Sue's birthday.
It was a lovely spring day, much like last year, when we met up that last time before lockdown the very first one.
The big difference this time was we went up to take her gifts and see her briefly, and as we went through town it was heaving. We are still in lockdown, but you wouldn't have guessed. All the stone seats and steps had people sat on them. No distancing, no masks (the odd one like a chin strap) it makes you wonder why we bother.
I know why I bother so that I can see my friends and family again without restrictions, so I can sit in a pub have lunch, go for a coffee or breakfast on my way to work and not have to take it away. Go shopping and enjoy it, go on holiday, sit on a beach or a pier and watch the sea. Go to a show or a gig, get horribly drunk and wobble back to the hotel laughing. That's why I bother.
It was lovely to see Sue, even at a distance, and I'm sure she had the best birthday she could given the circumstances.
My pre-order from Art From the Heart came, new shimmer paints, collage sheets, cutting mat and bag... I'm so pleased with them, hours of fun for me to come...
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