I can not believe it is taking me so long to post on the blog. I think, like everyone else, I think I can achieve more than I can. I’ve been reading, painting, working online, cooking and hoping for a time when we can all get back to school…..I’ve not been writing enough though!

I was having a wee think about all of you and found this picture of me when I was in primary 2. It’s a school photo and I am the only one not wearing a uniform (eek). I was thinking about how strange this is not going to school but also thinking about the things I would have done at home if it was in 1970 instead of 2020.

We had no technology, absolutely none. I think we still had a black and white TV or maybe we had just got colour. Mum and Dad both had jobs so someone would have had to stay home and look after us. Though at that time my Mum was a teacher so she would have been home too.

In those days we didn’t have as many toys, or books or games but it was fine we just made stuff up. My favourite games were; pretending I was a TV presenter and making stuff for the camera. ( there was no camera it was all made up). I’d put out my toys and get a clip board of paper and pretend I was a nurse or a Doctor and play at hospitals. I would ‘take a line for a walk’ on paper and colour all the gaps in. I would stare out the window and dream. Make things out of food packaging. Annoy my brother. We would pretend that the carpet was Lava and would have to get from one end of the house to the other without touching the floor. It was great fun…..This is a really hard time….but I think it maybe also can be a good time if you take time just to play, make things up and stare out of the window and dream.