Day 218 of Lockdown

Friday, October 30

     A terrorist attack in Nice, earthquake shakes Turkey, Covid spikes amongst others in France, Germany, US...  but in my little spot a beatiful bunch of lilies are in bloom...

... and the cat found another cosy napping spot... 

Day 214 of Lockdown

Monday, October 26

   Eon and inge are enjoying Labour Day weekend on the west coast of NZ's north island where there are several black beaches!

The news is dominated by the rising infection rate in several countries as well as SA..

My Instagram finds... 

Day 210 is here!

 22 October...

    Spent most of the day in the garden. Beautiful day and my thoughts far away from Covid and corruption... 

   In Johannesburg, Yael had a birthday celebration...

She is turning 1 on Sunday... 



Yesterday Ilan enjoyed his first Uber ride...

Covid deaths on the rise

Sunday, October 18

     This is day 206 of Lockdown and the state of emergency has been extended for another month.

     More than 18 000 people succumbed to Covid-related symptoms since March (stats at bottom of post) 

     On a positive family note, Yael has started to crawl a few days before her 1st birthday!

In the park at the end of a hot day in Johannesburg. 

And good news for the environment spotted on Instagram...

Day 200 of Lockdown is here!

Kia made a new sleeping arrangement for the cat.  Here he is approving one of the levels of his "maisonette" 

More than 17 000 Covid deaths in SA reported so far and a second wave is waiting in the wings... 

   

       On the family front, I received weekend pics from Kyalami and NZ.

    

Yael had a lovely time in super weather on Saturday.  On Sunday it was back to winter for them and here they are at Jackson's for shopping and a juice break.

In NZ Eon went on a surfing escapade while Inge stayed home to rest.

Instagram snippets :

Day 195 of lockdown

Wednesday, October 7

      Corona deaths are on the rise, farm murders are on the rise, the numbers of hungry and jobless people are on the rise...

   Fortunately in my little family circle, there is joy...

    Eon and Inge is expecting a baby girl in February. 

   

And Emile and family enjoyed a weekend in Magaliesburg.

And in Edward Street, the garden was the best place on Sunday.  Kia treated us to a fish meal.

And our Cat loves his rainwater drinking bowl... 

My Instagram favourites during the past 5 days... 

It is day 190 of Lockdown

Friday, 2 October

   The first radio news bulletin of the day brought news of Donald Trump and his wife testing Covid positive.

   

I also heard that several South Africans of high social, political and business standing are being brought to justice for fraudulent activities.  About time!

     Many people are relaxing their personal protocol re Covid, but it is still very present. It has hit my hinterland, specially Burgersdorp and Middelburg.

    Although our borders opened for international flights yesterday, many countries are still on our unwelcome list (UK and USA for example).

   This is what covidvisualiser reflects about our stats... 

More than 1 million people have died worldwide of the virus so far.

     On the eco conscious front, I have picked up the following good bits... 

I signed the sales document for Ouma's house yesterday.  Lots of memories came to mind of the more than 35 years of ownership. My mother lived there for the last 19 years of her life and I can still see her at her favourite place in front of the stove in the kitchen.

    Here is a pic of Emile and Eon "helping" us  get the house ready in Feb of 1985. Kia was snug under my heart as I wallpapered away...

Katite is very happy to be with us an has moved into a proper masterly role. Here he is sitting on his think patch.