keeping it a bit more current today by digging in a more recent archive, which is five days ago. this is the view to the left of monday's shot. a golden sunset shone on this part of the city for a brief while after days and days of dark clouds and below zero temps.
our province is looking towards extending the lockdown which was supposed to end sometime this month. as far as i know, there could be a permanent lockdown and i still wouldn't know what day it is today?
Lovely light! The buses aren't quite on the roof. :) I think our only hope is to wait for a friendly country to get 100% vaccinated then sell us some vaccines. ;)
@merrelyn - shops and restaurants are closed, only the big box stores like wal-mart and costco are open, groceries are restricted to 50% capacity at any one time, stay at home, work from home, don't leave home, wearing masks is the law, social distancing is mandatory. if police sees a car with more than 3 people in it they get stopped and they need to show proof that they live in the same residence; no gathering inside of more than 7 people and you have to all live together (except you can invite a one-person household and total still do not go over 7), gathering outside of no more than 15 people with social distancing. not very strict 🥴
@summerfield Are the lockdown restrictions helping to stem the rate of infection? We've had no more cases since the security recoded positive so our short lockdown has eased. Most places are now open but masks are still mandatory if you are outside of your home.
@merrelyn - cases are down but now they say the most stubborn and more deadly variants have been detected in the province, supposed to be easily spread among people. we're double masked now just as a precaution and i don't go out anymore, nor do i order from restaurants (they're permitted to do take outs and delivery) even though i really really want to help out others, because one never knows. when i order from amazon, i'm wearing gloves when i open the envelope, spray with lysol the item, wash my hands before touching anything else afterwards. i have a young friend who had covid last october and he's still not 100% today.
then we learned that one of the best war strategist had helped the federal and provincial governments to devise a pandemic plan, but all that were thrown out the window when covid hit last year, and lockdowns were instituted. but if the governments didn't panic and they stuck to those plans, the virus could've easily been contained, and the economy would not have suffered this much.
Lovely light and dark tones - enjoyed your narrative, too. Since retirement and isolation for almost a year, I never know what day it is...my mom and sister sent me a clock that shows the day of the week...I check it several times a day - LOL.
@summerfield Wow, they're really tough measures. We're so lucky that we're isolated and that our state government acted so quickly to close our borders and to implement mandatory quarantine for all returning travelers. This last 10 days has been a bit of a hiccup but hopefully things will be back to our usual freedom by next week. Stay safe my friend xx
One of these days, someone is going to wake up and say, "Hey, none of this stuff that we're doing is working and we have to keep doing it over and over again- why? If it's not working what's the point?" I know I'm in the minority but all the things we're doing to stop this thing are in truth perpetuating it. And I've had 3 doctors in three different medical professions agree with me. However, just so I don't freak people out I do what I can to ease their minds. So on to the picture- I like the way the black and white brings out the light on the white buildings in the distance. Nice shot. Maybe that light could be the end of the covid tunnel if that program you spoke of is implemented now. If it's a good plan, it's never to late to put it in motion!
@olivetreeann - ann, scientists say that all of us will have the virus one way or the other; some might get sick and die of it, others may not. i have written to our mayor, the provincial premier and the prime minister (they all probably hate seeing my name in their emails by now) that the businesses shouldn't have been closed down, and even if they did, it should've been for only a few weeks to do cleansing and disinfecting. the stay at home order is fine for a few weeks, but if we were still able to go for groceries, why not shop, just institute a rule of a minimum number of shoppers inside the shops, like in the groceries. i feel bad for the small businesses and for those families who are now living in tents in public parks. make masks mandatory, as well as social distancing, and fine the law breakers. but other stuff, we should go on as normal as possible. but i'm just a crazy old senior so nobody listens to me.
then we learned that one of the best war strategist had helped the federal and provincial governments to devise a pandemic plan, but all that were thrown out the window when covid hit last year, and lockdowns were instituted. but if the governments didn't panic and they stuck to those plans, the virus could've easily been contained, and the economy would not have suffered this much.