Ramblings from Millbank

 We had a beautiful day here at Millbank on Saturday, as I hope everyone else did in their own domain. Our daughter and her partner were down from Manchester and we enjoyed sitting in the garden for the first time this year. Her partner fits security cameras, so he updated ours while he was here. I can now watch Roy, in his Man Cave, in 8 Mgs, rather than 4, with the use of the app on my phone. They have a dog, a dachsund called Oscar who is quite noisy and was determined to greet evrybody personally as they walked down the lane. We exchanged Easter eggs on Sunday with mine being a vegan one from Hip Hip. Being reassured about his Man Cave security, Roy accompanied me on our trek to the Far North, aka Shetland, on an organised coach trip.We were collected from the door by a minibus which alread had some happy travellers inside. Everybody met up at Cirencester services where our main coach was awaiting, and off we went. After several comfort breaks, including the picturesque Tebay S...

This blog will comment on all sorts of things, including efforts to sell vintage on Etsy and Ebay. It may mention our garden and it might mention things that I have read recently, together with with other lifestyle topics. We will see where we get to. I have decided to re-organise my day and have a regime of rising at 6.30am and going to bed at 10.30pm. I have become a bit lazy lately but do have the excuse of a chest infection which has lingered on for 3 weeks or so. Tuesday. As I write this we have a bird stuck in our kitchen chimney, which is probably one of the rooks or jackdaws which are nesting in the trees nearby. The last one which got stuck, a few weeks ago, found its way out from the top, but the current one has been there since last night. I have put some water and bird food up there, as there is a ledge at the bottom and have left the front door open in the hope that it might come out that way. The good news is that the jackdaw (for that is what he was) made his way out dow...