Good Morning and 5.7 for me today.
Well social bubble madness. My son and his girls asked Mrs M C and I to go on a bike ride yesterday afternoon. Pre bike ride problems should have been a warning not to go. Sons peddle came loose less than 10 metres from our home, my bag zip burst trying to find a tool to fix it, returned home, made repair, changed bag. Set out again and about 2 miles away realised I had not got my house keys in pocket, phoned neighbour, keys in front door which was wide open. Carried on to Cannock Chase. CROWDS!! It was like Blackpool Prom on the busiest of days. We found what we though was a quiet spot for a picnic. People with dogs just allowed them to walk amongst us sniffing food, not just a few but this happened 12 times. No one apologised, no one even tried to control the dogs, even when asked to, nightmare, I had to physically hold my son or there would have been a few punches thrown. As for social distancing, forget it. I really risked assess this outing badly, no more weekend activity for me, staying firmly in our garden, there seems to be less and less respect of any kind and where have all these people suddenly appeared from? Cannock Chase was always quiet other than the odd Bank Holiday.
So no painting again yesterday, loft, bike ride, family time, mobile provider problems took up the day.
@gennepher nice Pastel like the colours in this one very much.
@geefull Super watercolour a real strong and well painted picture.
More loft work required, I am really struggling with it I think we might have to call in a professional some time in the future to do a proper job, how worrying is that virus wise? Still for now I won't have to balance on a chair to open it so safer.
Stay in, stay safe, be amazing.
Ahh, welcome to.post normal.
Much as I love dogs,. And have partaken of the outdoors exercise pre lockdown, it has taken me aback at the childlike qualities many now seem to have in everyday activities.
I'll bet for the dog.owners what WAS a given for profuse apologies for the dogs intrusion, is now the childlike wonder that you don't ENJOY one of god's creatures trying to join you for lunch...
And the runners etc,. Would be the incredulity that YOU would NOT KNOW that the
SD 2 metres, doesn't apply to runners,
So of course brushing past your shoulder while gasping for air, at less then a foot, is perfectly acceptable.
Beginning to see this covid virus impact us in many ways, lungs, blood and I suspect mental awareness of risks to others.
I suppose the more data we see, the more we confirm our own bias, by picking the bits we see as relevant from our viewpoint.
One pointed out to me was the death's below age 60 are only 4,000, something
I mean how on earth is it ever "Only 4k dead" could even be used as a positive.
But I guess that does make some feel it's not "really" dangerous OR applicable to them.
They were a bit deflated when I mentioned that is still 10% of the government's numbers (40k)
But if you look at the ONS overall death rate 65k last time I looked, I'd imagine that 4k is higher,
then add in the debilitation many SEEM to suffer over many months and potentially over many years
And I think it becomes clearer it is
a disease worth avoiding.
Until proven otherwise, I am going to allow others to be my plague canaries, and will protect myself as best I can, until the 'R' and infections ACTUALLY DO become low.
Hugs for the loft doodah.
No harm trying, we won't get everything right.
But we do now have the worry if workmen need to attend, how we cope with that.
Sure you will, distance, masks when needed & handwashing will see you well protected.
Good luck with the day.
Sure post normal will settle down at some stage.....I hope.