Just Like I’d Imagine The War Years To Be

[Bobbisox1]

Such friendly neighbourly gestures, after the alcohol being left for Mr Bobbs , my friend rang and asked if I had any SR flour, I did , in fact I had 3x 3ib bags ! No, not panic bought, I just had 3 bags anyway,she came to mine to pick it up doing the 2 metre thing of course , for the flour she brought us a lovely hot corned beef and potato pie.( home made )
This is the nice bit of lockdown , the camaraderie here is second to none

[Bobbisox1]

Not sure if everyone is going Domestic Goddess daft BB, but flour is certainly in short supply

[jno]

yes, my home's just been wiped out by a doodlebug and one of the hamsters has sustained a bruise :-)

[New Judge]

//It becomes bearable and the good outweighs the bad doesn’t it ?//

No.

[Bobbisox1]

Don’t worry, a friendly neighbour will take you and the hamster in :0)

[jourdain2]

Flour would be wonderful. I'm making bread - but not necessarily bread as you would know it!

Seriously, I'm so glad we live here. Too far for daughters or Mr J2s son to help, but the 'pull-together spirit' is brilliant. We are a small village of about 250 adults. Until the church building was forced to close I had organised it to be used as a depository for craft materials (no gathering, people would drop in on their daily walk with their kids, add things and take others). After closure a few younger mums (hooray, they are really taking this on board) mobilised the redundant bus shelter instead and it is also a book-exchange. We have a village face-book page now (I put on occasional poems for kids and grown-ups) and keep in touch that way. E.g. yesterday someone was appealing for sugar and someone else had some and took it round. The local paper carried a good half-page about us. We have bear hunts (teddies in window, which dodge and hide) and The Rocks - painted pebbles which mysteriously move around and the kids chase around (on their daily walk en famille) to find their own.

Next project is scarecrows dressed as emergency service personnel - and we're trying to make a mini-maypole- for Mayday. Not all that easy when you can't buy ribbon - I'm painting string!! Seriously - it could be a lot worse - a horse-box now parks with spuds etc..