That was a bad decision

 Yesterday was a nondescript day - raining steadily half the day, but I did get a walk in along the old railway line in town.  

As you can see, it was very dreary.

The first Canada Geese have arrived though. A sign of spring, as were the first fledgling leaves on the Elder bushes.  Spring was a bit further along in Carmarthenshire, as the first leaves were on the Hawthorns, lots and lots of Daffodils out, two sprigs of Cow Parsley in flower on the lane up to P&D's house, and amazingly, I passed a solitary Cowslip in a sheltered spot.

This was the problem with my sewing machine.  I removed the thread carefully with a pair of tweezers but think it must be doing the same again to have jammed once more.

I have done a bit of long-overdue vacuuming, and listened to my body and had an afternoon nap, before doing a bit more on my Hobbs/Russill/Allsop line on my family tree.  Poor Elizabeth, my g. grandmother - to give birth to 9 children and bury 7 of them . . .  She and my g.grandfather had such big hearts, as they even adopted a little boy when they were in their early 70s.  I don't know if he was actually related, though I presume so.  I have found a Hobbs/Gregory marriage which could fit.  

I then made an error, having been seeing what else Youtube had to offer, and it came up with Marvin Gaye.  I loved his music, back in the day, so put that on.  Then it started playing other 60s music - Keith and I both loved it - and then came the tears.  Thinking we would never listen to it together again.  More tears just writing that. . .

On the plus side, I was looking for my little bag which I take on walks, that had fallen into the brass bound barrel in the kitchen.  At the bottom I found a vintage Jecta Mark I fishing reel on a cork handle, which Keith had found many years ago at a car boot sale.  I will take it to the next Fair, as it has a little value - £20 or £30 I think.  I also found a very vintage kennel huntsman's or beagling whip, worth more than I had on it when it last saw day pre Covid!  So, bonuses.

Now I need to go down to town to get some change for Malvern Flea tomorrow.  We have sunshine so I may try to clear the space to plant the Glen Ample raspberries.  Update: I cleared 5 areas of grass and tried to clear most of the grass in between too, planted the 5 raspberries, put cardboard down and a bag of muck heap along there, but it will need more when I have some energy.  Car packed with what I need, a fresh loaf of bread made, Manderin Muffins made to take tomorrow, and I will make up my rolls when I've had tea.  My back will probably be complaining bitterly tomorrow now, but tough, you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.