Saturday, August 21, 2021

COVID UPDATE

Our Lockdown has been extended to 11.59 p.m. on Tuesday, 24th.  There are now 51 confirmed cases mainly in Auckland but also in Wellington with the number expected to rise.

We are quite happy staying home and go for our walk around the streets in the morning.  It is about 1.75 kms.  This is the walk we do.



This morning the teddy bears had made some new signs in this caravan.



and at the Hospice entrance a Kowhai was in flower - a sign of spring although spring is not here just yet.



12 comments:

  1. Almost spring like down here, a very slight frost but gorgeous day. Delta Variant, I see the travellers returning from Auckland to Wellington stopped at BP in Bulls, a little too close to us, but we are safe.I hope there will be less positive cases, but know the likelihood of that is remote.

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    1. I keep expecting it to turn up here with all the Aucklanders heading to their holiday homes.

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  2. Yes, Christmas will be here before we know it, we shall be spending it in Brighton. I do wish this wretched virus would go away.

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    1. Is that definite now? When do you leave?

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    2. End of September, or maybe a bit later. We're having the Kitchen and bathroom re-done, so they need to be finished before we arrive.

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  3. As you go into Spring there is a definite suggestion that autumn is not too far away here.

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  4. Yes, spring/autumn are not too far away.

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  5. Some very well informed teddy bears! I hope they're right about being able to stamp out the virus again.

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  6. Lovely that teddy bears are appearing again. Sweet.
    I just love the kowhai and it's yellow flowers. Beautiful

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    1. Yes, it was great to come across the teddy bears and it was the first Kowhai I have seen in flower this year

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  7. I read from a friend in Keri Keri that water testing found traces of sars cov2 in the drains at Warkworth last Tuesday.
    It will be lurking everywhere from asymptomatic cases.
    Thinking of you all xx

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