Tuesday, 4 August 2020

Monday 3 August:


Somewhat frustrating start to the day… washing machine wouldn’t work (blown fuse?); missed hot air balloons (albeit the wind was in the wrong direction - they were apparently a fair distance away from Southville); and missed our smiley face skywriter (despite being close overhead, apparently… which I mistook for a drone… looked out of the back bedroom window, but clearly obscured from view)!
Moira and I had morning coffee in the garden – beautiful, blue sky morning.
Met up with Ana at Ashton Court – which was lovely. I’d been worried about her after learning that they’d decided to cancel their holiday to Spain (in the light of quarantine measures returning to the UK and fears that the UK borders might be closed if Covid-19 worsened). She’d been looking forward to seeing her 90 year-old grandmother (who she is very close to)… who, during the past few weeks had been moved into a Care Home after suffering a heart attack… Ana was clearly worried that perhaps she wouldn’t have the opportunity of ever seeing her again.
I eventually managed to check the washing machine and it appears to be something rather more serious than a blown fuse!
On a more positive note, I managed to book a date for Emmaus to come and collect our pile of discarded books!
Read more of my Lemn Sissay’s memoir.
Image: Tree stripes, Ashton Court.

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