Hello the kitchen. Day two of lockdown. The tunnel digging is not going well; I bent my tablespoon when we ran up against an underground drain, so will have to work our way around it somehow! We did surface at one point (I was never very good at map reading) but were spotted by the searchlight in the tower at the end of the road.......
Izabella, I am greatly taken by the work of war artists, too, and we had an outstanding exhibition here last year of works by, among others, Christopher Nevinson, Paul Nash, Eric Ravilious, Edward Ardizone and Dame Laura Knight. I also greatly admire modern artists who work in theatres of conflict; Linda Kitson’s work during the Falklands conflict and Matthew Cook’s luminous watercolour sketches from his time in Afghanistan, stand out for me.
Susan I hope they manage to get young Henry back on an even keel very soon - I can well imagine how upsetting that must be for all of you.?
Corner I don’t have a very good record with scones either but I do love a good cheese scone - John Lewis do excellent ones in their cafeteria. Going to be a long time before I get one of those again I expect!
We had a gardening day yesterday, and I was delighted to find a little plant that GS bought me last year, and which I thought was dead and gone, has reappeared healthy and much increased in size. I’ve no idea what it’s called but I think it’s a little rockery geranium. In fact, several “lost” things have come to light but now they all seem to be in the wrong place. Plants have minds of their own, it seems, about where they want to be (pretty much like people?). Everything is so dry now. It doesn’t seem to be five minutes since DH was having to keep emptying the water butts to stop the water backing up into the gutter!
Well, I will look in later when I have had my fill of trying to find interesting things to do! TOYA.
. I do love a cheese scone, sadly mine always have the look of a well cooked digestive biscuit. Hope your friend will recover quickly. 
