Tom’s friend and the baby

This is Ruffy again.

We were hoping that Tom would be up and about by now, and would get back to doing the blogging himself.

But he doesn’t seem to have woken up yet.

Of course his expedition must have been very tiring. I felt tired just looking at the map that Ellie made of his travels.

You can’t see much of the map itself, under all those postcards and sticky labels, but he cycled hundreds of miles.

Somehow he didn’t manage to find the seaside in Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Sir Fynwy, or Glamorgan, but eventually he did reach a lovely beach in Norfolk.

He camped in the dunes, and swam in the sea, and dug in the sand, so finally he’d achieved his aim, and was able to set off home again.

You can see that that would all be quite tiring.

But he seems to have acquired new responsibilities, so he’d better wake up soon.

He’s brought home a friend and her baby. He met them at the seaside.

The friend isn’t very well, but what with Covid, and the lockdown, it’s difficult to find out what she might need, or how to help her.

Strawberry took some spinach round to Tom’s house.

I thought I’d give Jenny a ring. Being Tom’s sister, she may feel less awkward than little Strawberry about going into his house without being invited.

Jenny said she’d go round and see what she could do.

So I got on with sorting the music for my musical-box.

Here’s a nice one. I’ll see if I can play it well enough to put it on the Zoom Ensemble page.

I’m trying to wind it steadily.

I think it will be easier when Bimbo can conduct us all.

Oh, there’s the phone. Maybe it’s Jenny, reporting back.

I just hope Tom hasn’t got into hibernation mode.

If he has, we may not be able to wake him till next spring.