Not Alone

This was not from today, but I've not got round to blipping for a while. This is our local park. I took the children there with their friends and settled down to read and knit in peace and solitude - bliss! But sadly ladies here don't quite appreciate aloneness like I do so two ladies came up and commanded me to join them on their bench. I was annoyed at first but then thought it is actually a really lovely thing about the culture here. After that we had a lovely chat and I enjoyed getting to know them.

Gas crisis continues. Thankfully the stove gas hasn't run out yet but it's very cold. But a lot worse for refugees in tents.