We celebrate spring

 

It's been a while since the last blog post. It's been very quiet here with nowhere to go and nothing new as everything has been cancelled. Not sure if we are celebrating the arrival of spring, or that we are emerging from confinement here. We have been in lockdown three times in the past sixteen months. We have had little opportunity to see friends or even share a coffee at the market. We have been very careful to avoid groups especially in enclosed spaces and are still wearing our masks. Our outings have consisted of food shopping or visits to the garden centre. The garden has had a lot of attention over the last month since the weather started to improve.

But that all gets a little easier this month. So far, the ten kilometre limit has been lifted and we can now travel anywhere in the country. Next week, bars and restaurants with outside areas will re-open and the curfew will be 9pm, instead of the 7pm we have been living with. Next month we expect  even more loosening of restrictions as the summer weather arrives – and probably with it the tourists.

We are looking forward to overnight stays with friends further afield and catching up with others over lunch on a restaurant terrace.

And Lily is enjoying playing in the garden again

Vive le printemps