Life goes on

Dear friends, 

Life goes on, but very slowly. We are still in a pandemic state but not complete lockdown. As for us, hubby works from home and we don't eat out anymore, nor do we have visitors or get invited anywhere since everybody is afraid. Latest news today is seven new Covid-19 cases, four from overseas hotel quarantine and three locally acquired from a well known source, so it's not over yet but it is dying down at least here in NSW.

However we still have little outings, still discovering unexpected things down here on the South Coast.

Last Saturday we drove down to Nowra and Shoalhaven. We had fish and chips with the pelicans on the Crookhaven river. They might not look so big here in the photos but when they stretch up their necks to get something to eat near where you are sitting, they are scary and very hungry.

Fortunately a fishing boat had just come in and the fishermen were cleaning their fish, so we were left in peace since there was plenty to eat from the fishermen.

Another thing that has kept us busy lately is watching Tour de France, especially the three days when it was going through the area where we used to live near Grenoble. We saw the spot where hubby fell off his bike and also the spot where our son drove into a traffic light when he had just had his licence.

It went right through Montbonnot - St Martin which is the place where we used to live and we were able to see the road that went down to our house. I was not able to spot our neighbours though I am sure some of them were there in the crowd.

Sunday was the last day of the Tour de France and hubby was up to past three o'clock in the morning watching the last ceremony on the Champs Élysées. He really is a great fan and I do remember when we lived in Montbonnot he used to take the kids somewhere close where they were passing and come home laden with freebies from the sponsors. We had a big green hand, for example, hanging on the wall in our son's room for years.

Here are a couple of photos of the flowers that have popped up. It is so much fun to discover a garden that you have not planted; it is full of surprises. The people who sold us the house must really miss their garden.

Have to go and start a new week now. Take care and stay well!!