April 29

Quite a shock to see this yesterday after so much glorious weather.

I’m surprised how much difference it made to my mood but it’s good thing for the country. Few people would have been be tempted to visit beauty spots.

In my post of April 26, I mentioned my “To Do” list that I haven’t looked at for the whole of Lockdown. It inspired Amy to send this:

“I have always made lists. As a child, lists of favourite colours, girls names , boys names etc. My brother asked me if I had a list of my lists. Listing is with me to this day. I  have notebooks full of them. I can find lists of what I took to Bruges,Tenerife, Florida etc. I have lists of Christmas and Birthday gifts I have sent for the last 10 years .I have unearthed lists from 1972 when we were doing up our house in Canterbury.
I am now compiling a mental list of what I will do after Lockdown. I have a beautiful new notebook but am hesitant to put pen to paper lest my writing sullies those pristine  pages.”

And here are a few of Amy’s store of lists:

I’m so impressed that Amy keeps actual notebooks of her lists. It’s just the sort of thing one longs to see in history books. A centuries-old list has about it romance and intrigue that a current one can’t hope to emulate.

I realised last night ,that, although I haven’t looked at my “To Do” list, I am still making shopping lists but I doubt they would find their way into any history book. For one thing, even I can’t read them. (There appears to be “prostate” on this one, though I can’t say I remember ordering that).

I also have a permanent travel list on my computer that I call up whenever we go away- one for hot climates, one for cold. The only thing that seems to change every year is the amount of tech. I take with me. It’s gone from a simple iPhone, to iPad, Laptop, portable charger, Kindle.

Any guesses as to when Amy, I, or anyone else will be needing our travel lists again?