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In to my 8th week of total isolation ...How are you doing I am doing great !!!!

5/10/2020

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In to my 8th week of total isolation ...How are you doing I am doing great !!!!

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Hi everyone ...here we are about 9 weeks in to the Covid-19 and how are you doing 
Well I hope ...remember each day is a day closer to us getting back to some kind of normal 
I have been totally self isolating for 8 weeks now ...I started almost from the time it seemed this was going to be worse than we thought
Danny is lucky and still has his job ...so he goes off to that each day being very safe ..wearing a mask and gloves every time someone has to come in to his office 
He comes straight home and we shelter in place together 

I do so miss going to see the delights of T J Max and looking for Summer clothes at Belk ..I don't like to buy clothes online ..so I am waiting to be able to go and do that ...not that I am going to rush to do it I intend to isolate for about another 5 weeks and see how the reopening goes before I venture out 

I have been really busy ...something I like to be ...I have done nearly everything in the garden now just waiting for the flowers to pop their pretty heads out ...I also have to paint the garden wall going down the driveway 

The house is all clean and it's lovely to have so much time to do these things ....so I am enjoying lock down .....I am safe in my home ..I have amazing wildlife in our garden and woods ...I don't have a thing to moan about 

Making the best of it 

​We have been eating really well as funnily enough 12 weeks ago we started having Hello Fresh meals delivered to our home ...3 meals a week that now has gone up to 5 meals a week and we are loving it
So useful when we find ourselves isolated ..it has been a God send 
Also I have just started to have a delivery from Misfits ....it's a company that will send you every two weeks misshapen vegetables and fruit straight from the Farmer 

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Here is our fist delivery from Misfits ...we are delighted with it ...
It costs just $20 and we got all of this
 


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There is not much misshapen here ...we were so surprised and happy with the quality ...nothing is bruised ...the apples are delicious ...
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We love to eat veggies and Hello Fresh mainly give you just one vegetable so I intend to use these to have more vegetables in our diet 

Everything is super fresh ..

They came in a great box with insolation and lots of ice packs ..keeping it all cool and fresh 


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All of the items are organic ..another plus 

Each time you get different items ...you have no idea what will come in the order but that is exciting to me ..i would love to try some veggies I have never tried before .

I look forward to seeing what comes next 

​Well done Misfits 

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Here is a quick look at Hello Fresh meals  ....you get an amazing recipe card and this one was one of our meals Italian Meatloaves ...so delicious ...really lovely  ..so much flavor 
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My first box was very exciting ...and here are the contents of the box ..an insulated box with large frozen ice bags ..this shows the insulating and the recipe cards for our then 3 meals a week 
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each meal comes in it's own brown bag ..so you just grab the bag out of the fridge and everything you need is in it for your meal that day 
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This is how the meat comes ...when you order a Shrimp meal they are large and you have approximately 14 each ..very generous I even have a large Sea Scallop meal coming in two weeks time Yum !! ...today we will be eating Duck a'la Orange ...with garlic mashed potatoes and veggies 
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I didn't plate it very well but this how the Italian meatloaves turned out ...super yummy ..this was the first meal that I cooked from Hello Fresh
www.hellofresh.com
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Why not just try one weeks of these delicious deliveries ....Very easy to cancel your future orders 

So these have really helped me and for that reason I have just have to go to the supermarket every 3 weeks for toiletries cat food etc ....

I hope that you are all doing well at this very hard, strange, confusing time 

Not one of us thought this would be our 2020 story 

Yesterday was the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of the Channel Isles in the UK including my Island home of Guernsey ...now we are fighting a very different war against an invisible enemy 

Guernsey has had 252 cases with 13 deaths ..and it seems to have stopped now ...no change for 8 days ...let's hope it lasts 

the island is on a super lockdown ..nothing opened and only allowed out for  2 hours a day for exercise ..

No in or out flights to the islands other than freight but it's working 

Please be safe and positive and kind  to everyone 

We will get out of this 

Happy Days 

Janet 
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My Camera Roll

4/25/2020

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My Camera Roll

I am now in to my 6th week of Isolation ...only leaving the house to go grocery shopping which I was doing every 2 weeks but now I am doing it every 3 weeks ...freezing milk etc ...
I do also leave the house to drive 5 minutes away to put my pottery creations on my teachers front porch for her to put them in the kiln and also to collect pottery that she has fired for me to glaze or just take home the finished item ...

I wear a mask and gloves and use anti virus wipes to wipe my gloves as I go around the shop so I don't cross contaminate ...
It's a new world out there ....but every day is a day nearer to getting back to a new normal 
I hope that you are all doing well and coping with all that is happening or not happening at the moment 

I thought I would share some of my camera roll with you all 
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I found this lovely vase whilst grocery shopping for just $5's ...I love how it looks with my Sweet William flowers that grow every year in my garden ....I just love this ...I miss shopping a lot ..I can't wait to go to TJMax and Hobby Lobby again ....it  will happen in time 
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Migrating birds are coming through our garden ...we have a group of Grosbeaks like the one on the left in the photo at our feeder outside our  living room window ...they are so lovely ..the other bird is a Cardinal ..the grosbeaks will stay for around 2 weeks before flying north
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I made this cute vase/container with a sort of wave design on it and three cheeky turtles climbing up it ...can't wait to glaze it ..
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This looks a little strange at the moment but once it is glazed it will come alive ..it's a bowl with the crashing sea on the left hand side and two turtles racing down the sand after hatching out of the nest in the sand...there is a Sea Gull watching all the action  ..ha! ha! 
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This photo isn't from my camera roll but I wanted to show you it ..with the virus no one has been using the beaches in Alabama and look how many shells have washed up on the sand that usually are fairly empty of shells ..just shows how many people take them off the beach ..I am loving the change in the environment during this time ..I wish I could make it all stay but I know it won't last for long 
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A medium sized rustic bowl I made
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A beautiful bouquet of Knock Out Roses I picked from our garden 
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I have cleaned up the back deck for the Summer ..I just need to pressure wash the wood and waterproof it   In this photo are Begonia's, Mexican Heather, Creeping Jenny, Rose of Sharon Tree, Bee Balm 
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My Single Petal Peonie's are nearly finished blooming now .they have large flowers ...I also have some deep red ones ...
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I picked them and put them in one of my pottery jugs/pitchers that I made 
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Our back deck ready for Summer ..a whole lot of growing but I will enjoy seeing it ...we have lots of blueberries on our bushes I planted them last year 
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I love to see the woods come alive ..so green ...we are having a very rainy Spring making everything grow very fast.
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Another Pottery creation ..I am so bless to be able to still do my art during this virus Covid-19
​This one is a large platter 
I have already glazed it and am waiting for it to go in the Kiln 

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Lots of detail on this one 
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I am very happy how this mug turned out ..it's lovely to bring from too ..with a great handle 
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This is the inside of the mug..hand building a mug is much more difficult than it looks..if you remember I have an injured right arm that has most of the nerves dead in it so it doesn't work too good ..so I cannot do pottery on a potter's wheel I have to hand build everything ..which I love 
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Another pottery creation ..I love this little bowl ..the glazing turned out great ...I love the underside of it too ..you can see that in the first photo 
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So that is some of my recent Camera catches ....I hope you have enjoyed it 
Please stay safe and do your part in helping the virus not spread 
I wear a mask when I go out as it makes me feel more comfortable 
Please make the best of the time that you can 
Keep smiling 
Happy Days will be back again soon 
Each day is a day closer 

Best Wishes 

Janet 

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Stay at Home if possible Please till Covid-19 has gone away

3/24/2020

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Stay at Home if possible Please till Covid-19 has gone away 

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