I had a significant birthday 2 weeks ago. I turned 75 and no, I didn’t say how did that happen, as I’m all too aware of the passing years. Reaching 75 years of age feels significant, it is, I think, significant and actually on the day I woke up feeling
Hi everyone Do you see that title? Those you who live outside the UK I have to tell you we had a mini-heatwave last week, which was just wonderful and coincided with my stay at my daughter’s house in Lewes. We had a fab time there And we had many
Hello everyone! Apologies for not posting for nearly two weeks, I should have said in my last post that I was going away, staying at my daughter’s in the small and very beautiful town of Lewes, This is a typical street in Lewes just off the main High Street. And
Hello again If you thought that the last post I put up was a little thin, apologies, I have been quite distracted these past few weeks. First of all, I took a couple of weeks to write a 3000+ word piece for My Other Blog. New followers I need to
Hello everyone It’s almost mid-May and up to a few days ago I was still wearing socks and long-sleeved winter woolies and sleeping under a winter duvet. Last week we had frosts in the morning – it’s been so unseasonably cold here in the UK. And yet it’ll be June
Hi everyone I’m still doing an end-of-the-month review (a trifle late this month) but as you can see it is no longer called Lockdown Diaries, as it’s now just a roundup of events, happenings, clothes I might have bought that I haven’t shown you, films and television that I have
Hello everyone Apologies for not writing a post for nearly two weeks. Life just got in the way! I’ve been very busy and did a lot of stuff last week and this, with appointments to go here, there and everywhere, and hey, I had my hair cut! Here I am
I wasn’t exactly the first in the queue, but just after lunch on Monday I was in my local charity shop and wow, did it feel great to be back. It was also very safe as there was only one other person in the shop apart from the manager, which
I’ll be 75 next birthday (in June) and I often think along the lines of How.Did.That.Happen, this ageing thing? Because it creeps up on you and then boom, it’s there! I’ve said this before, that when I was 40 I thought no different to a 30-yr-old, same when I was
Hi again everyone I wonder whether I’ll be continuing this diary throughout the year or will it come to an end soon? Actually, I’m thinking that I might do one more at the end of April and possibly May, and then maybe continue the theme of the post as a