Are difficult problems easily solved?

December crept up so suddenly I forgot about my Body Shop Advent calendar for the first two days. I've caught up now. Not that there's any rush. I still haven't finished all the hand lotion from last year's.

More restrictions easing here: masks are still compulsory in supermarkets/shopping centres and in taxis/trains/buses, but the rest of the time we only need to carry masks and wear them when we can't social distance.

There hasn't been a special senior hour at the supermarket for months now, but my mother has decided she likes going super-early and, as it's before work, I can go too. Friday, we went early as usual, and as usual there was only a handful of cars in the car park. One of them was packed with camping gear, obviously belonging to a family on the way for a holiday. I assume there was an adult in the supermarket doing the shopping; waiting outside, a man entertained three small children by blasting The Weeknd's Blinding Lights and making them dance around the car.

Finally, a couple of updates from things mentioned in my daily November posts:

1. ( The completed garlic braid )

2. ( The completed 2020 cross-stitch mini-sampler )