School holidays are about to start and I'm noticing a distinct difference to the Easter holidays this year. We are actually planning things. Planning things with people.
I'm feeling very mixed about this. Surprisingly I really enjoyed the social isolation period, even though I am generally an extroverted social kind of person. This move back to socialisation is proving to be hard. I often comment to Steve that I would almost prefer to wait until every restriction was lifted before re-entering society. If I can't hug people, I'd almost prefer not to see them at all.
Alas, this can't be the case. We don't know when this crisis will be finished, or when life can return to "normal". Maybe the not knowing is the hardest part. In the mean time, we've got to take advantage of the small allowances given, even if they are strange and uncomfortable.
As I write this, I realise that I have a lot of wonderful memories of our time in isolation, from the early days of the COVID-19 crisis in Australia, and I haven't really blogged about many of them. Sure, I shared about some sewing, some excessive fabric cutting, reading and also watching musicals, but we did do a lot more.
In an effort not to make this post an overwhelming dump of "all the things we did in isolation", I thought I'd just share some of the food related things, and save the others for another time. When you don't have to travel and find yourself at home a lot, there's a significant increase in time you can spend on food. Sweet delicious food. Like this pulla bread:
And these cupcakes that the girls got to decorate:
It was my birthday during isolation, so Sophie organised my favourite food for dinner: Pies and chips.
Rachel made scones one morning completely on her own. All I did was tell her what to put into the bowl and turn the oven on. Again, the time factor was such a grace here. Usually I'm in a rush and have to get them done as quick as possible. With no where to go, we could let Rachel take the half hour to make them and enjoy them when they were done.
A friend sent down several kilos of lemons from her dad's tree on the sunny coast and I made copious amounts of lemon butter.
The lime tree is abundantly producing so we made limeanade again.
More biscuit icing. The girls got to practice piping with royal icing, which is usually something I wouldn't bother with, but we had lots of time on our hands, so why not?
Ninja-bread men!
Sophie was particularly proud of hers.
Lastly this magnificent herb bread loaf, which yes, was amazing.
Now that I've done this post and taken this trip down memory lane as I lament the end of this quiet time of our lives, I think I'll go an make some cinnamon scrolls to help me cope with the changes to come. Maybe they will ease the transition to where ever we are going to next.
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