Monday, April 20, 2020

Groundhog Day…

…or I suppose that should be Groundhog Week. Each day is a little different, different little jobs to do day by day, but each week we do much the same; on Friday we head back into Ellesmere, do two shopping runs to Tesco, then head back out on Saturday, filling with water and disposing of rubbish and recycling, before mooring up again in much the same spot.
This weekend though, much excitement, we stayed on the Ellesmere Arm for an extra night!   It was wet on Saturday…

The week after Easter you’d normally expect the Arm to be full with boats…

Bright blossom, blue sky.


Percy the peacock  was ready to welcome us back.


He’s a proud looking chap.

This afternoon Mags had a conference call organised by her grand-daughter Melanie.
That’s Mel in the top left, with Mags’ great grand-daughters Joanne bottom left and Emma on the right. With Emma is Mags’ first great-great grand-daughter, Bethany Grace, now 8 or 9 weeks old. There’s another due in August too.
It was great to see them all. We’ll be doing it again.

Meanwhile we’ve been perusing dog adoption websites in Cheshire and Shropshire, We’d really like to fill the dog-sized space on Seyella. We can’t replace Meg, just like she didn’t replace Bruno back in 2006. But we’d like to give another rescue dog a chance at a good life.
Not likely to be able to do anything till this lockdown is lifted though.

Locks 0, miles, not many. About 3 in fact.

Keep well, keep safe.

2 comments:

KevinTOO said...

Hi Geoff & Mags :) Glad to know that you are both safe & well :) Looking forward to when we get released again and I'm able to bring you an emergency aid package of pork pie and fresh cream donuts, you must be ready for them by now :)

Carol said...

Good to see you're both well and using technology to stay in touch with family.
We did our first Zoom meeting with family yesterday and did a quiz with them, really enjoyed it and had a good laugh with them. What a tonic!
Good luck with you new dog search, I'm sure you'll find the very one to fill that space on Seyella and in your hearts. He/she will be lucky to find you both.
Stay well and happy. Big hugs xx