What Strange Times!

First of all I hope all of you are surviving these strange times and managing to keep well and safe with the large part of your sanity intact.

Its incredible how quickly we have all adapted to a completely different way of living in such a short space of time. 

Thankfully I've been able to work from home, which as I'm freelance is a godsend because at least I'm still earning some money. I like being at home so its not that great of a hardship for me although it feels very strange having all the rest of the family here and finding a quiet space in the house is proving to be quite a bit of a challenge.

Its strange how going outside has become such a scary prospect. Its only a few months ago that I didn't think twice about jumping into the car and nipping to the shops for a few odd bits. Now shopping is a once a week event, filled with anxiety and to one shop only. Yesterday I did our food shop and it took me two hours - one hour of which was spent queuing to get into the shop. Not that I'm complaining, if that's what it takes to keep us safe then its a necessary precaution, it just goes to show how quickly we can adapt when we need to.

The photo above is one I took years ago. I've been trawling through my archive of photos taken locally and thought that this might add a bit of brightness to the day.  As lockdown goes on, I think I might post some more - photos taken when we could go out and visit different places.

Without the daily commute, being mum's taxi and always having to be somewhere else, I'm finding that I have some time on my hands. Time to do all those jobs that I never usually get round to - well sort of. I have a long list and am gradually working through it, but what I'm also doing is writing more - or rather editing. I've decided that I want to make the most of this time. I'm a big believer that out of negative must come something positive. And this is going to be my positive.

What about you? What are you doing to while away the hours?