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Wow, what can I say about the months of lockdown and the weeks ahead to re-emerging. For one it was easier this time knowing there will be a solution so for me it was one day at time. Working at home enabled me to fill my days with constructive work and truly increased my learning curve. I was to go to visit my sons in Victoria which of course couldn't happen so I still took the leave. I woke up one morning with the idea of restoring my parents 1960's ironwork hall table. I had left it outside for twenty years. My father gave it to me after the smoked glass top broke and he'd replaced it with a wooden top that wore away. The framework was solid though rusty. I spent days in the winter sun sanding away. It was cathartic and I thought of my parents a lot and what they would have made of this year and last year if they were still here. Again sitting in the sun I painted the hall table with several coats of white metallic rust proof paint. I sent a before and after shot to my siblings and my children and my younger brother told me he'd broken the glass by sitting on the bottom shelf and trying to get up and knocking the glass. I have the table sitting in the spare room and eagerly await reopening to see if I can get a piece of smoked glass cut to fit the top. I sit quietly before starting work outside with a cuppa and watch the birds come and eat he crumbs I've thrown. My garden has thrived and I remember being do pleased when I saw the first blossom on my apricot tree I sent a photo of it to my work chat. This lockdown has made me appreciate all the things we do have and I look forward to seeing my family and friends at the end of it and walking along the river.