Spring is here?

It certainly looks like - and occasionally feels like - spring, but we're told that an Arctic blast is on the way tomorrow with snow and ice forecast - even to lower levels. Not quite the end of hibernation yet then, although Covid restrictions are slowly easing over the next few weeks and with our second vaccinations not too far away now, perhaps we can look forward to a brighter year than 2020 was? I mentioned beore that we'd cancelled all our short trips and I'm guessing it will be nigh on impossible to get replacement bookings for several months as apparently there has been a huge surge in "staycation" bookings. We have also moved our flights to USA again. Originally we were booked to go last September but we then had to put this off until March, then move it to June and now it's September. We'll see how things progress. It would be nice to think it would be safe for us to travel later this year, but we've had so many false dawns that we have to remain sceptical - although hopeful too. Anyway, here's a couple of photos of Jo's 70th that I omitted to post earlier:

Today (Easter Sunday) we'll be popping over to Inverurie to drop off Luca's Easter Egg. Later on this afternoon, we've got another virtual CAMRA beer tasting - this time it's a beer and chocolate matching. Who would have thought of such a thing? We're intrigued - and it helps pass the lockdown days. Here's what we'll be sampling:

The golf season has now officially started but the first month at Banchory has been disrupted a bit by the long period of ice we had on the ground in January/February, as a result of which we only have 16 holes in play and over half of those are on temporary greens. Still, it was nice to get back out there again on a bright Thursday afternoon. When I was away golfing, Jo took the opportunity to spruce up the flower beds out back:

Now for the medical report. Jo's week of recording her blood pressure has resulted in the medical practice now asking her to wear a monitor for 24 hours, starting on Tuesday. She's done this before and they saw no problem then, so hopefully it'll be the same this time. I got my stitches out on Thursday and the wound in my chest looks good and clean and seems to have healed up nicely. I'm due to book another blood test this week, 6 weeks after the last one. Like Jo, fingers crossed that all will be well and there will be no need for any further follow-up. That's all for now.