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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 49 of Level 3, 19 July 2020.

 

Sunday 19 July 2020, Day 49 of Level 3, after 66 days of a level 5 and 4 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a summer day at 21C, everyone happy, with a spring in their step, and Camps Bay experiencing a second boom day, just like a normal weekend summer day, with a traffic jam since midday, and still continuing, and our first picnickers visiting our suburb, feeling a lot like pre-Lockdown days; for minimal litter on my walk to Clifton, enjoying this walk, not having been here for more than a week; for a second shorter walk to Woolies, always happy to spot a bargain, seeming to become cheaper than our Pick n Pay; for a long sleep last night and the indulgence of a lovely snooze on the terrace, digesting Vit D; for my cute Minsky playing carguard from her perch on the terrace, as the cars inch through Camps Bay; for quick service from Camps Bay CSI; for another lovely concert by Daniel Hope of Hope@Home performed with the Slovenian Signum Saxophone Quartet in Bonn this evening; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

Anonymous Sweet Service and V&A Waterfront Sour Service Awards!

The Sweet Service Award goes to the kind gentleman who came to our rescue when he saw a car guard steal the sunglasses off my head inside my open roof car as we were leaving a parking bay on Alfred Street outside the Old Biscuit Mill’s Neighbourgoods Market last Saturday.  We had been harassed by the (non-official) car guard when we arrived, and we did not expect his continued harassment about payment on our return to the car.  The passerby saw the theft, and screamed at the car guard until he returned the sunglasses to me!  The passerby walked on to his own vehicle, so we were not able to thank him. Continue reading →