Feest Isolation Days – 22 September
Fog! The rolling white blanket swirling around our garden this morning is oddly a welcome and reassuring sight. The first fog of the season! It isn’t the freezing variety, but the sort that will lift by the time my second or maybe third cuppa is raised this morning. And firsts are always cheery,
Choir! Finally, after seven months our choir rehearsals are back – on Zoom! Every Monday night from now through to December there are rehearsals with a schedule and a plan drawn up by the people who work on these things. So exciting! A bit of normality and another first!
Not our choir but nevertheless a lovely recording of the Benedictus from Karl Jenkins The Armed Man…a lovely piece we sang last summer. What’s not to enjoy?
A new garage door! There are so many firsts today. On Friday our old garage door was taken away. The brown broken down couldn’t be opened without much effort door is gone. In its place is a shiny new white door that opens with the touch of a button. My bike riding has now changed. Instead of humping my bike in and out of the front hall and crushing the geraniums, the control mechanism can be on my key ring and with one simple touch the door will open as if by magic. The garage is not a place for cars, but is actually a large garden shed. It wasn’t built for modern cars and we couldn’t open the car door if we got the car inside it unless we place it prefectly, but bikes, that’s another story. There is an old bike of mine in there that needs to go to a good home. I’m sure a bike fixer upper would be able to get the old mountain bike up and rideable for someone in need. I will look out for just that sort of bike person.
A new coffee machine! The old one decided to give up the ghost and stop making coffee at the touch of a button. It chuntered on grinding away as though it needed to grind beans but then produced a sip of coffee. Or nothing at all. The new one is shiny and holds a lot more water. It’s mostly the same as the other one but I like its shiny newness in the kitchen and don’t miss the groaning noise of the old one at all.
A new series to watch! New to me anyway. I have never seen The Jewel in the Crown. There are 14 two-hour episodes and last night we watched the first. I was totally captivated. It was so authentic! Unlike the Suitable Boy which was neither exciting or authentic. We tried. We watched three but haven’t finished the series. The Jewel in the Crown episodes are two hours long so we can break them up and watch an hour a night. That will make it last longer. Mind you, I so enjoyed the first two hours it might become difficult to hit pause. We shall see.
18A new tube of Lucas PawPaw ointment! If you’ve never used this amazing Australian ointment, I promise you it is worth a try. It is magic for a variety of uses and the distinctive red tube it comes in is really clever. It means when you have a burn, or a cut or need some you can easily find it in the drawer that all those lotions and potions are thrown into.
All these firsts! Celebrate the small things. We sure are. Later today, apparently we will hear what the new rules are for all of us on going out and about. Covid is so not new. In fact it is getting very old. Meantime, enjoy. And if you’re in the neighbourhood and allowed to, call. The coffee machine is waiting!
With love
Kathy x