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I have two chilli seedlings and one sweet pepper seedling on my kitchen windowsill. I will do my best to nuture them (and I've never had chilli/pepper plants fail before -- I have a sun-trap in the garden where I shall pot them on when the days get warmer.)
To be honest, I'd also like some bush tomatoes and courgettes (can't buy plants online for love nor money, and I've never been lucky with seeds) but beggars can't be choosers. These seedlings were offered on the village FaceBook page, which is all of a sudden a treasure trove of people doing/offering nice things.
The Teddy Bear hunt to entertain the children on their daily walks has staled a bit (I tried to persuade Boycat to pretend he was a teddy bear and sit in the window all day, but he was having none of it, and I didn't think a stuffed black crow or a knitted dalek entered into the spirit of things; likewise Little Madam who can emote the whole spectrum from "I hate you and if you come closer you're dead" to "your life is meaningless to me you nasty little worm" ). Perhaps if we're still locked down at Halloween.
But! The children can still look for and report painted stones on their perambulations -- the stones are moved regularly and new ones added every day. And there's now apparently a set of Gruffalo characters attached to trees in the local woods.
And there are excellent amateur photographers going out every day and posting photographs of the spring -- new born lambs, new leaves, sunshine and daffodils. Unexpectedly cheering.
As a paid up curmudgeon, I can only say: bah. But it is nice to think that people are taking the trouble (and probably enjoying it) to entertain children they don't even know; and post photographs for the people who can't get out.
To be honest, I'd also like some bush tomatoes and courgettes (can't buy plants online for love nor money, and I've never been lucky with seeds) but beggars can't be choosers. These seedlings were offered on the village FaceBook page, which is all of a sudden a treasure trove of people doing/offering nice things.
The Teddy Bear hunt to entertain the children on their daily walks has staled a bit (I tried to persuade Boycat to pretend he was a teddy bear and sit in the window all day, but he was having none of it, and I didn't think a stuffed black crow or a knitted dalek entered into the spirit of things; likewise Little Madam who can emote the whole spectrum from "I hate you and if you come closer you're dead" to "your life is meaningless to me you nasty little worm" ). Perhaps if we're still locked down at Halloween.
But! The children can still look for and report painted stones on their perambulations -- the stones are moved regularly and new ones added every day. And there's now apparently a set of Gruffalo characters attached to trees in the local woods.
And there are excellent amateur photographers going out every day and posting photographs of the spring -- new born lambs, new leaves, sunshine and daffodils. Unexpectedly cheering.
As a paid up curmudgeon, I can only say: bah. But it is nice to think that people are taking the trouble (and probably enjoying it) to entertain children they don't even know; and post photographs for the people who can't get out.
