Late posting again tonight. Another busy day. We went to a talk at our local U3A given by a friend of ours who used to be a Concorde pilot and then later this afternoon a friend and I went to the cinema to see Military Wives.
I think this will be the last time we are out with our group of friends on a regular basis for a while as the coronavirus takes hold in Australia.
As this photo suggests, all is calm here at the moment but I see a bumpy road ahead for a while and I am sure things will get a lot worse before they get better. No cases of coronavirus near us at present but of course things could change rapidly.
As from this week lots of events have been cancelled across New South Wales including the Anzac Day parade.
Our local U3A has cancelled after today for the foreseeable future. I am sure that our regular visits to live theatre in Newcastle will cancel too soon.
I hope everyone on 365 is staying safe wherever you live.
Beautiful restful scene.
I think you are right, it will get rocky for a while before it gets better. Lots closed and cancelled here too, but we keep our chins up and look forward. Not everyone on the Diamond Princess cruise ship caught it - only 696 out of the 3,711 on board, so it just goes to show that even though the majority on board were in the "at risk" older or poorer health category, they didn't all even catch it. So take heart.
This is such a beautiful image. We are all in this COVID-19 boat together. Our motto is “better safe than sorry”, so we are staying home. I’m walking between rain showers at the moment.
Peaceful scene. However you are right about the uncertainty at the moment. Lots of clubs cancelled for me too -choir and camera club and others. Keep well !
Beautiful image and great title.
My parents are in Europe (the Netherlands), my daughter is in Dallas (VS), we are in Oman and everywhere it is the same... hope everybody keeps well - take care.
It is indeed a peaceful scene. Tough times, but the good thing is we can still communicate, enjoy one another's work and still keep our virtual friends.
A lovely shot. I've been looking into Coronavirus a bit - it's been around for tens of thousands of years and variants cause some common colds and the usual seasonal flu. Although this is a new variant, our experience dealing with the previous versions will mean medications will be much easier and quicker to bring to market.
Lovely scene - here in the UK things are getting very real! We were away with all the family in 10 days but unfortunately this has been cancelled. Advised not to go to cafes and restaurants so a football do also cancelled. These things I can cope with, it's the uncertainty about how bad the spread of the virus will get - stay safe!
A beautiful calm picture. fav.
Restaurants and many stores in our large mall are closed. grocery stores now have one hour shopping for seniors only first thing in the morning and from what I hear 20% off on all items. extended 2 week Spring brake for the children and a lot more.
Even though our usual group social activities have been suspended for the time being I still don't have enough hours in a day. I am catching up with lots of domestic things while I have got the opportunity.
Shopping this morning but apart from the obvious items missing like toothpaste, toilet rolls, hand sanitizer, over the counter medicines etc. it wasn't too bad and I got most things I need for today. Not going to starve in the near future.
We have the first hour of supermarket trading just for seniors but as the shops open at 7 am I am not desperate enough to be out and about at that hour just to do my shopping yet. Maybe when I run out of toilet rolls and toothpaste it may be a different story.
March 19th, 2020
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I think you are right, it will get rocky for a while before it gets better. Lots closed and cancelled here too, but we keep our chins up and look forward. Not everyone on the Diamond Princess cruise ship caught it - only 696 out of the 3,711 on board, so it just goes to show that even though the majority on board were in the "at risk" older or poorer health category, they didn't all even catch it. So take heart.
My parents are in Europe (the Netherlands), my daughter is in Dallas (VS), we are in Oman and everywhere it is the same... hope everybody keeps well - take care.
A beautiful calm picture. fav.
Restaurants and many stores in our large mall are closed. grocery stores now have one hour shopping for seniors only first thing in the morning and from what I hear 20% off on all items. extended 2 week Spring brake for the children and a lot more.
Even though our usual group social activities have been suspended for the time being I still don't have enough hours in a day. I am catching up with lots of domestic things while I have got the opportunity.
Shopping this morning but apart from the obvious items missing like toothpaste, toilet rolls, hand sanitizer, over the counter medicines etc. it wasn't too bad and I got most things I need for today. Not going to starve in the near future.
We have the first hour of supermarket trading just for seniors but as the shops open at 7 am I am not desperate enough to be out and about at that hour just to do my shopping yet. Maybe when I run out of toilet rolls and toothpaste it may be a different story.