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."
He aha te mea nui o te ao?
He tāngata. He tāngata. He tāngata.
— What is the most important thing in the world?
It is people. It is people. It is people.
Māori proverb.
Wow! Dolly Parton is quite something: singer and philanthropist:
100 million books given away for free … It is now one of the largest literacy programs in the world.
she has responded to the global pandemic, by donating $1 million to coronavirus research
Also: BTVS!
Seven: “You have assimilated enough for one day. You have also provided invaluable assistance to the Voyager crew. You have exceeded expectations.”
One: “Then expectations were insufficient.”
Seven: “A simple ‘thank you’ would suffice.”
Clean and sweet smelling dogs. 😀 🐶 I retook the photo of Sasha because she did a giant yawn. I didn’t realise in the second photo she was sticking her tongue out, so here are both.
Two shaggy dogs have been dropped off at the groomers. 🐶
“Ever since my first day on the job as a Starfleet Captain, I swore I’d never let myself get caught in one of these Godforsaken paradoxes. The past is the future, the future is the past, it all gives me a headache.” – Janeway, Future’s End Pt. I 🖖🏼
Wow, just watched episode 1 of The Andy Griffith Show. Ron Howard, aged about 6! I used to watch that show as a kid. Turns out RH is a year older than me.
Finally replaced our 45 litre emergency water supply with fresh, bleached, drinking water. You’re supposed to do it each year…
It’s been ages since I last used Screenflow. It just took me several hours to make a 40-second ‘movie' for my friend’s birthday Zoom tonight. It’s clunky and hokey and poorly put together, but she did ask for ‘one minute of entertainment’. Informative too! Beatrice Worsley FTW.
I’ve had problems with motivation the last few days. Today I’m trying to shake things up a bit. Already done the daily stretches and about to take the dogs for a walk even though sunrise is still 12 minutes away.