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It's starting to heat up. We've had a few very hot days already and the weekend before last a scorching heatwave that lasted all weekend.
Nevertheless, the overall mood in the country is much better I think. Much calmer. The news of a vaccine soon has, I think, calmed people. It has calmed me at any rate and I think my father who has been pretty much cooped up at home all year. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
A word about the irresponsibility of the media. At the beginning of the year the mood was anything but calm with the media whipping everything up by telling us over and over again that there may never be a vaccine because there has never been an effective vaccine found for this type of sickness. That is vague I know but I can't remember the details.
Scientists were, on the other hand, quietly working away and at lightning speed and here we are with a vaccine or it seems more than one vaccine in just 11 months.
I can't believe it has spread so voraciously all over the world so quickly.
My thoughts are still occupied with my garden. At the moment I'm trying to decide if I want a full, bushy garden or if I want a garden where there is more à sense of space and light.
To cheer them up, I have sent my friends in Brittany in France some books - two cookbooks - Greek Vegetarian and the Best of the Australian Women's Weekly - "A Short History of Australia" by Manning Clark and "Tracks" by Robyn Davidson. I paid an exorbitant $68 in postage for two. COVID-19 has affected overseas postage rates too.
The council is putting in a beautiful street tree. Christmas present!!!
Nevertheless, the overall mood in the country is much better I think. Much calmer. The news of a vaccine soon has, I think, calmed people. It has calmed me at any rate and I think my father who has been pretty much cooped up at home all year. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
A word about the irresponsibility of the media. At the beginning of the year the mood was anything but calm with the media whipping everything up by telling us over and over again that there may never be a vaccine because there has never been an effective vaccine found for this type of sickness. That is vague I know but I can't remember the details.
Scientists were, on the other hand, quietly working away and at lightning speed and here we are with a vaccine or it seems more than one vaccine in just 11 months.
I can't believe it has spread so voraciously all over the world so quickly.
My thoughts are still occupied with my garden. At the moment I'm trying to decide if I want a full, bushy garden or if I want a garden where there is more à sense of space and light.
To cheer them up, I have sent my friends in Brittany in France some books - two cookbooks - Greek Vegetarian and the Best of the Australian Women's Weekly - "A Short History of Australia" by Manning Clark and "Tracks" by Robyn Davidson. I paid an exorbitant $68 in postage for two. COVID-19 has affected overseas postage rates too.
The council is putting in a beautiful street tree. Christmas present!!!