For this week's lockdown installment I thought I'd followed Susie's lead and do a Reading, Watching, Making style post.

Reading



On Saturday finished reading The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths. It's really good, very engaging, and although I knew who the killer wasn't, I didn't figure out who it was. I often figure out a whodunnit a few chapters before the end, but not this time.



Everyday by David Levithan. Another good read - you know it's going to be good if Patrick Ness says it's 'a wonder'. It's an interesting story, easy to read, easy to get lost in.



Another Day by David Levithan. It's Everyday but from the another point of view. It's not as good as the first as you know what happens, but still an enjoyable read.

It's not like me to read three books in a week, but I'm really enjoying the escapism a book provides. I started a book by Heidi Swain on Friday and am over half way through already.

Watching

Lucifer. I'm already at the end of season two.

The Great British Sewing Bee. I'm watching this on iPlayer, so every Thursday I'll be catching up. I like Joe Lycett as presenter.

Sarah Millican IGTV How To Be Champion Storytime. Sarah is reading from her book How To Be Champion. Listening to her read it is even better than reading the book for myself. It never fails to make me smile, it's five minutes of silliness each day.

Making



Cherry Cake. I think Andy could get used to a weekly bake, and as it takes very little time I don't see why this can't continue after lockdown.



Banana Oat Cookies. I purchased some bananas and purposefully left them to go really brown so I could make these (the browner they are the more bananary the flavour).

An eye patch (see below).


Dressing up



My weekly work Zoom meetings often have a theme. This week it was 'Nautical'. The only option I had was to go pirate. A red scarf, a handmade felt eye patch, a few neckerchiefs, and an earring and I was all set.

Hanging out



A Family Quiz Night on Zoom. We all had to come up with six questions, wear something on our head and bring a bottle. We went for questions on Christmas, I wore a long forgotten pair of Minnie Mouse ears, and opened a bottle of Prosecco I was given for my birthday last year (I'm surprised it lasted this long).

The sun made it hard for me to concentrate on work, and I felt a little low towards the end of the week so this week I'm hoping to get back into the swing of working and try to stick to my routine a little more. It's supposed to rain so the temptation to be outside will certainly wane, but it's always dry in the greehouse ;)

Hope you're keeping well, take care
xx