We’re heading toward 30 days here at the cottage. It doesn’t seem real, does it?

More of eggcups-on-parade: my second Snow White, a bunny, two lustreware egg cups (I have a smaller one somewhere with a thin strip of blue at the rim), another lustreware cup with a brown bear, an Emma Bridgewater cup from London, Walking Ware from Carlton/England, lovely motto ware cup from Devon, a Holt Howard rooster, blue and white transferware, a tiny bunny cup and an art deco plastic cup from Paris, a flowered egg cup from Paris, a rooster cup, a face cup, another rooster cup, a brown Mason’s Vista transferware cup, and a chick emerging from an egg from Portugal.

More tomorrow.

I cleaned out two of the garden beds yesterday, raking out the leaves and debris. Then Don raked all of it onto a tarp and made several trips to the refuse pile (very helpful.) I’m going to do two more today, as we have some rain coming on Thursday. It felt so good to be out there working – to finally get a jump on all the cleanup that must happen before I can do anything else.

I felt my shoulders relax. Those endorphins kicked in.

Then I came in, showered, ate some lunch and watched more of the 2019 episodes of Gardener’s World. I’ve mentioned this before, but I’ll say it again – that show is so calming. My blood pressure must surely drop as soon as I hear the theme music and Monty Don’s voice. Heavenly. I’m almost done with all the shows I never got to last year and then I’ll start watching this year’s episodes – only 3 so far.

Here’s a question for you. How are you getting plants, soil, mulch, etc., for your gardens? I must admit I’m not sure how I’m going to handle that but it needs to be handled soon – in the next week or so. Any suggestions? I’m thinking our local nursery – which is the same farm stand that Don went to last week (they were highly organized) – might have some new protocol in place for plant shopping. I’d love to hear what you’ve encountered in your neck of the woods.

Still reading and loving This Rough Magic. Still watching old Cheers  episodes. Let’s see, what else? I ordered stamps online yesterday. Everything that was routine now has to be handled differently. I have a sneaking suspicion that we’re spending more money than usual in our efforts to make sure we have everything we need on hand.  I can’t say that for sure. Since we can’t just drop by the store for a few items, we tend to buy a lot in one order, trying to anticipate anything that might be needed. Sigh.

Happy Tuesday.