I am currently tending 14 potted plants or bulbs in the kitchen. It is a heavy responsibility as all given by kind friends or family over Xmas season who are all likely to return and check progress. Neighbours cat visited yesterday ,with neighbours, and stayed on very comfortably seeming to be asleep on my chair when they left, but 5 mins later fell on surprised mouse under table. I opened yard door,she lifted paw off mouse for a second which shot straight into dark yard. She left with same speed and I shut door on both of them so 4th mouse has had most natural death so far.Kept up short daily exercise with walk to post. Continuing maintenance Foot expert called after four months to find toenails too long. Should be three months in future or cut own toenails. Not easy. Still heavy frost.
London Saturday January 17th 1943
Housework in am then round to see Ruth whose temp has gone down again. Tea with Townshends in Ealing ,most of Cambridge friends there. Angus is still living there, Richard has found himself a room. Angus walked me to the station ,he says he is very miserable but I don’t understand why he isn’t more independent. Went to the Winsers flat in Chelsea(ED Lovely step-cousins from Aberdovey holidays now mostly working in London. David finishing his medical training at Charing Cross hospital)about 7pm and found David alone and in bed (ED. My first serious, but totally unrequited Love.See holidays 1939. He had girlfriend in USA from his year at Harvard)Talked to him for about an hour till Raid started( We bombed Berlin badly last night.) Bridget ( ED one of David’s four sisters) came back to the flat , they were supposed to be fire watching so I went round with them to the ARP post. I was excessively frightened by the few bombs which fell nearby, but went home again when all had gone quiet about 9.30. There was another raid in the night from 4-6am
