Staycation Easter 2020

Sunday morning is generally a bacon and egg breakfast cooked by Robin, and Easter Sunday was no exception.  Once again, he did a great job.  It’s our very own family tradition.

The other day a rather heavy parcel was delivered by courier  from my daughter Nicky.  Was it an early delivery for Mother’s Day next month, I wondered?  No, I was told to open in now, so I did.  And what's this I found inside?  A bag of flour, about 3kg or so, I reckon!

The note read:  (abbreviated)

“Dear Nana, here’s some flour for you, we ended up getting a 20kg bag yesterday at the supermarket.  We hope you are doing well in Lockdown, and will enjoy doing baking with the flour.  Love from Emma and Nicky.”

Special delivery – flour!

So on Sunday afternoon I spent some time baking, and made a date loaf, and some shortbread.  The shortbread aren’t cut all nice and fancy, but they certainly taste good.  Half of them have been spirited away into the freezer for another time, maybe we will welcome visitors here for afternoon tea sometime in the future.    It’s certainly a strange new world when a gift of flour (or finding the supermarket shelves stocked with toilet paper) can bring such joy!

All in all we have managed our Easter Staycation quite well.  A few Easter buns, but there was a mild panic when I couldn’t find where I had put the peppermint marshmallow Easter Eggs.  After looking through the pantry a couple of times, they were finally tracked down.  What bliss, an Easter Egg to nibble on after dinner.  It doesn’t take much to make us happy these days, does it?

The weather has taken a cold and rather windy turn over the last day or two, but then, Easter weather here can always be rather changeable.  There’s a crockpot full of pumpkin and bacon soup with a hint of curry for lunch, so all’s well in our world.  Hope everyone is keeping warm and safe inside their home bubbles, and keeping in touch with friends and family by phone and internet.  Happy Easter to all.