Day 91 The Longest Day

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Started work on the scrub tops this morning when a friend, Peg rang. She told me that CADS had been awarded some money - £10,000. I'm not sure where from or how but Peg's idea of spending it was to stage Ben Hur with real horses! I suggested a new roof might be a better idea but I have no clout as I am not on the Committee but very good news anyway. I was so excited about the news that I sewed a front to the back of a scrub top inside out so the pockets are now inside the garment. I shall have to unpick it now.
I think this scrub top being worn by a care worker is one of mine -

Went to Llantwit to pick up my plants from Cosy Fox. They are lovely - just got to work out how I can hang up the  'Fishbone Cactus' Epiphyllum anguliger. 

Later Jasper and I walked up to Peter and Jennifer's for tea and cakes in the garden. Annie joined us. A lovely interlude and nice to get out and meet friends again if only at a distance.

Snippet from the News

The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, and the world has entered “a new and dangerous phase” in its spread, as daily infections rise above 150,000, the World Health Organization’s director has warned this week.

Nearly half the new cases are in the Americas, with the US and Brazil between them accounting for more than a third of total infections and deaths. Brazil reached the grim milestone of 1 million coronavirus cases on Friday.

Meanwhile other countries that appeared to have the virus under control, from South Korea to Germany, have reported fresh outbreaks or rising case numbers, raising fears of a second wave of infections.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was vital that the economic and social pressure to drop restrictions did not give the pandemic room to flourish.

“Countries are understandably eager to open up their societies and economies but the virus is still spreading fast, it is still deadly and most people are still susceptible,” he told a news briefing on Friday. “We call on all countries and all people to exercise extreme vigilance.”

Even countries that have largely succeeded in suppressing the virus have reported new cases in recent days, a reminder of how difficult the disease is to bring under control.

New Zealand reported two fresh asymptomatic cases of Covid-19 in a couple who had returned to Auckland on a repatriation flight from India. Their baby, who was travelling with them, has been deemed too young for testing but may also be infected.

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Random Photo

This 'Lady of the Night' was picked up out of the gutter by my husband Jim. He found her abandoned on his way home from work one day in 1967 and as he happened to have an empty suitcase with him stuffed her inside. She has been kept busy all the years since then in various homes - sometimes adorned with a bra or jewellery - although now she has been pensioned off in my sewing room.

TOT ZIENS! Keep Your Light Shining! Don't Look at the Sun!