On with mum’s jacket (we bought it for her in St Neots about four years ago)

It felt lovely to wear her coat. I wear her jumpers nearly every day because they became too big for her about three years ago.
I went to see the baby chicks. Mother hen is teaching them how to eat Click below

Then it was off to St Neots – library, post office, bank and Aldi where the cashier and I discussed Ukraine and she told me that customers are buying extra bags of nappies to donate to mothers who have run away with nothing. She told me ( she might be correct) that Putin is mad!

Glimmers of hope

The rain has stopped, for now, I’ve strewn straw outside the barn, spring flowers are everywhere snd a barn of playful lambs lifts my morning spirits

The pied wagtails have returned to nest in the hay feeder and I watch them fly in and out of the barn

Cat in a box

Our cousins in Israel sent me a beautiful box of fruit during my shiva week. The fruit was delicious and both Mabel and Nigel think that the box is a perfect place for a nap.

Mabel
Nigel
Mabel

Should I feel guilty as. …..

I sit and watch the news from so many cities in Ukraine that I have visited

And I cry

yet it’s shrove Tuesday and I spent an hour away from the television making savoury

Followed by sweet pancakes with sugar and lemon juice
With a good dose of whisky to steady the nerves for more horrendous news – from another place I have stood and bowed my head, Babi Yar