Chris, a regular golfer, walks around the course with his friend and he comes here, to the field, to practice driving. We stay well away!

Granddaughter spotted a cluster of ladybirds clinging to leaves and old flowers of the Rose of Sharon plant beside the gate.

I did a bit of Googling and discovered that ladybirds go into hibernation during late autumn and early winter. They cluster together in leaf litter or in bark or in our Rose of Sharon plants! If it gets very cold they might try to hibernate inside houses – not a good idea as they will come out of hibernation early because of central heating. They won’t find aphids in our houses so they will starve. Coax those ladybirds outside before they cosy down indoors.

After a beautiful afternoon with son and grandchildren – our special “support bubble”.

I had to persuade the cats to let me sit in my chair this evening

Some of us remember the Ladybird Janet and John reading books (it’s how I learnt to read and even taught my children to read). Here’s the latest in a satirical series written and illustrated by a brilliant artist with whom my children spent some of their childhood.

My favourite page from We do Lockdown can be seen below.