Author: TscTempest
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Day Twenty Four of Lockdown
Day 3 of some vaguely compulsory, “Stay at Home” ruling, the communication within the community from the Quarantine Taskforce, is very minimalistic: As always… The day starts with tea; A pleasant surprise delivery, a momentary spot of colour – a neighbour sent me some strawberries, 🥰 The big news today – a community care gift…
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Day Twenty Three of Lockdown
👏 👏 … No NAT today; Two sets of Rules? One for Security, and one for the residents? The Food Truck is gone 😢 The store needs resupply but it’s not completely empty; The people snatch some sunlight while they can,; A violin teacher prepares a violin for his daughter; A Food parcel arrives at…
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Day Twenty Two of Lockdown
The call goes building by building – hurry up and wait; waiting for Family to gather; Testing again in earnest; At the gate the Incoming deliveries are more orderly; Breakfast from the Grill; Smoked Pork, egg, and lettuce wrap; An anatomical potato shape pointing the way; Hard Lockdown volunteers police the door; This steamer bastard…
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Day Twenty One of Lockdown
The Main Gate area is becoming busier; More deliveries are coming in; Some are less locked down than others, or so it seems… The Classic style Galleries is populated and enjoyed; Tea tools are at the ready; Today I offered Black Garlic to the community, free to anyone who wanted it.
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Day Twenty of Lockdown
The Lockdown Continues. The powers that bee keep rolling over the 2+2 Testing regime, or so it seems. There seems to be an arbitrary exercise of power at play. But who’s, and at what level? Dissatisfaction grows within the community. Envious eyes see tainted images of unfair treatment. Generalizations based on incomplete information, ill-informed prejudices,…
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Day Nineteen of Lockdown
We are told, we are in an epidemic, and indeed we are: an epidemic of complacency and stupidity. Yes, masks are worn, but social distancing is no where to be seen. At the food truck, supplies of milk are distributed; The main gate is still closed; Traffic Hats block vehicle movement; However, some benches are…
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Natural Art
Yesterday, its rained heavily; at one point beating against my window.Bored out of my mind I took a photo of the rain on the window. Reviewing it after, It has quickly become one of my most favourite images: the rain has pushed the entire background into a blur, from dynamic rivulets of water splashing, pooling,…
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Day Eighteen of Lockdown
Maintaining a positive attitude is important for one’s mental well-being. My cynicism towards, “Gated Communities,” once described them as, “Golden Prisons.” How ironic those words appear now. Today the weather is foul, hard rain from the south: The window is a blur of gushing water; Lei Kou Chai Dian Hong tea, with a delightful orchid…
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Day Seventeen of Lockdown
We cannot get out! There is no test; The women shop the men talk; the fallen leaves are collected; a stray cat does it’s thing; I use a pound of cabbage and some carrot to fill the crock; sauerkraut is on its way; at least the bones of several roasted chickens make it to the…
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Day Sixteen of Lockdown
The Lockdown drags on. WE should have been clear by now. Our initial reason for lockdown has been done and dusted, yet all around us in the greater community there are positive tests arising, The whole township has gone into Epidemic Prevention Control.