Staining

Mr hazelh has started the process of staining my new planter. Here you see the difference that the first coat has made to the wood.

Today I have exercised twice, helped Mr hazelh with the Thursday supermarket run, looked after Mummy hazelh, and caught up on a mixture of work and domestic tasks online.

My main achievement of the day is to have planned all the activities for Sarah and Helen's visit to Edinburgh at the end of the month. Sarah and I lived together for four years when undergraduates at the University of Birmingham in the early 1980s (one in France), and with Helen in our final year. The last two times that we have attempted to see one another have been scuppered - in March 2018 by the Beast from the East, and in March 2020 by the first Covid19 lockdown. We have our fingers crossed for third time lucky for the week after next. (We were last all together in Manchester in April 2016.)

Exercise today: 30 minutes on the exercise bike; 5.5 mile run; walking (17,926 steps including run).