Day 124 of Lockdown

Tuesday 28 July... Brilliant day in the garden with cat and tortoise!

But in the outside world there is anxiety and bad news ... (source: News24) 

I went to the dentist yesterday and entering the Medicross Centre felt like stepping into a futuristic world. 

   So different from my previous visits... Staring eyes... No reading material anywhere and Covid notices and information stuck on the walls.  I liked this one best... 

Yael and Ilan is enjoying their short vac in Stellenbosch. I received these pics... 

On Instagram I copied the following... 

Day 122 of Lockdown

Sometimes I wonder who will be reading my Covid posts in future.  But I persevere... and here is a mix of happenings etc.

Early morning in PE. Pic thanks to FB.  

    Bad move awaits us.. 

Latest Covid stats from Covidvisualiser...

Ilan on a flight to visit grandparents in WC

Eon and Inge video called from Wellington. They visited this beach earlier today. 

On the culinary scene, they tried my recipe for fillet in a mustard and cream sauce. 

My friend Veronica visited Tinie in J Bay 

SARS is on a mission to get taxpayers online... 

 Christien Coetzee sent pics of summer in Switzerland... 

Some Instagram news of one of my favourite National Geographic photographers 

And fond memories of my first visit to Amsterdam... 3 days solid visiting the Rijks Museum

Author Annelie Botes sent this memory pic of her and Pieter Rademan in the Lovemore Heights chapel on the Stucken family property where SKOP had an unusual writer's communion early on a cold August morning...

And a memory pic of me in 2015 just after Eon painted the garden railings with Hammerite!

Edward Street night... Under a crescent moon! 

Lockdown... no unlocking in sight!

No regular brain can take in and process the news and happenings around Covid and life in the time of the pandemic.   So here are a few snippets gleaned from several sources...

Even baf news on the candy front! 

Fortunately the lighter moments are also captured... 

Day 117 in my bubble

Tuesday, July 21...The complexity of the effect of the virus on the world aside, it is a perfect day in the garden. Both the cat and the tortoise are enjoying the sun.

     I am thankful for the new growth and "blooms" after the cold and rainy spell. 

    

Day 112 of Lockdown

Loadshedding, hunger, cold, job losses, the ban on alcholol and all aspects of the virus dominate the news.

     Infections are on the up...

And while there is a haste to find a cure, boererate is making news:

While Die Burger carries this ad...

... The BBC is painting a real picture and various other publications are spreading a story of the real horror...

Day 110 of Lockdown

Tursday, July 14... Snow, gale force winds and a "quick" cloud burst above our house teamed with ever increasing Covid infections cloud our existence.    

   - pass between Graaff-Reinet and Middelburg earlier today... my first encounter with snow more than 60 years ago - 

     Our health workers are carrying a heavy burden  and funeral homes are finding it hard to cope... One of PE's well-known establishments figured on Instagram (via Time)

Government has taken harsh steps and extended the state of disaster until 15 August.  Alcohol is once again banned and the wearing of face masks mandatory. 

On the home front I can report that it is not easy to be a cat carer in cold and rainy conditions.   I keep the front door open so that Katite can come and go.  The house is freezing cold but cat is happy... Fortunately I have a hotwaterbag!

      

He comes in wet and gets a rub.  Full-time job!

      Kia is still in Lorraine and her tasks are Herculean compared to mine! 

President addresses the nation on day 108

According to the State President 500 people in SA are infected with Covid per hour.  The situation is alarming... 37 000 quarantine beds available across the country but shortage of medical staff, etc etc.   

     Tomorrow's newspapers will carry all the news, so I will return to my little life. 

      Ferdi visited me on Friday afternoon and we had tea with masks in the kitchen where we could observe social distancing. 

For lunch today I drove out to Lorraine to see Kia where she is caring for Sonet's menagerie. 

     Yesterday Emile c me and I could observe him at the braai caring for 2 kids. Not child's play but he was managing well in very cold conditions. 

Yael got hold of Ilan's bottle.  Looking very pleased here! 

Big brother helping to select a toy for his sister. 

    Eon and Inge seemed to have had a good weekend,  I heard about a restaurant visit as well as an evening of baby sitting for Frans.

     Inge looked so good in front of a vintage

 shop in Wellington.  I was so pleased to receive this pic. 

   Some nostalgia I came across:  

     AND an add in Die Oosterlig of more than 57 years ago shows the bakkie my father as a "dorpsboer" owned. 

Picked out on Instagram :

   And  visual catnews!

Sunday morning at 7 on my bed above, and guarding the front door....