We watched Fisherman’s Friends, an excellent British film based on a true story. 🍿
… about a group of Cornish fishermen from Port Isaac who were signed by Universal Records and achieved a top 10 hit with their debut album of traditional sea shanties.
A film with heart.
We watched and thoroughly enjoyed The Half of It, a movie about love and friendship. 🍿 It’s a very different story about a nerdy student, Ellie, a football player, Paul, and a beautiful girl called Aster. I totally recommend it.
I watched the first episode of The Bionic Woman which dates all the way back to 14 January 1976! 📺 I was struck by just how many men were taking charge of Jaime’s life, and how much more sophisticated TV has become in the last ~45 years. Screenshot. I first saw it in my 20s.
We’ve been watching Miss Scarlet and the Duke. 📺 It has potential but doesn’t seem to quite gel. Scarlet is whiny and unappealing. Writing or actor? I think Jaime Murray from Warehouse 13 would really bring the character to life. Scarlet wears fabulous hats though. Photo.
Oh hooray! Years ago the National (conservative) government cut adult education to shreds. Our Labour government, in today’s Budget, are restoring adult education! What excellent news!
With confirmed daily new cases of Covid-19 in single digits or 0 for 4 weeks now, today Aotearoa New Zealand drops to Alert Level 2. Most businesses can open, domestic travel is allowed, gatherings are still very restricted. Now we wait to see if things flare up again. 🦠🤞🏼
Sunrise to the Northeast of me, neighbour’s house to the Southwest. I glanced out to see the neighbour’s house ‘ablaze’ with the sunrise. It was quite a sight.
Ahhh, the Legends of Tomorrow episode Freaks and Greeks was good fun. Plenty of leading women, and a whole load of women characters working together. 📺♀
My favourite news item of the day: Aotearoa New Zealand Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield: “it’s safe to pat dogs”. 🐶
We’re so lucky in NZ: as of today, less than 1500 confirmed and probable cases. 1402 recovered. Sadly, 21 died. 🦠 Right now Covid–19 is under control.
Apart from it being dark by the time the delivery driver tried to find our place, our first online & delivery supermarket order went well. I think we’ll be doing that again. Beats driving 20 minutes each way, queueing for an hour etc.
Took a little drive to Paraparaumu today to pick up the frozen dog food brand I prefer. I enjoyed the jaunt — 30 to 40 minutes each way, and stopped to pick up hot chocolate and a baked goodie too. A bit of a treat these days.
interest in fresh New Zealand produce is surging in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
“… no problems with ports or Customs clearance. [but] with air freight which is massively restricted with a lack of particularly passenger flights [making it] very expensive."