a personal statement
The Shard in the background and the temperature a bit warmer it was a lovely day for a lunch walk today. We walked from the Old Kent Road entrance all the way to the Camberwell section, taking in the tranquil nature trails.
We also saw the former Surrey Canal bridge that reminds us that part of the park was formed when the canal was retired and filled in.
We looked out the front door today and one of the bins was not standing in a row with the other two. It was lined up after collection two days before but now it was facing ninety degrees from the others.
We thought of reasons why someone might have moved it—they had swapped ours with one mistakenly left with a neighbour, or someone from the street had reached over to put something in it. But it was empty.
Remembering that we had a camera set to capture movement at our entrance we looked through any previous footage to find the culprit. To our surprise no one had moved it. Instead it made it rolled all by itself to a different view.
Maybe it was the wind. Maybe because it was a brown bin, for garden waste, it wanted to see if any of the neighbours had better gardens?
This is what happens to us in the UK after a year or more of lockdown.
But if that is too extreme for you, how about these?
I’m only allowing myself one package for this spring (that’s the plan…) so I couldn’t take any risks on sweet roll innovations. So I went with what can’t fail—sultanas, raisins, lemon and orange peel. Oh my!
Today I tasted two amazing things that are new to me. Dried mini figs and sun-dried apricots. The apricots taste as if they’ve been caramelised by the sun–rich and sweet.
I don’t recommend either for people with expensive dental work, but I do recommend them.
But a lot has happened. The view has changed from sheep and fields to London skyscape and Victorian terraces.
Face masks and vaccines–these are the topics of discussion for us all, no matter where in the world. Not too far away is a wind down of lockdown; we hope for good, but even for now it will be welcome.
Stay safe all, spring is on the way.
