Still no courier. Schools are out - I see them crossing the green on their way home. A message from the school run delaying arrival to pick up the bench for an hour. which will get here first I wonder.

I have eaten a tuna mayo sandwich. And a couple of biscuits. I have swept the lower stairs, and the entrance hall. I have sorted out my collection of freeby shopping bags ready for when I can go out, so the shelves there look tidy.

I have read some of the paper.

Still bored.

There is a blackbird having a bath in the bowl of the birdbath.

The sage bush has been hit by the frost, and the leaves are dark and drooping.

One of the robins landed by the compost bins, and then flew off. It is now in the birdbath.

The yellow wild primroses are out at last, joining the hybrid reds and pinks which have been out since autumn.

The crocuses are flowering, including some I missed when moving bulbs from the veggie area. There will be tulips up there as well, I see.

I feel trapped.

Penny