Angel In the Trees?

We went to Dawyck today, and right at the top of the garden, where we'd never been before, this tree seemed to holding out arms - in a blessing, exasperation, shock? Carried away by paradoelia, a strange angel came to mind. It's taken me till now to work our what it was - see the extra.

It was a glorious day and we had a great ramble through the gardens. However, it wasn't the day out we had been looking forward to. 

We should have been having a celebratory lunch in Berwick with old friends C&C. Alas, they had to cancel, worried by the new restrictions coming into effect in Northumberland tonight. Mr C has been shielding, and this would have been the first meal in a restaurant for all of us. But much better to be cautious ....



And another bit of C19 related news reached us. Granddaughter Nico was sent home from school on Monday, with a runny nose and a cough. Ali has been trying since then to get a test for her, without success. This morning she got lucky, managed to book one only an hour's drive away. Hopefully it will be negative (the symptoms have disappeared), and they will all be able to get back to work/school/nursery.  Poor little N, she's struggling to understand why school keeps stopping and starting.