The Bloggler

This was the scene in my garden this morning ... a beautiful carpet of russet brown leaves leaves covering my lawn and flower beds.  But alas, more work for me and my trusty leaf blower. (See more photos below in response to  Terri's Webster's 'Sunday Stills' photo challenge  , the theme of which this week is 'Leaves and Trees'.) This is the second big leaf fall this Autumn.  The first consisted mainly of horse chestnut leaves.  I filled my composter, two big green wheelie bins and 8 big plastic sacks.  This time it is mainly beech leaves.   As you read this I have cleared the garden again although I have kept a few piles of leaves in the overgrown corners for the benefit of any local hedgehogs (I am a big hedgehog fan).  The downside is that the bloody squirrels will say "thank you very much, I'll collect some for my nest just as soon as I have finished burying conkers all over the garden and the flower tubs".   I finish with a leafy photo I took

Unrelated photo of Tandle Hill Country Park, Oldham So, we’re a couple of days into Lockdown 2.  And what’s different?  Not much as far as I can see.  It doesn’t seem like a lockdown.     Nearly everything is still open and there is traffic and people everywhere.   It’s business as usual without pubs and restaurants and a few ‘non-essential’ shops.   All that’s happened is that the Government has taken away our luxuries and stopped us having fun. When escaping your home, the most fun you can have inside with yourself or member of your household, is to browse the clothes, books and homeware etc. in your local supermarket, or you can visit the garden centre to look at stuff that has nothing to do with gardens.  I wouldn’t normally regard supermarkets as a fun day out (its a get in and straight out operation for me) but when boredom sets in on this scale you can understand the appeal.  The trouble is, the big supermarkets are so busy in Lockdown and, from what I see, so full of brainles