Monday 27 December 2021, Public Holiday, Day 88 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for wonderful rain overnight and this morning, just what we wished for from a litter perspective, but then the sun came out and the Tidal pool picnickers arrived 😱; for a working morning, posting for my clients; for a refreshing cool Bakoven walk after putting out the Ebbtide rubbish bins as our Building Manager Henry had the public holiday off; for a Camps Bay walk to Woolies this afternoon, being accessible again after a no-go area this past weekend; for bumping into Andreas Jo and Oliver Fu and having a long catch up chat; for some litter cleaning on my way home; for a relaxing evening with a gin and sparkling grapefruit; and for being happy, healthy and free. 🙏💙

The upstairs renters from London had the whole SA family around for all-day lunch, leaving a horde of screeching cousins to themselves on the terrace above me, while the parents, grandparents and aunts and uncles went for a walk, while I was trying to work. The dad was quite sweet when I addressed the noise and the grandpa offered me a glass of wine, but it was far too early for such a bribe. Now all is peaceful again. 🙏

New ‘Traumschiff’ programs are on ZDF, with a related Honeymoon series, and I loved watching a boat trip to Crete, where I haven’t been, last night.

SA Corona Status: 3,417,318 cases 90829 deaths  27,807,355 vaccinations 

FitBit 8000 6 km 👣

LovemylifeandloveGaryslife 💙❤️

The Corona Virus Lockdown (Level 5), announced by our President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier to commence on 27 March 2020 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, lowered to Level 2 from 18 August, lowered to Level 1 from 21 September, and moved back to Adjusted Level 3 from 29 December,  extended to 15 February on 11 January 2021, extended but relaxed on 1 February, and relaxed back to Level 1 on 1 March 2021, moved back to Adjusted Level 2 on 31 May, moved back to level 3 on 16 June, and moved back to Adjusted Level 4 on 28 June, extended by two weeks on 11 July,  returned to Level 3 on 26 July, returned to Level 2 on 13 September, and returned to Level 1 on 1 October 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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