COVID Meltdown

The Moment when you discover that your Carpet is NOT Wool!

It was a hard lesson learnt in keeping your workspace clear and tidy...

Hello Sweetheart ...

The one thing that will send me into full Mum Mode is to answer a call from one of my Kids and be met by silence....  Such was the case Wednesday night.

We are OK Mum but -
The House next door has just exploded.

Oh and the backyard is full of CFA - Firemen

and I don't know what they are doing to my Garden.

She was extremely shaken to say the least, and not one who is prone to exaggerating -

I knew it was bad.

DD has 5 properties backing onto her rear boundary and if any of them were involved in a fire it would be 'touch and go up in flames' for all the others - This is what the House next door looks like on Google Maps.

And the photo she sent through while we were talking showed how close they were to the flames.

Paying strict attention to the advice of the Fire Brigade they stayed inside until directed otherwise.

Even so - the heat of the flames could be felt through the Glass.

In the cold hard light of Day-

This is all that is left of the House Next Door.

With the Fire starting slowly and quietly in a Clothes Dryer in the Garage the home was well alight before the Family could stop it spreading.

They have lost everything but evacuated safely.

HOWEVER:
 
The residents in the next door Unit were totally unaware of what was happening and that THEIR house was also on Fire - until the Brigade smashed a window to alert them!

In all, 3 properties were damaged.

And DD's Garden?

She said it was Best Decision of her life to Buy a Block that had a big Backyard.

And let's just say She won't need to Water it for Quite Some Time!!!

Back in Lockdown

Just when you thought it was safe to go out....

Someone did something daft and now we have that "Second Wave" we were trying to avoid.

Lock-down 2.0 started off with a few Suburbs, now it encompasses all of Melbourne and Mitchell Shire an area of approx 13,000 km². 

For those of us that live within this boundary we have just 4 reasons to leave the house. 

The hope is to contain the Virus to a Geographical Area.

Is SIX weeks going to be enough to squash the curve when, with more and more testing, more and more infections are being found?  Time - and only Time will tell.

How am I surviving the Lock down?      

UFOs - That's How! 

I have been a "Stay at Home Mum" for 35 years, and have many projects that have been put aside with the wail of a Child in need. 

In all those years I have never been bored and I don't intend to start now.

So - Which Project will it be?

Considering that Going on Holidays is not one of those 4 allowed Options - I decided to pick up my Scrapbook record of "Our Last Big Adventure." 

It was a Holiday of a Lifetime and one we wanted to have before the Kids went off, and started having adventures without Us.

The last entry was 3rd December 2008 - It was DH's Birthday and we were far far from Home!

Actually we were taking a Shortcut somewhere between the Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas in the middle of the Spencer Gulf - 

South Australia. 

The Boys were thrilled to be invited onto the Bridge by the Captain and shown the finer parts of the operation of the Vessel.

The First Instruction - 

Sit and Don't Touch!

My Scrapbook is not all that different to Instagram posts I send today - so I am hoping to finish the next 10 Days of pages by the time we are out of Lock-down.  

Now - Where do I start?