Tuesday 1 September 2020, Day 15 of Level 2, Day 159 of Lockdown, Spring Day 🌸, Cap Classique Day 🥂
Corona Gratitude 🙏
#Grateful for a slightly warmer day today, but didn’t feel like the forecast 19C, with a very strong South Easter/Berg Wind ahead of lots more rain tomorrow ☔️, thanks to the Full Moon; for a far better admin and good writing day, following up on a number of issues, none so sweet than the final checking on my Hermanus house, occupation going to the purchaser as of today, such a relief 🙏💙; for a Camps Bay walk, Raze Katz (our ex Portfolio Guest House contact) stopping when she drove past and she couldn’t believe the weight loss, not having seen each other in more than 5 years, as did Debra Armstrong, a South African New Zealander, getting to know each other on Facebook recently, and have a date for a tea/coffee at the new Firefly when it opens, hopefully this weekend, having missed connecting with other walkers; for a drive to Sea Point, filling up today, saving a royal sum of 38 cents before the petrol price goes up at midnight, and then heading to Landscape Art Garden Centre, where I more than squandered my saving, buying a jasmine, a daisy bush, a third plant, more pansies, spinach, and cucumber seeds. Boy, how their prices have shot up, almost doubling since they first reopened three months ago, and all Covid procedures at the entrance thrown out of the window…. 😷; for my favourite ice cream and Belgian chocolate sauce at The Dairy Den, across the road from where the nursery was previously located; for a quick planting of one set of the plants, to give them a good soaking tomorrow; for a walk through Bakoven, always surprised about how many masks I see lying on the pavement, and throw into the bins 😷😱; for buying healthy vegetables at Woolies with which I made a soup for tomorrow’s wintry weather, with loads of coriander from the garden; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙
Michele Wintle Ressel came to collect a bottle of ADHARA olive oil to bring to her client owner of The Butcher’s Wife in Belgravia. She has a lovely new short hair style.
My Blogpost today was the monthly update of Restaurants which have closed down (70), and new Restaurants opening (10) to date in Lockdown.
We had Loadshedding from 12h00, finishing my writing and posting just in time, so I went for the Camps Bay walk. I stopped at Woolies for the soup ingredients, but it was in darkness due to a technical hitch, the whole Promenade having a generator for power normally. A kind manager walked with me and used the Torch on his phone while I shopped, taking me to the till. I thought it was rather romantic, candles would have been a nice finishing touch. And the staff there are so sweet in still thanking me for dancing in their Jerusalema video, proud that it came first of all Woolies stores, after the one made by Head Office. Service is so good there, and it feels as if it has increased by a few more notches. ❤️💃🕺❤️ Ocean Basket reopened in Camps Bay today, The 41 opens on Friday, but there is no sign of Mantra reopening, the only restaurant still closed in Camps Bay.
A little more dancing to finish my steps 💃, and then it’s off to my warm bed.
SA Corona Status 549993 cases 14263 deaths 😷😢
FitBit 12000 steps 8,5 km 👣
Lovemylife❤️
The Corona Virus Lockdown (Level 5), announced by our President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier to commence on 27 March and to continue until 16 April, subsequently extended to 30 April, lowered to Level 4 from 1 May, lowered to Level 3 from 1 June, and lowered to Level 2 from 18 August, is an unprecedented event in my lifetime. I am posting my daily Facebook post to journal this Corona Lockdown Journey, perhaps to serve as material for a future Book.
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