More Covid-19 Chronicles

It seems to be that I just pop in here once a week with an update on how things are going.  On the whole, things are going rather well around here, despite it being a rather different story overseas.  There have been no more cases identified locally and eight of the nine cases have now recovered.  The restrictions to our lives remain unchanged.

So, what have we been up to?

I went to work on Tuesday and Wednesday - a lovely short week.  Mick got busy on those days and cleaned all the windows and fly screens.  What a difference it makes, now that the dust and smoke have been washed away.

The weather this week has been absolutely glorious.  Sunny, a slight breeze, reaching about 20 degrees C.  You couldn't ask for nicer weather to be out and about.

We achieved our four days of exercise.  On Thursday we went for our walk and ended up walking just on 10kms.  

We walked down to the river, past a freshly mown paddock of lucerne.  The ibis were having a lovely time looking for bugs.

This is the Macquarie River, which starts just upstream of Bathurst.  It's so good to see a decent amount of water running down the river.  Our water supply dam is still only at 30% capacity, so a lot more rain will be required for water restrictions to be reduced or removed.

The parklands beside the river had just been mowed so looked lovely.

The old and the new.  The old bridge is the Denison Bridge dating back to 1870.  It was closed to traffic in the early 1990s and is now a foot bridge. The new one is the Evans Bridge.

Don't you love how a little fungus is growing in this fallen tree stump.

On Friday we just wandered around our local neighbourhood, finding more colourful chalk art on driveways.

Saturday saw us heading up the hill on the quiet country road again.

There are quite a few mobs of kangaroos that live in the paddocks around us.  This few even sat still long enough to have their portrait taken.  About a dozen live in the horse paddock over the road from us.

Today we did something a bit different, for a change.  We got out the deadly treadlies and went cycling.  Once again we ended up down by the river.  So many people were out and about, walking, walking the dog, jogging or cycling.  We've never seen anything like it.  Mind you, we don't normally go down by the river either.  Anyway, we then decided to follow the cycle/walking path further along the river before returning home.  We ended up riding for about 17kms.  Not bad going for the first time I've been on my bike for well over a year.

We've been baking again, making the Apricot Shortcake again, as it was so nice.  

A friend gave me an Eggplant Curry recipe, so, as we have plenty of eggplants we tried it out - quick, easy & tasty!  Winner!  It will be made again.  Yummo!  

When we did the groceries on Thursday I noticed the cauliflowers were particularly nice looking.  As a result of that we bought a leg of lamb and have enjoyed a delicious roast lamb meal, something I very rarely cook, even though it is one of my favourite meals.  

Tonight we had rhubarb and apple crumble, made with our rhubarb and apples from a friend's tree.  Absolutely delicious!

Our garden is still flowering prolifically. 

Our dahlias have never before put on such a show.

We are still picking tomatoes, although they are nearing their end.

Mick was energetic on Friday, adding some shelves to the top cupboards in the caravan, something w ehave been talking about since we bought it three and a half years ago.  It did entail a quick trip to Bunnings.  We bought a couple of other things while we were there too.  You see, I have this list on the fridge "Things to Buy When the Shops Reopen".  Well, seeing we were already at Bunnings, we bought a couple of the things on that list.

Yes, I have been sewing, but I will leave that for a separate post.

To finish off, this morning we sat and watched TV for a couple of hours.  Not something we ever do, but this was different.

We watched the "One World Together" concert.  It was really uplifting.