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Corona Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 113 of Level 1, 21 January 2022

 

Friday 21 January 2022 Day 113 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a more relaxed day, giving myself some me-time; for a beautiful day, with no wind, at 29C; for starting the day with a Breakfast for the committee of the Camps Bay & Clifton Ratepayers Association at Himitsu at the Camps Bay Retreat; for getting work done; for a lovely slow drive to Hout Bay on this beautiful day, meeting the very gentle Renate there, a Pearl restringer, with 6 bracelets to be done (accumulated over Lockdown to date) and a ring to be fixed, a great discovery Continue reading →

Sweet Service Award goes to Labotessa Café; Sour Service Award goes to Sandak-Lewin !

 

The Sweet Service Award goes to Labotessa Hotel, and its owner Johan du Plessis. I was having some of the delicious appleltaart and cream at the Labotessa  Café when Johan came up t9 me and gifted me some of the hotel’s Dyptique shampoo and conditioner room amenities, my absolute favourite, and the second such gift.

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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 56 of Level 3 Adjusted, 19 February 2021

 

Friday 19 February 2021, Day 56 of Level 3 Adjusted, Day 331 of Lockdown. 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a lovely gentle day; for a lighter writing day; for organizing a 50th anniversary Matric celebration for our English class next month; for a walk to Clifton and back, only achieving 200 Discovery points today; for popping into DisChem in Sea Point, buying cute pink masks which I had seen someone else wear; for a wonderful Girls dinner evening at Utopia with Joanne Clegg and Natalia Joynt Paizee, being there for four hours, we had such a good time and ate such wonderful food; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 40 of Level 3, 10 July 2020.

 


Friday 10 July 2020, Day 40 of Level 3, after 66 days of Levels 5 and 4 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for the wonderful rain since yesterday, my pool water level climbing beautifully, and our new plants being very happy for all the water; for the breaks in the rain today, so that I could do a walk through Camps Bay, and twice through Bakoven, not getting wet at all; for the good timing of our Loadshedding, from 16h00; for a morning call with Janet Pillai, and a looong evening one with Jenny Stephens; for a little nap during Loadshedding; for dancing 💃 to Kfm; and for being happy and healthy 🙏💙 Continue reading →