Day 29 Tuesday 21st April

One advantage of doing this (almost) daily lock-down blog is that I usually actually know what the date is, as well as the day of the week. This I think is a good thing. I do know that over Christmas one day tends to blur into another. This has been going on for a month now. I need to have some way of knowing what day to put the bins out. This is extra-complicated by the fact that Diane has a different bin day to me.

Back to work

Tuesday means back to work. Not that there is much work to do at the moment. This is partially because this time of year is always quiet, and partially because of the lockdown restricting the amount of work that there is available to do at the moment. Most days at the moment I am only doing one site per day.

Bedroom ceiling

It is coming along. The ceiling is now fully boarded, and hopefully by this time next week, we should be able to think about decorating.

Allotment

The allotment is looking good. We wandered up there this evening, basically to water everything, which we did. The potatoes are going to need earthing up soon, a job for the weekend.

Duster

Our pussycat “Duster” (so called because he looks like a feather duster) was not very popular tonight. He kept bringing a mouse in. He was banished to the utility room with no Dreamies as a punishment.

Day 30 Wednesday 22nd April (Earth Day)

Duster…..

This morning I found a headless mouse in the utility room. I dumped it down the bottom of the garden. I’m sure that next door’s fox will dispose of it for me. Perhaps I should have refused to feed him until he ate it.

Work

Work is slightly, make that very, weird at the moment. Travelling is a doddle, as there is probably about a quarter, or less, of the normal traffic. Journeys that would normally take about an hour, are done in twenty minutes. (Without breaking the speed limit.) Most sites are like ghost towns when I arrive. Usually there is only a security guard or a caretaker on site, and they actively keep their distance. In a lot of ways it makes my job easier, so I shouldn’t complain.

Bedroom

Everything is progressing well. The plaster has been applied to the ceiling and tomorrow the job should be finished. Our local B&Q (DIY store) has reopened. Physical distancing is fairly easy, because the place is huge, and they are restricting the number of people in the shop. We went along after I had finished work to try to choose wallpaper. I think we have settled on grey as the general colour scheme. The finer details are yet to be sorted. We came back with several wallpaper samples. Does anyone have a particular preference?

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I like the one with the toucan in the jungle. The only problem being that it reminds me of a scene from an adult colouring book, and I might be tempted to get my colouring pencils out.

Fish and chips from the local chippy for supper.

Day 31 Wednesday 23rd April

Today is St George’s day if you celebrate that sort of thing. We are also a full calendar month into lock-down.

Duster behaved himself to day, so he is, sort of back in my good books. He might even get his Dreamies tonight.

Bedroom

The plastering is finished. *All* that is left to do is the decorating. That will have to wait for a day or two to allow the plaster to dry. Our plasterer appears to have done a good job though.

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We spent the afternoon tidying up the mess, and disposing of the carpet, which was beyond cleaning. We are having a day off tomorrow. A bike ride, followed by a picnic at the allotment, and possibly some gentle pottering afterwards, if we can be bothered.

For supper tonight Diane made a rather excellent Sweet Potato and chickpea curry. I made chapatis to go along with it. It was very good.