Lockdown 3

…the truth is I’m not really locked down…I work for a transport firm…unloading truck & trailer units and rail wagons, late at night, with a fork lift…I’m “essential”…at least while the freight still flows…we’ve already had our hours cut and start times moved as the numbers of truck arrivals are reduced….

…I’d have to admit to being a little disappointed that all the projects that immediately sprang to mind when the lockdown was announced, are now out of reach…especially with the shift in start/finish times meaning that I’ll be arriving home very close to my usual bedtime reducing the amount of daylight hours/Dee not sleeping hours available to me to nil…. so I’m picking that I’ll be sleep maladjusted and more than a little bit grumpy for the duration….(will be painting up a storm and/or complaining blogging in the wee hours to console myself)…..

…yay….

….could be worse…

…while I’m at work my hallway could fall foul to an infestation of musicians and the instruments they rode in on…

…(note – amplifier in middle of hallway is disproportionately larger than attached instrument and plugged into the outlet closest to the log burner)….

…(not a trip hazard at all)….

Keith Richards In Store… . . . MY Store

…you could well understand  my surprise on Sunday, when I was informed by some first time customers that they’d just visited a local beach and that Keith Richards was having a nap in the car…..

…Keith Richards, I said, THE Keith Richards…

…yes, in person…

…if he’s awake before you leave could you invite him in for me??, I asked….

…of course, they said, in fact, by the sound of that car alarm, he’s awake and moving around the vehicle now….

…(what!?)…

…so out they go and they’re back in a flash with Keith Richards….

 

…yes, THAT  Keith Richards….

 

…the short hairy one…..from Southland…

 

…sigh.

 

…(thank you Hayden & Jo for letting Keith Richards come visit…please don’t let on to him about the cheeky photo I took of him next to the palm tree…y’know…like the one the other Keith Richards fell out of whilst on holiday down this way…giggle).