Living with Lockdown - 2

The day dawned as only a Cape Town autumn day can - windless, cloudless perfection. I stood on the deck and thought, what a beautiful day and here we are unable to walk down to the rocks. The thought quickly dispersed as I realised that every day is a beautiful day in its own way, and that I was already so lucky to have a deck with a view that it was churlish to be disappointed.

A woman walked past pushing a baby in a pram.

The day proceeded as if it were Sunday - the only day we are all at home together anyway, and I did all the usual chores while the rest of the family set about a grand clear out of years of clutter.
I bottled beetroot.

Can't get the lid off the peanut butter!

Showing a clean pair of heels

He Who Can Fix Anything started off quietly sorting out nuts and bolts in his man cave - the garage underneath the house (takes 8 cars if empty), but soon started asking for food items that were not in stock: bully beef (we've never had that ever!), jaffles (don't have bread the right shape as we seldom eat any) and doubtless there will be other things. I made it clear that as all the shopping is left to me, as well as meal planning, cooking and cleaning up afterwards, if there were any complaints he could eat out. I made the suggestion that, seeing as little exercise would be taking place, we should only have two meals a day - brunch and lupper. This was met with a stony silence from all quarters.

Following various groups on social media, it soon became apparent that they would have to be unfollowed due to the level of trolling. News filtered through of disregard for the new rules as was expected and it will be interesting to see how the lockdown will be enforced. Anything I might think will remain unsaid as political correctness in any form is not something I subscribe to, seeing it as a form of censorship of free speech. Let's just say that self-discipline and responsibility are key words.

Baboons have missed all the news and don't know about the lockdown. They made a brief appearance this afternoon, causing a runaround to close all windows and doors, but a scantily clad young man with a large catapult appeared on the roof next door and dispersed them with great skill!

And so we have survived Day 1 of what could very well be more than 21 days. Don't forget to go outside at night and look at the stars. The Milky Way is particularly stunning around 4am.