A-Z Blogging Challenge 2021 - Scottish Borders in Lockdown
Recording My Everyday Life - A Picture for Future Generations
HOBBIES -They have definitely sustained me during Lockdown. I knew from the start, I would
have no difficulty filling my time. I
began the New Year determined to widen my family history research & writing
to my father's side and my husband's side. See F for Family History, C for Creativity & Crochet and G for Good Reads book reviews.
I continue to enjoy writing my weekly Random Ramblings "to record my everyday life for future generations" for which this A-Z series of posts is an offshoot.
I enjoy adding photographs to my written ramblings, although my contribution during Lockdown is slight - I am just not going anywhere outside the village.
I also recommend Pixabay for sourcing free images - as a former librarian, I am wary of falling foul of copyright issues!
A hobby I have returned to after a long gap - I took out my electronic piano keyboard and shut myself up to try and tinkle every day – pretty hopeless – right hand not bad but coordinating with my left is another story! Still practice might make perfect - and at least it is a different activity.
Image courtesy of Pixabay
HOLIDAYS - What holidays? We have not been away since Autumn 2019. A booked visit last Easter on my ancestral trail, along with daughter and granddaughter had to be cancelled due to Lockdown - ditto a later city break.
Newspaper pages full of holiday adverts, but I wouldn't dream of making a booking, given the continually changing position regarding Covid and Lockdown.
HAIR DAYS - how many of us are complaining about our straggly locks with hairdressers closed for months? I resorted to trimming my fringe and the sides myself - with limited success. Daughter bought me an Alice Band – I quickly passed that back to her - I am too old for the Alice in Wonderland look. I tried tucking my hair behind my ears with Kirby grips, but the last thing they did was grip - and soon fell out. And no - I have no selfies of the looks!
Image courtesy of Pixabay
Which brings me nicely to:
Humour in All Things
- Such as the comments from my husband: I looked like a "demented scarecrow" when doing my exercises; on my
attempts to do something with my hair - a scarf tied round my head and I
was "like something out of the film "Pirates of the Caribbean" or the
operetta "The Pirates of Penzance"; a bandeau caled forth the comment that I was like an "elderly
John McEnroe" - I
abandoned both styles! All comments made in the nicest jokey kind of way and I did not take offence - but I remembered them!
Ducks demonstrating social distancing whilst crossing the road
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ON TO I FOR INFORMATION, INNOVATION & INDULGENCE
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Your husband, like mine, is cheeky, but I guess he made you laugh. I must admit covid has made me glad I’d already let my grey reveal itself. We have been lucky enough to have had a couple of mini holidays thanks to our lower covid stats but one is always anxious of being caught in a lockdown or quarantine. Thoughts of distant travel now seem unlikely and rather less necessary. I’m glad we got lots of travelling done in earlier years.
ReplyDeleteThis post made me smile. So much to relate to! For home haircuts, you should check out YouTube videos. There are excellent ones where they train hairdressers how to do various styles -- and I have been able to follow them with some success. I am also a fan of Pixabay (and sometimes Pexels) for blog photos in a pinch. https://mollyscanopy.com/
ReplyDeleteYay for Pixabay! It has been my saviour for Facebook posts for the Society. Ah yes the hair. Now that I'm not working I can't afford to get my hair done, even if the hairdressers are open. Consequently I look it looks very lack lustre. My husband's humour can be a strain at times but heck, it's better than moaning. Humour is essential in these times.
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