Sunday

It feels odd not having to make plans to dash along to Safestore to either deposit or retrieve bags and boxes. It takes a while to become used to the idea!

Farmers’ Market

As usual on a Sunday, we performed our usual weekly shopping run to Sainsbury’s, passing through Chapel Market where the Farmers’ Market was in progress.

In Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s was its usual self except that they seem to be reorganising their shelves which meant we had to hunt around for some items that were no longer where they used to be.

Chapel Market in the rain

The weather forecast was cloudy but dry but guess what? As we left Sainsbury’s it began to rain and not gently. I hurried through the main market to Mercer’s to pick up our coffee, conscious while I was in the shop that Tigger was waiting outside in the rain.

Having returned home, we stayed there for the rest of the day. Though all our property has been brought back from store, the work goes on. Tigger is determined to go through everything – the accumulation of years – and weed out everything that can be disposed of whether as junk or as items that can be donated to charity.

Another job was to prepare this month’s stack of laundry for me to take to the cleaners’. She counts all the items and keeps an account of them. That way we know whether it has all come back or whether anything has been lost. So far, the cleaners we use at present have not lost anything.

Monday

Today, Tigger returned to work and it was my task to deliver the laundry to Angelz in Arlington Way.

A bumper load

I cut through Myddelton Square Garden where I photographed what turned out to be a bumper load.

Blue sky through branches

The sun was shining and the sky was a pretty shade of blue so I photographed it through the branches of the Curvaceous Tree.

Chadwell Street

My path then led through Chadwell Street, named with Amwell Street after the villages near the source of the New River.

Pausing in Myddelton Square Garden

On the way back, the sunshine was pleasant enough for me to sit a while on a bench and enjoy the calm atmosphere.

Books for Oxfam

Having returned home and had a little rest, my next job was to take a bag of books to the Oxfam Bookshop.

Pretending to be an ordinary street

My way took me down Chapel Market. The market does not operate on Mondays and so today, Chapel Market was pretending to be an ordinary street with traffic as well as pedestrians. Tomorrow, it will resume its usual persona.

Angel Central

I passed through Angel Central Shopping Centre whose astro-turfed courtyard had attracted people to sit on benches or stroll about in the sunshine.

Oxfam Bookshop, Upper Street

I reached my destination, the Oxfam Bookshop in Upper Street, where the bag of books was gratefully received. The bag was not big but books are surprisingly heavy and I was glad to let go of it at last. There will no doubt be more to follow as Tigger continues to sort through her bags and boxes.

Snow? No, shreds!

In Berners Road, in front of a doorway, I saw what at first sight looked like snow. It wasn’t snow but paper that had been passed through a shredder. The bag of shreds has been put outside and something or someone has burst it open. A nice tidying job for somebody!