New behaviors

News blues…

• A new coronavirus variant? South Africa and the new coronavirus variant: your questions and health department’s answers 
• UK scrambles amid fears a new variant of COVID-19 is spreading more rapidly across parts of the country that could be “up to 70 percent more transmissible” than the original variant. 
• A fairly technical good explanation (if you’re patient) of the new variant of Covid-19 that 'may be spreading faster'  (1:45:40 mins)

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Another look at whacky stuff: Fox Spreading New DANGEROUS Lies about Covid (3:05 mins)

Healthy planet, anyone?

A photo essay to remind us of the creatures of our beautiful planet 

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We can learn to better love our country. There’s no better time than now: Namadgi national park: ‘A mystery, a relic, a vibrant pulse in the earth’ 

Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

Monkeys, always observant, have noticed this household has trimmed down from 10 to 3 dogs. Their response? House invasion!
AS I departed the house yesterday, I discovered and discouraged (“scoot monkey!) a monkey in the foliage outside the house. This is the closest to the residence that I’ve ever encountered a monkey. I pulled the burglar guards closed and departed.
Three hours later, my return was met with an excited domestic worker who reported monkeys had invaded the house and eaten my paw paws (“papayas”). Paw paws do have a wonderful aroma and it’s likely that aroma attracted the hungry beasts. They’d entered through the burglar guards, pounced on the fruit, then made themselves comfortable on my large worktable and proceeded to eat the fruit.
By the time, I returned home, Martha (domestic worker) had cleaned up behind the monkeys. I can only imagine the mess that she’d faced. Thank you, Martha. 

From now on out we will keep both the burglar guards and the French doors shut.