hear the bells chiming for you and me...

It looks best when TV presenters wear outfits appropriate for the season.  Their appearance sends a chill when summer clothes are worn in winter.

 But i guess that winter clothes become unnecessary when the work environment is warm. 

It is just as well to spare some energy consumption and spare the creation of carbon emissions. 

arbor update.....simple message but a difficult purposeful choice of direction...

will i be home before the sun sinks below the horizon?

Imagine if nations asked the UK or USA why they failed to better manage the pandemic? For them to be answerable for many thousands of deaths. This is just as  important as the origins of the virus.  It would not make much difference whether they knew about the origins or not their management was below standard. 

Would the UK and USA be irritated, threaten to end trade, belittle others, deflect blame and all the rest of it. You bet you.

Not on every stroll we take do we meet a python!  Out of 'iso'.  Out of reptile hibernation in this chiily season. A Darwin carpet snake. Likes a diet of small animals. Beautiful skin.

National tally of covid is in small numbers under ten.  Lock down is eased with caution in minor aspects while keeping up usual distance, clean hands, testing, and isolation during  illness.

Australiana

a well wisher pinned these small 'pockets' to many trees in this park.  They held a little message that offered good advice or solace. And check out the bark on this tree.

'hug me' was a variation. 

'Challenges are opportunities for me to grow.  The more i learn the more equipped i am to handle whatever situations come up.' 

Good intentioned but these cute messages are a source of cross infection.

still counting

Open space, park, sports area vivid with squeeky green grass and with attention from  workers spreading top soil and mowing. Not too long before sports are resumed after lock down when very gradual easing of restrictions are commenced. 

P K on ABC tv mornings would know when sport resumes as he is a fine sport encyclopaedia.

Everything is relative as to our hardships. Cash straped and joblessness is very  significant other than that it is concerning to find a lot of problems and fragility because of the lock down. We have become too genteel or something. Or is it the media presentation?

National tally nearly 7000 and growth of spread is very diminished. So far so very good. 

Playground is out of bounds.  No crowds of little cycalists or climbers having fun. Very obiedient.

Covid total 6700 nationally.  New cases have low rates. Testing is stepped up almost for all and sundry. CovidSafe App is in use since Sunday and use is growing voluntarily.  

 If there is no secondary flare up we could share medical supplies with others.

  Did the supermarkets want high demand to develope?  It was strange that they had little foresight and failed to begin rationing far earlier than they did and their logistics put to better use. Same with the upswing in postal services.  With shops closed and people wanting items for the lock down more mail orders would naturally follow and swamp postal services.

Would be surprising if we dont go back to how we were and drop various changes. Time will tell.

 

prevention

Raw onion: a germ killer strategically placed on the counter at a take away. A Chinese remedy. 

Governments express complaints about the Middle Kingdom and its response to the virus. Many stuff ups are recorded in the USA and the UK, day after day their shortcomings are identified as to timely preperation for the pandemic or its management. We failed to test a whole ships full of passengers and crew.  We are all guilty.

Our government spoke up at the worst time as it supported the words of Trump. How could we? He is dangerous and erratic.

Nationally the spread of covid 19 is minimal. Praise be.

casualty!

plaster...fracture....the cast was rejigged with a pink plaster which is an abrasive material. Use of an abrasive material is very strange. Little children are seen with extensive casts applied. Imagine how unpleasant it is to scrape their tender skin on the cast. Or their carers skin.. Or their siblings.

Bandaging up the cast is my next move for a softer finish. Old style white plaster is smooth.

These casts are another medical mystery. Imagine the probable defensive  reaction if one was to mention this abrasiveness after all there has been good care and is doing well. What more!

Current deserved praise of health carers may lead to increased defensiveness and know-it-all-ness.

 I had a flu vacc and at no stage was any hand washing done by the doctor. Another doctor walked around

 and out to the small que on footpath in the same gloves no coverings or mask tho virus affected were excluded in theory.

Total with disease nationally 6600 and new infections are minimal. WOW.

asleep at the wheel

unlimited time and money go into investigating a cruise liner and the virus.  It is very questionable value for money.  Regardless of anything a reasonable person would monitor the passengers for disease on arrival. There is no getting around that. All the authorities failed.

Number with disease up in 6000s. Rate has slowed.

The BCG is under research to see what protection it offers in current times. Is a  vaccine for TB. Does it last a lifetime, hope so as I received this quite some time ago? It leaves a circular scar and years ago young migrants often had the mysterous mark on the upper arm.

days of our lives

X

xray reception with more than enough alerts about virus.

National tally of those with disease 5800 and the inctease has slowed.

We hear complaints about the response and lock down, look at Bolt, outragous words in News Corp. All they need to do is look at USA. Is that what they want?

Remember when. So far, I am fortunate and aok over lock down yet knowing i am not risk free.

Good policies are introduced. Lately, a government that you would dream of. What's the catch? A decade of the Lib mantra. And tightness on the less wealthy. Oh!

"Make America Great"  what a situation for every sane American shocked by their rediculous president and his misled followers by his insane popularity and the massive pandemic.

Real Estate is rapped about asking tennants to access super as it is illegal to give financial advice. Far too delicate to say what we really think about pressure such as that. Trust the Libs to originally suggest draw down, hardest on low incomes.

where visitors gather to view fairy penguins come ashore down at the beach at Phillip island. Will the penguins miss seeing everybody during the lock down?

Early March I was thinking of making designer masks, but i partially locked down ahead of the regulations and wondered about risk of shopping for a sewing machine. Op shops would have them.

National total might be close to 5000 but the rate is lower right now..

what bird is that?

these birds are ?  Shearwaters...mutton birds? Cant say. Bustards? These were on 

Phillip island.

The virus has infected 4000 plus. Right now the rate is slower.

on day 4 the alfalfa sprouts are sprouted and need about a further 24 hours, yum.

National tally 3600 with dreaded virus.

Australiana....the fatal shore

Every person for themself. We are told we all have needs in an order of priority and our survival is on top. We are threatened so other countries no longer count for much.

We havnt developed enough to see ouselves as a global family.  Outrageous death rates almost unnoticed. Cruise ship tourists sent packing after processing. True, the cruises were a very unreasonable undertaking.

A WHO expert lost all his credibility in praising Trump for his leadership and unique national  approach to Covid 19. What??

National tally 2600

Unique amenities..the good the bad and the ugly.

Another 4000 unemployed as the shut- down proceeds. 

Will there be lawlessness as thousands lose their jobs?

National disease tally: low 2000ns.

a touch of homesteading

quick cats seem the vessel of choice.

Quarantine effort: Alfalfa sprouts. Step 1 soak 4 hours.

Nationally the number afflicted is 1887.

winding down

still life.

Lock down ordered yesterday but little change this morning at a large centre.. Sales persons said they dont know if their shop will shut or not.

The PM stated non essential services will close today, he ruled out supermarts, banks, fuel and pharmacies. It would have been easy to be more specific and say, for instance, whether home hardware, large  clothing and variety stores were essential or not and might remain open.

At the same time, we can live with a level of uncertainty, will read between the lines, overall we are on target. There are many ways to skin a cat.