Don’t worry, be happy

© Gary Larsen, The Far Side

News blues…

Covid news of the day:

• "We have uncontrolled viral spread in much of the world," says Adam Lauring, an infectious disease physician and virologist at the University of Michigan. "So the virus has a lot of opportunity to evolve." 
  Read >> National Geographic’s “Why some coronavirus variants are more contagious — and how we can stop them,  
• Coronavirus Antibodies Last For 'At Least 6 Months' For Most People A new study shows 88% of people retain COVID-19 immunity for longer than previously thought. 
• SA coronavirus vaccine rollout plan 

Healthy planet, anyone?

Is recycling enough? 

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I appreciate succulents, too, but…

A woman strapped nearly 1,000 succulents and endangered cacti to her body in an attempt to smuggle them into New Zealand. And she’s done this at least twice. This time she was sentenced to 100 hours of community work, the country's biosecurity ministry said. 

Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

We had 3 – count ‘em, 3! – potential buyers visit the house yesterday.
The first couple loved the place, particularly the large and varied gardens. They returned later in the afternoon with their son, a builder who could evaluate cost of further work, two adult daughters and two grandchildren. They’d purchase the property to live and garden.
The second potential buyers was, as we might say in the US, “all hat and no cattle,”: lots of talk, some of it far removed from buying the property, and lots of offers of potential “deals” – some, ditto, far from the subject at hand.
The third potential buyer, also very interested, seeks an income generating property. He and his father, both builder/developers, would create 3 separate living spaces to rent.
My preference would be the first family. They’d do the garden justice. I’d love to show them where I’d created the compost pile, recycled the freezer to create a mini-greenhouse, and how to discourage the invasive cats claw creeper.

Today, will be – I hope – a less frenetic day. I can visit my mother, report the latest happenings to her, and, perhaps, arrange a way for her two grandchildren to fly from Jo’burg to visit her. That would have to be cleared with the Care Center’s one visitor per day per resident Covid policy.