Ditto to Julie's post above, Mark and Mary. Cheers my dears!
My Good News is that, having missed out on a big party for a significant birthday in July that had been planned, I spent the money that would have gone on that and bought some really lovely new garden furniture.
It's that rattan material in light grey - a kind of interwoven plastic that's weather-proof (and quite expensive, ...but hey, I'm worth it
); our old stuff of the same type is still good after many years of exposure to the elements, but it's faded and I wanted to jazz up the garden anyway!
We've been lucky with the weather, mostly, since lockdown and since we were allowed to have a few people in the garden I took full advantage of it. I don't recall ever having spent so much time out there, or having so many
al fresco meals. Autumn is upon us but we might still get an ''Indian Summer''. I live in hope.
Jayne