Rain – and other stuff

Well, the wished-for rain arrived, thank goodness, and it’s doing a good job of soaking the garden. No hosepipe watering needed today and the plants are already looking a lot happier. Although, inexplicably, the blueberry bush looks like it’s had it. It stopped fruiting a couple of years ago and threw out a massive new section. Tinternet suggested cultivating this bit rather than the old, but sadly, it’s all on its last legs. I shall do an inspection when the heavy rain has stopped.

The heavy rain didn’t prevent me from visiting Mum today though and I found her in very good health and happy. She was still in the lounge when I arrived, but soon trotted down the corridor with a big grin on her face, actually recognising me this time. Mind you, she had no recollection of what she’d just been doing, so I am none the wiser as the activity she might have been involved in.

We chatted for about an hour and a half and then the carer came to take her to the dining room for her lunch so I came away. She was disappointed that I was leaving, but I had promised to go into Kenilworth with John for a second assault on the bank. As it happened, John didn’t wait for me and was just setting off when I arrived home, so our paths crossed and I didn’t make the trip to Kenilworth after all.

This afternoon, John decided that the inspection of the back of his eyelids was high on the list of things to do, so I just pottered about trying to have a bit of a tidy-up, yet again. I continue to be overwhelmed by the amount there is still to do in terms of sorting out Mum’s things, but I am hoping that I will be able to pull myself together and actually get on with it. But energy levels are low and the bootstraps seem an awful long way down…..

We watched the football match this evening in the hope of having a little bit of excitement, but honestly, what a dreadful match from an England point of view. It reminded me of the ‘bad old days’ when England just passed the ball back to the goalkeeper all the time or hung onto it in mid-field. Yawn, yawn, yawn. Having watched this performance, I doubt there is any chance that England are in with a shout of winning the competition, like some of the pundits suggested.

The news was full of the win by the Lib-Dems over the Tories in the by-election in Amersham yesterday. People seem shocked by the big overthrow – not sure why…….

In the meantime, COVID continues its merry little journey around the country, with 10,476 people having tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. 11 people died with it in the community, and 6 people died in hospitals on 16 June. 221 people were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours, too.

The map of the UK, showing the spread of the virus, is gradually turning blue and it’s very easy to see where the infection is spreading. And in the charts of coming first for something, guess what? We have the highest infection rate in Europe.

Wishing you all a great weekend – stay safe everyone. God bless.