walk, Yates, saw cows. Google tells me my blog's "unparsable data issues" are resolved. Phew. Meeting with finance advisor.
Good Friday April 15
Day off for Good Friday. Beautiful day. Walked to Body Balance. Haven't done it for a month, legs aching afterwards! Did some gardening.
Saturday April 16
Cloudy then sun came out. Bagged up more winter clothes to go in the attic. Scheduled tweets. Went to garden centre and got a lupin, phlox, scabious and two dianthus. Then planted everything. Watched film Dune. 5 out of 10.
Easter Sunday April 17
Walk, Connaught Water. Saw cows, still sitting down. Watched Easter service on TV. Had an Easter egg hunt for Rosie in the garden, then we all went to the Larkshall for lunch. Had roast chicken, huge. Stayed sunny.
Easter Monday April 18
Walk, Yates, horse n pony. Weather still quite good. Spent long time weeding rose bed. Watered roses. They will be late this year because I should have pruned them sooner (did it in Feb).
Didn't go into office. Sold a couple of Kettlewell tops on the FB site.
Weds April 20
Had a marketing All Hands for the latest on the redundancy situation. No clarity yet on who's going.
Thurs April 21
Yoga, not my usual 8.15am class. Tried a later class, teacher was on holiday so was usual teacher, which was nice.
Fri April 22
Aching from yoga. Busy at work sorting out a new messaging look and feel for the big event I campaign manage, Embedded World. Took some pics of clematis in full bloom.
Sat April 23
Forced myself to walk, didn't really fancy it. Funfair has arrived (top pic). Remember how excited I used to get when I was 15. Rejoined Ancestry (14 day trial again) and uploaded old pics from Mum's. Nice to put faces against her grandparents and an uncle.
Sun April 24
Sunny intervals, breezy. Took tripod to Larkswood to take pics of bluebells. Roast beef. Got a few containers ready for summer bedding
Mon April 25
Did a stretch class at the gym. Bit shocked to realise that although my weight has stayed the same, waist measurement is back to what it was pre boot camp in Nov. Need to earn my carbs!!
Tues April 26
Busy day - had to prepare a slide deck for a senior exec at short notice. Also had 4 hour planning session which used to be a couple of days in a nice location before Covid (Paris, Miami). Did walk pm. The forest seems totally different at a later time - the lighting and atmosphere.
Weds April 27
New garden post live on blog. J's daughter R went in labour overnight. Baby Olive born. R had tough time, kept in hospital overnight. No visitors allowed.
Thurs April 28
Fairly busy today. Those in the pool I'm in for demand gen jobs (11 people) had a meeting to ask questions which was a bit strange, and muted. Not many questions. Fox has dug up new clematis. Lovely pics baby. R in hospital until tomorrow.
Fri April 29
Cloudy, cold. R out of hospital. J looked after Olive to allow R & S to have short nap. Here's the proud Granddad.
Sat April 30
Likely to be the only sunny day this bank holiday, so got up early, did a 4 mile walk and then went to Epping & garden centre. Got lots bedding plus 4 auriculas (for first time), and 2 dianthus. Didn't plant any: got distracted dealing with what looks like ears of corn in the flower beds, and weeding the drive.
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