Lockdown Day 28

My third 12 hour shift in a row today. Feeling a bit mentally drained. So I trawled through my photos for inspiration and I found this set of pics taken in 2014, when I did a quilting retreat in One Tree Point with Kerry Glen of Tulis Textiles. I think the tutor was Jacqui Karl. It was a while ago so the memory is a bit vague. But the pictues of the sunrise are definitely not vague. I remember how stunning it was. Almost unbelievably red.

Lockdown Day 4

Today just seems like a normal Sunday. It really does.

I worked last night, it was super quiet, nobody in, no phone calls, so I managed to catch a few zzzz's in the lazy boy. It felt a little like the calm before the storm, but I decided to look on the bright side of it and relish the nap instead of worrying. I took the photo below on the way home where I stopped at the inlet for a breath of head-clearing air.

So today I didn't need to sleep for long, walked the dog, did some quilting, did some dyeing, did some gardening, let the kids muck around on their devices, sent them foraging for wild grapes. All just like a normal Sunday.

Except we had the sad news that New Zealand has had our first death due to Covid-19. Rest in peace, lady from the West Coast, may your spirit fly free. I feel for your family at this time. Unable to gather and grieve together.

2020 Brave New World. Lockdown Eve.

I haven't written in this blog yet this year, but if ever there was a time to start, it's now, on the eve of an unprecedented event in the history of New Zealand.

At midnight tonight, the 25 March 2020, NZ goes into a complete lockdown due to the COVID-19 epidemic. We've declared a national state of emergency. No one is to leave their house except for essential trips.  As a midwife I'm considered an essential service so I will still be going to work, as will other healthcare providers, pharmacists, grocery store workers, petrol stations, vets, police, emergency service workers and a few others.

So, I'm going to blog every day during lockdown. Why the heck not? It'll give me something to do and to look forward to, and it will be interesting to look back on in years to come.

Today I got up early and got two new tyres for my car. Why so early? The tyre man opened at 7am and I wanted to make sure I got in and out before any other people turned up. I'm a healthcare worker, I know what we could be in for, so I'm practicing distancing as much as possible already. But I'll still need to drive to work for the next month and those tyres were essential.

Then I went for a sunrise walk on the beach and admired the view. Not a bad place to isolate yourself, out on your boat, miles from anyone else.

What I saw this morning...

My ducks eating their breakfast.  Ducks are rude and loud and obnoxious, then they shut up as soon as their beaks are full....hmmm, sounds like a few people I know.

Wildpuss, pretending to be a tiger.  He's not a fastidious cat and doesn't mind the dew.

Emma saying good morning to Wildpuss and Wildpuss not looking so amused.  Don't worry, WP, I don't like the wet nose either!

Them's thar turkeys on thar hills!

I love this one.  She looks like she's saying, "We are not amused," in her best posh voice.  As in, we are not amused that you are taking pictures BEFORE you feed us.

Such an enthusiastic, dopey dawg.  Being a labrador, trained as a gun dog, Emma feels she has to carry something in her mouth at all times.  Today she's found a bit of wood.  Usually it's a rock, which is bad.  Check out her blunted tooth.  She will drop them when we tell her too, but as soon as our back is turned...

And another pretty sunrise.  Can't help myself, I've a million shots of pretty sunrises.

Sunrise

Autumn is my favourite season.  And this is one of the reasons why.  The skies just go on and on and on.  Afternoon will give us amazing clouds.  Evening gives us fascinating light.  Then the sunrises...the sunrises can leave you speechless.