Day 366 of Lockdown!

Saturday, March 27

    A year of Covid regulations have passed and while the media is reflecting about the disastrous effect, I am enjoying pictures of my 2 granddaughters. 

  Yael is 17 months old... 

In New Zealand 7-week-old Ariyah is growing like a mushroom...

Speaking of mushrooms, this is what I saw on the side stoep after rain.

Day 360 of Lockdown is Human Rights Day

Sunday, March 21

     52 000 Covid deaths and a scramble for vaccine!

      Taking the focus away from the virus, corruption and the drought and moving to family news and pics...

Yael is confident on her feet and Ilan had a haircut.  The two were digging for fossil remains!

Seriously sculpting at playschool

Eon and Ariyah 

Going for a walk in Wellington 

Ilan and family in Pilansberg 

Day 350 of Lockdown

Thursday, March 11

      The state of emergency has been extended to 15 April. 

       A devestating drought in the Gamtoos Valley is turning the farming region into a large sandy plain. 

       We are thankful for the rain during the night and today.  The temperature dropped and I was transported back to Autum days in Hampshire more than 13 days ago.

     Meanwhile the vaccination situation, state capture hearings and student protests are making headlines.  I am trying to distance myself from the news a bit.   My grandchildren bring great joy.  I can send voice messages to Ilan and he answers intelligently and sometimes sings one of his newly acquired songs! 

    Yael is enjoying walking and moves at a speed while  5-week-old Ariyah in NZ is too cute...        ( 2 pics above intro too ) 

KATYTE went to the vet yesterday... quite an outing, but overall it went well and after anti inflammation and abtibiotic meds seem to be doing  fine.

 Yesterday I went into a "supermarket" for the first time in nearly a year! Kia took me to the new Fruit Lovers Market.  We came home with treats ranging from Salmon to figs and Dutch cheese.

    A few days back ( 8 March) it was international women's day and Kia came home with this cake... 

One year ago the VIRUS made it's appearance..

Saturday, 6 March 2021

     First "landscape" pic of Ariyah and parents received this morning!

    She is 33 days old.

 

And in Kayalami Yael has started walking... Development in children is phenomenal.

    On the downside, 50 000 plus deaths have been reported since the virus "entered" SA in March last year reportedly from Italy. 

   In today's BURGER... 

    Kia is housesitting and Katta misses her.  I was awake at 5:30 this morning and invited him to join me for coffee

He chose to take a nap. 

End of February 2021

Most of the last hours of the month was spent in the Trauma room at St George's, where, on my back in a cubicle, I heard the voice of Cyril Ramaphosa.

    I just had an ECG done when he announced the move to level 1 and the new curfew from midnight to 4am ( with immediate effect).  It did not chance my alarmingly high blood pressue of 160 on 102 though. 

   Saturday was National Milktart Day and I mixed a few ingredients to make a filling... No need for a crust. Felt good about cutting on carbs. 

In Wellington, Eon spent the day with friends and colleagues to move his family to their new apartment.