After 5 weeks of lockdown, we are in stage 4 now, with almost no changes. Still no alcohol and cigarettes allowed to be sold. But worse still, we are not allowed to leave our premises except for food, medication or outdoor exercise between 6-9am within a 2km radius of your home! How ridiculous is that, we are going into winter and it is cold and dark! There is also a curfew from 8pm till 5am. Such imbeciles running this country.
So most of my photos will have to come out of the archives grrrrr.....
Wow, that really is a lock down. We have been allowed to get alcohol home delivered the whole time and exercise any time. Good luck for things settling down. PS great grapes
I thought of you today Diana as I went to a bottle shop and what I wanted was not available. So I went to another larger one and the amount of things not available was huge. I thought, at least I can come in here and buy something, while you are totally locked down - this is surely going to cause some serious mental health issues with both those items unavailable. Regardless of health benefits, stopping them like this is a huge thing to do. This image of the grapes is just perfect for your topic. Did you see the video the kiffness did with his father? When I first saw that one I thought - what why has he no beer? Then a day or two later I saw you post here and was stunned. Do you have any wine left at home or are you dry?
I can't quite understand why the sale of alcohol has been put on hold. It makes no sense to me. Really feel for you in this kind of lockdown. Exercising only in the dark and early hours seems so odd too. I hope it moves out into a better arrangement soon. Your grapes are beautiful
Your leaders seem to be making some very strange decisions. And it just seems to be making the whole procedure so much harder for your population. Seeing this lovely grape image makes having no wine just a little harder!
Out of the archives or not , this is a beautiful capture and composition ! - love the bloom on the grapes . I can not quite understand why alcohol is not available . !
Beautiful picture. No wine! Aaaarrrrgghhhh. In Scotland we are allowed to go to the shops for essentials, which includes alcohol đ¸. Also allowed out for exercise, an hour a day.
wonderful photo, these bunches are really beautiful,....I think this restriction is for people's health, staying at home you can drink and smoke more....
This is a lovely image, Diana. Here the Texas governor is starting to allow things to reopen. Restaurants and malls beginning next week, at 25% capacity. Our liquor stores never closed. We are hopeful the beauty salons will return mid May, for many reasons. Your situation borders on the absurd, and I realize how fortunate we are here even though everyone complains all the time about something. At least we have 365!
Beautiful shot. Times are sure tough right now. Our golf courses and camp grounds were able to open today and our governor is going to make an announcement today about the next phase.
Beautiful shot of these tantalizing grapes. Surprised that alcohol is off limits there. Here we have many stay-at-home restrictions but alcohol is flowing and available.There are even signs at take out food places for âBeer to Go.â
Your restrictions are pretty similar to ours, but minus that awful strict curfew. Our government didnât act fast enough and we are loosing more lives than anyone, we will be overtaking Italy very soon for death rate which is nearly 27.000. Itâs shocking. I can understand you being upset but I wish they had been very much stricter a lot sooner here. Stay safe
Keep your Chin up as we say, I have all my seed, compost and pots. Just started to prick some seedlings out, so they could lock me down for the next three months LOL.... and by the way Diana I am Tea Total. Give it a bit longer and you should be taking more of those Beautiful Photo's you take. Fabulous capture...fav
we are known as the strictest lock down in the world, and government is making more money out of black market than normal sales. The circus is ruining our beautiful country
Beautiful capture Diana. Itâs strange that youâre not allowed to buy wine. I also think the restrictions to leave your house only in the morning between 6 and 9 am are strange.
It would be more sensible to spread the coming and going of people.....but what do I know...... take care! X
We are on lockdown also, but donât have the time restrictions. Since weâre in the vulnerable age group we have more restrictions than others. The thing that limits our distance is that the restrooms are closed.
Love your processing of this shot. Reading about your restrictions makes it seem like easy street here. As Merrelyn asked, Is it helping to lower the numbers? It does seem rather radical. And I imagine the black market has grown quite rapidly. Can't imagine cutting off cigarettes AND alcohol at the same time just like that.
Has to be hard, but I must say that it's impressive to see the lower numbers of deaths as a result. It's a bit scary to see things loosening here, even a little, though I know the economics are really tough as well. Just wish we had the tests and tracking to support opening.
Love this picture! I was just going to ask you if the powers that be have released you yet to venture out. Then I read your comments. Ouch! Can you even go drive out to the ocean and other scenic places? Will they stop you and give you a fine for being out and about? Some people here are protesting, not cooperating with the protective gear and some are minding the rules. I dread going to the grocery store but at least we can get out and drive around and walk for exercise anytime and long as we keep our proper distancing. It's scary!
@bigmxx@joysfocus thanks for your comments. No Joy, we are not allowed to go drive anywhere except to the shops closest to you. Unfortunately there are none on the way to the beach. The roads are being patrolled by police and army. Depending, you either pay a heavy fine or end up in jail! They are very serious about it here :-(
Lovely image.
Your restrictions are pretty similar to ours, but minus that awful strict curfew. Our government didnât act fast enough and we are loosing more lives than anyone, we will be overtaking Italy very soon for death rate which is nearly 27.000. Itâs shocking. I can understand you being upset but I wish they had been very much stricter a lot sooner here. Stay safe
It would be more sensible to spread the coming and going of people.....but what do I know...... take care! X
Very strange decisions you have. But please stay save and healthy.
These grapes look awesome!