Well I can't write about this week without mentioning sport, Wimbledon where there was some very exciting tennis and new faces doing so so well. A multi-national event where the only thing I saw complained about was slippery grass.
However, at Wembly the final of Euro 2020 football tournament between England and Italy, not a bad game and equal(ish) right to the penalties..... but sadly on Monday there was full media coverage of fans without tickets breaking into the grounds and security having to physically try to stop them (gatecrashers, literally, that may or may not have been jabbed or even negative tested) ..... so called fans on the rampage afterwards through London leaving devastation for others to clear up...... and at the final a fight broke out amongst the spectators and the Queen's grandson-in-law Mike Tindall stepped in to break it up till security could get there. But the worst was horrid reports of racial abuse aimed at the three black players because they missed their penalties, cowards hiding in social media! That's not sport to me just the stupid ignorant minority and definitely not how they should behave after this pandemic when they should be so appreciative this tournament actually went ahead with spectators! Rant over!
Daughter had been round twice to put the big bell tent up (after E used it) to brush it and the ground sheet down and make sure it's completely dry before it gets packed away again. First time wasn't quite long enough as they had to get home. Nothing worse than canvas with mould so worth coming back a second day.
This patch at the front was getting quite weedy through the ground cover, so Hubby took drastic action.
Hence the expensive trip to the garden centre.
R helped her Granddad plant them.
My baggy night t-shirt has needed a bit more Boro (visible mending) using Sashiko (that's the style of stitching). It's a recurring process to all three preferred t-shirts. One day they could be more patches and white stitches than original fabric 🤣
As a final addition to my top of the page rant, I've now heard that my friend's son has covid even though he has been double jabbed, because he went to the football final at Wembly. He knows that everyone of the large group he went with have all tested positive too! Thankfully I think they all have it mildly and are isolating, however they have it from being in a crowd and between there and the time they were pinged they were potential spreaders! After the Duchess of Cambridge had attended Wimbledon she was pinged to self isolate, so covid was there too!
Next Monday is being carelessly called "freedom day" as most of the restrictions are lifted, but please please be aware, be careful, be safe.
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3 comments:
Love the t-shirt repair. beautiful.
garden centres are easy to spend lots in! Although you're better at getting them planted out promptly than I am. In the porch I still have most of my purchases from the other week in the same pots they came home in.
One's a blueberry so after reading I really need to get some ericaceous compost which means another trip and more temptations! And I have now learned I should have more than one to help cross pollination but I then would need more pots too so not quite sure what my plan is.
We bought a blueberry bush two years ago which at first wasn't happy until we realised it needed ericaceous compost and now it's thick and bushy but only had two berries, so now you've done the research I'm thinking it's lonely!
apparently so. There were lots of berries on when we bought it but of course it was with lots of others at the garden centre. I think 3 is a good number to have.
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