I am having a break from flower photos now because we went for a walk this morning to Soldiers Point. Even the tinnies are in lockdown!
Hopefully our lockdown will be eased on Monday, but we will have to wait and see how things go.
There were only 4 new cases of Covid in Port Stephens in the last 24 hours, but we come under Hunter New England Local Government Area and all together there were 89 new cases in total.
I will post the rest of my flower photos next week probably.
I was just commenting today about the new vocabulary kids have now. ‘Lockdown, essential workers, bubbles, vaccinations.’ All these things are just part of kids (and our) lives.
Lovely sunny view. Think we are all familiar with lockdowns by now, unfortunately. I wonder if Australia’s problems will get worse when you open to people coming from world wide, because I believe the country has been “closed” to the outside world?
@bkbinthecity I feel things will get worse when we open again after this latest lockdown.
@kjarn It was a beautiful day, beginning to warm up now. Are you coming out of lockdown on Monday too? Can't help feeling things will escalate again though once we do.
@maggiemae@kimka@wakelys@happysnaps@louannwarren@merrelyn@busylady@ubobohobo@ubobohobo Thanks. I don't mind lockdown because I have plenty to keep me occupied and we still have lovely beaches to walk on locally. The only things I miss are not being able to see friends, go to the cinema, out for a meal and go to the theatre. Can't help feeling things will get worse when we open up again though.
@dide It's a whole new vocabulary these days isn't it and who thought that wearing masks would be the fashion icon of the 2020s.
@happypat Good luck with the booster. Wonder how long it will be before we are having boosters here. I don't mind lockdown in itself because we still have lovely places to walk locally, but I do miss not being able to see friends, go to the cinema and theatre and go out for a meal.
@busylady I think it will get bad again here when we open up again even when we are fully vaxxed.
@kjarn@leggzy Can't help feeling we will have more problems when we come out of lockdown even if we are fully vaxxed.
@carole_sandford I am certain Australia's problems will get worse when we open up again. Unfortunately because we live in a tourist area here in Port Stephens I think we are in for a rough ride.
Beautiful shot of the boats. Walking keeps me sane during lockdowns. We have not been locked down for quite awhile, but we still get many covid cases and even breakthrough cases in fully vaccinated people. Because I had pneumonia in March and I’m 72, I got my booster yesterday.
@shutterbug49 We haven't done so badly with Covid in Australia so far until now when the Delta strain has taken hold here so things will get worse before they get better.
Not sure when we will qualify for booster shots because there are still people being vaccinated with the two regular doses. David and I are fully vaccinated but I doubt it will stop us getting Covid in the future but it may stop us dying from it hopefully.
Katharine
@kjarn It was a beautiful day, beginning to warm up now. Are you coming out of lockdown on Monday too? Can't help feeling things will escalate again though once we do.
@ludwigsdiana @beryl @joansmor @carolinesdreams @pcoulson @fishers @gijsje @carolmw @sharandrah @susiemc @samae @pyrrhula Thanks, I don't mind being in lockdown when we have lovely beaches like this to walk on locally.
@maggiemae @kimka @wakelys @happysnaps @louannwarren @merrelyn @busylady @ubobohobo @ubobohobo Thanks. I don't mind lockdown because I have plenty to keep me occupied and we still have lovely beaches to walk on locally. The only things I miss are not being able to see friends, go to the cinema, out for a meal and go to the theatre. Can't help feeling things will get worse when we open up again though.
@dide It's a whole new vocabulary these days isn't it and who thought that wearing masks would be the fashion icon of the 2020s.
@happypat Good luck with the booster. Wonder how long it will be before we are having boosters here. I don't mind lockdown in itself because we still have lovely places to walk locally, but I do miss not being able to see friends, go to the cinema and theatre and go out for a meal.
@busylady I think it will get bad again here when we open up again even when we are fully vaxxed.
@kjarn @leggzy Can't help feeling we will have more problems when we come out of lockdown even if we are fully vaxxed.
@carole_sandford I am certain Australia's problems will get worse when we open up again. Unfortunately because we live in a tourist area here in Port Stephens I think we are in for a rough ride.
Great shot of the marina!
Not sure when we will qualify for booster shots because there are still people being vaccinated with the two regular doses. David and I are fully vaccinated but I doubt it will stop us getting Covid in the future but it may stop us dying from it hopefully.
Hope the booster keeps you safe.
@cwbill I hope so too.