Not enough rain….

I may rue the thought that we haven’t had enough rain, but I was hoping to wake up this morning to find that the garden had been drenched – however, it was hardly damp. I think we may have had a downpour in the night, but the ground was so dry that it’s hardly made a difference.

I had planned to water the garden this evening but in true princess fashion, I was still lazing about and so it hasn’t got done. Fingers crossed for more rain overnight. Never thought I’d be saying ‘not enough rain’!

There is little news today from the Sleath household. We stayed in bed all morning – me reading a book and John snoozing. He needed the rest after yesterday’s exertions with the washing machine. And I, of course, needed the rest after my considerable exertions in the hot tub (I don’t think).

This afternoon we nipped into Kenilworth to pay some money into the bank, only to find it was closed. Coronavirus is limiting its opening hours from 10 until 2 apparently. Hmmmm……there were three of us outside the bank at half past two, scratching and shaking our heads at such a notion.

We then nipped across to the garage from which we had bought the car, to take possession of the cover for the boot. They had forgotten to fit it when we collected it a couple of weeks ago.

As we were near Dunelm, I suggested to John that we nip in there to see if they had any nice cushions to go on our sofas. They had, so we bought some.

Home again, and Michael and William were in Balsall, having been to visit Moira, our Lay Reader at church, to discuss Thomas’ christening. They called in for a cuppa and a half hour chat, which was rather splendid.

And that’s it. An uneventful day really – with apologies that it’s a bit like watching wood warp. We seem to be glooping through our days just at the moment with not a lot happening.

I caught the last half of a play that was on BBC 2 this evening, called ‘Together’. I don’t know if anyone else watched it, but gosh, it was powerful. Family life and the impact of COVID – makes you think.

• On the COVID front, we have the following figures:
  • Over 11,000 people tested positive for the virus today
  • 19 deaths in the last 24 hours in the community
  • 222 people admitted to hospital with the virus
  • 8 people died with the virus on 15 & 16 June

It’s all hotting up – especially in the North-East again, around Birmingham and in & around London. And the Cornish folk are hopping up and down about the increase in cases in their county, blaming the G7 meeting, although, in fact, it’s more likely to have been the tourist influx during half-term that brought the bug.

There are clear indications of how to keep ourselves safe – we know it, but don’t seem to be able to do it, do we? Even we have got a bit blasé. Must take ourselves in hand.

Look after yourselves, folks. God bless.