COVID 19 Diary

My empty nest is now unexpectedly full and feathered for the foreseeable future, although ground rules have had to be drawn for the sanity of the occupants (two adult offspring who were expecting to live independently and are now stuck in the company of two tedious middle aged parents).
A bit of rearrangement of the house to optimise their bedrooms as functioning workspaces for their (for now, exclusively) online study.
A husband who is delighted that everyone now sees the benefit of self isolation and social distancing (skills which he basically invented and pioneered) and thinks that it should be made permanently compulsory, but increasing from 2m to 1km.
Opportunity to empty the freezer and sample all those unlabelled mystery pots and containers as surprise suppers.
Dogs which are delirious at the sudden increase in attention and fussing.
Hens which are laying amazingly well for no obvious reason.
Hospital car park almost empty for the first time ever.
Quiet, calm, apprehension at the front line, waiting for the feared tsunami of cases to reach us here and watching with alarm at the developments in Italy, Spain and London.