tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post710021424991681890..comments2024-03-18T17:15:39.964+00:00Comments on Life on (nearly) a Small Island: What a difference a week makes....Sianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13827449325297069660noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-52501558475936219122020-04-05T18:10:53.937+01:002020-04-05T18:10:53.937+01:00Thanks for commenting Ken. Hee hee I think a lot ...Thanks for commenting Ken. Hee hee I think a lot of people are quite enjoying "self isolation" - for now anyway. And no guilt tripping either!! STay well!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-61139912409526908552020-04-05T18:09:56.762+01:002020-04-05T18:09:56.762+01:00Ha I knew what you meant!Ha I knew what you meant!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-62075103894790851472020-04-05T18:09:45.759+01:002020-04-05T18:09:45.759+01:00The system is working well in week 2 with parcels ...The system is working well in week 2 with parcels arriving in the car outside (my "contaminated zone") and various messages going back and forth via text so that works well. I have to stay near the house but at least i can wander to the shore and around the garden, and even my field at the back too. Though the weather hasn't been conducive to much walking! We had snow showers Friady..Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-25123914690039061382020-04-05T18:07:38.573+01:002020-04-05T18:07:38.573+01:00Life goes on as you say! Lots of lambs around and...Life goes on as you say! Lots of lambs around and calves arriving too. Yes our local shops are really rising to the occasion. I can get deliveries to our ferry from two in the town which is great. Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-8202202694669563322020-04-05T18:06:48.829+01:002020-04-05T18:06:48.829+01:00Charlie is a regular feral mix, and although no re...Charlie is a regular feral mix, and although no relation to Button does have similar markings. Ha no I don't feed the lamb! The farmer took him away to feed and put in a pen with mum. The novelty of bottle feeding a demanding lamb wore off after year one when I first helped out. Hee hee! In theory I'm supposed to stay in the house and garden (shielding)but as long as I don't go out when the farmer and his children are in the byres tending to the sheep I should be OK.Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-83507072377892574602020-04-04T20:47:19.027+01:002020-04-04T20:47:19.027+01:00Your spring sounds like ours about in the middle o...Your spring sounds like ours about in the middle of North America (Northfield, Minnesota, USA). Rain and snow yesterday; 40°F and snow vanishing today. Since I let my book go out of print in May, I've been spending a lot of my time in my recliner watching the neighborhood and reading a dozen online newspapers. Now I can feel righteous about my self-imposed isolation. Take care and stay well.<br />Ken Weddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09432599516874850614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-12236168393556529672020-04-02T09:02:18.066+01:002020-04-02T09:02:18.066+01:00That should have been "mad rush"!That should have been "mad rush"!SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12038956034633228594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-86056873243688943812020-04-02T08:59:16.000+01:002020-04-02T08:59:16.000+01:00I was wondering what you did re getting your shopp...I was wondering what you did re getting your shopping from the ferry to the house, with all the potential contamination. I'm shielding too and finding it hard to be motivated to walk for more than 30 minutes a day as being on my own, I don't like to walk across commons and heath land. No such problems where you live! This situation is going to hit the tourist industry so hard and obviously all the associated businesses. Will there be a made rush to the islands in 2021?? SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12038956034633228594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-55501190865207011532020-03-30T12:51:17.918+01:002020-03-30T12:51:17.918+01:00Much the same here on the Isle of Lewis, restricti...Much the same here on the Isle of Lewis, restrictions on travel so reduced ferries. The local shop is doing well and providing a wonderful service. The prescriptions are now been delivered. Lambs are born daily, life goes on. Glad you are safe and well.mamasmercantilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011278973985658118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-77857430367606723142020-03-30T08:04:03.670+01:002020-03-30T08:04:03.670+01:00Charlie's a handsome cat, years ago I had a ca...Charlie's a handsome cat, years ago I had a cat that colour, is it Russian Blue? Do you feed the lamb, he might become a permanent fixture. A few years ago there was someone who lived in a Cardiff suburb and he had a pet sheep which he took for walks. You will have no trouble getting your daily exercise in isolation. Take care.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01047342243577979820noreply@blogger.com