It's been sunny, and I have spent a lot of time in the garden. For whatever reason, I stupidly decided to fly my indoor mini-drone in the garden. I have never seen anything move so fast; it went up and flew straight out of the garden. The first neighbours let me search the garden for it, and the second ones searched for me. It was found in the end.
My other project is an annual attempt to get a good picture of the goldfinches. I have a zoom lens attached to the phone and pointed at an object such as a TV aerial. Of course, they never land on the thing I have focused on. This image was taken without the zoom as one landed on the bird feeder near where I was sat.
Friday was a Bank Holiday to celebrate VE day. Obviously, the parties were severely restricted and the TV documentaries were sparsely populated with commentators practising social distancing. Hil decorated the garden with home-made bunting and we enjoyed a glass of sparkling wine as tribute.
The actions of the UK government become more reminiscent of the book "1984" as this progress. Now it transpired they censored scientific documents to hide the fact they ignored advice in the early stages of the pandemic. Some aspects of this are getting quite sordid.
Hil resumed her dog walking today. I was pleased I could join her. Hil has bought her own lead so we don't have to share too many things with the owners. The dog was clearly pleased to see Hil. We had a good 90 minute walk.
We held a Zoom session for the gymnasts and their families today. There were 15 screens up with around 40 participants. It was impossible to really know what everyone was doing, but there was lots of laughter. Hil joined in as my partner as we demonstrated "thread the needle".