Tag Archives: Potsdam

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 56 of Level 3, 26 July 2020.

 

Sunday 26 July 2020, Day 56 of Level 3, after 66 days of Levels 5 and 4. 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for the rain which fell overnight, making it a cooler 17C day today, oddly with a summer South- Easter, but very nippy, especially now as the sun has set; for two tea dates today, with Lynne Gordon at La Belle Bistro & Bakery, and then with Mahmud Fredericks at Maison J; for a walk through Camps Bay, and through Bakoven this afternoon; for another fabulous concert with Daniel Hope of Hope@Home on Tour with Salut Salon, performing from Potsdam; for doing my Accounting for June and most of July, proud of how frugal I have become; for ending the day with a lovely chat with Charlotte Zachariou in Knysna;  and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 55 of Level 3, 25 July 2020.

 

Saturday 25 July 2020, Day 55 of Level 3, after 66 days at Levels 5 and 4. 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a sunny day, cooler at 18C, getting ready for rain tonight, with clouds moving in now; for having Joel to help me clean up Camps Bay, the two of us doing a deep clean; for bumping into David Smith twice in 24 hours, he teaching a German to SUP on the Tidal Pool, not having seen each other in about 10 years, last in my Camps Bay guest house days; for bumping into Lynne Gordon and Linda Gawronsky at the Tidal Pool again, and taking a pic of them with the SUPers in the background; for a short sun snooze on the terrace; for a trip back to town, putting in petrol proactively and fetching a slice of the Peppertree Café Lemon Chiffon cake, they not having it yesterday, and baking it especially, because I love it so much 🙏,; for enjoying a bottle of Durban Poison beer, just having a sudden craving for a beer, not drinking it often; for listening to Hope@Home on Tour, with beautiful baroque music by Concerto Melante from Potsdam; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 21 of Level 3, 21 June 2020.

 

Sunday 21 June 2020, Day 21 of Level 3, after 66 days of Levels 5 and 4 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a rainy wintry day ☔️, not too cold at 17C, enjoying working in my bed all morning, facing my annual headache of and preparing for the apartment Body Corporate AGM taking place in a week; for a peaceful day; for a rain break early this afternoon, allowing me a Camps Bay walk and buying cat food for Minsky and having a good chat with Bukeka at Absolute Pets; for another walk to Bakoven this afternoon; for Minsky not being adventurous when she was allowed outside 🙏; for lovely chats with Michele Antelme and Jenny Stephens; for enjoying my self-cooked supper; for another fabulous concert by Hope@Home on Tour with singer Tim Bendzko, oh wow, performed in the Muschelgrotte in Potsdam in my Heimatland; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →