Return to cuteness

Today I should be back traffic permitting from LG camp while nothing has been automated at tumblr, fa etc only on on the external blogs.

I don't know how it's going to pan out cos for one thing we haven't been together for like ages and for another we are all at different points along where we along removing restrictions that has made it possible we are at our most comfortable.

Society is generally all over place from those who oppose (and continue to) these steps and those who feel they've been cheated not having 'real' freedom but in some situations still being strongly advised to follow some measures and maybe having measures for the biggest events come mid to late September.

Followers of the Tumblr will have noticed what only be described as the Cuteness Overload  in recent months as it's moving toward what I'm feeling happier blogging about bypassing the discourse and issues from past.

For me to feel happy about making a post on that site is something I've battled with with more clearer focus about what is there and from where any reblogs come bypassing some imposed restrictions from others who reblogged but stuck their own community interactions limits on it.

At least it does appear to working out for now.

Prepare to take off!

 Phew what a scorcher of a week,what?

I like exploring and I'm presently running around finding the things after sixteen months out of the usual life trying to remember where I last put them apart from doing such modern things as checking the credit and battery charge on my cellphone.

The grump, to whom it can be said has been living up to that name adding and even try cultivate new things to grump over should be getting my case down tomorrow so I can start the packing having weighed up what will fit where and what may need to go on my tote bags.

As it will be warm I may decide to pack more minimally.

Unlike a few years ago I have to find space to pack my dslr and two zoom lenses although I'll have 'at hand' a compact camera on me for general shots as my trusty Canon died last time and I bought a new Sony that has a sharper and more extended zoom range on with stabilization which helps with my shaky paws.

Get set for Freedom Day

It's pretty much looking like a warm weekend for most of us in England at least where things will be kind of different from Monday.

I say kind of as for the umpteenth time people are confusing Laws with Rules as it is the Laws that are changing in connection with Social Distancing  and related matters which is different because like with say wearing anything obscuring your face there is no Law to ban it but good luck going into a bank or building society with that as it often breaches their Rules and you won't get service only if you follow their rule.

Rules don't trump Laws, they deal with local situations such as in institutions such as school.

This is relevant because an area of concern has been around wearing Masks (I prefer to call Masks, Masks not "face coverings" which refer to a wider set of things you might wear to be honest) where the Law will have no legal requirement backed by authority to wear one.

This does not mean that you may be requested in certain setting such as busy crowded places with limited air flow to wear a mask or in medical settings.

Already transportation such as Trams and Underground trains have made it plain a number will be expecting you to comply with a request in metropolitan areas which as so far only two -thirds of people over eighteen are fully vaccinated and much less likely to spread and catch covid.

The same will apply in some Supermarkets which as we all know get super crowded at weekends and other establishments.

To me this does make sense for now and can always be reviewed later although some areas like hospitality may be more "at own risk" as it is impossible to eat and drink masked and opening with huge limits on numbers almost unsustainable economically.

It doesn't diminish our freedom to respect the rights of others such as service providers and their employees in looking after themselves.

You will be be able to do more and with more people BUT you will still need to be cautious and be responsible.

The moodlifter

Not the greatest of weeks here but it may get better by next, as I type this in a new splint, the seems to be a amazing mood about the Country.

Yes, England have made it to the finals of Euro 2020+1 which apart from giving many people over what has been a pretty rubbish 16 months since lockdown began something to cheer about it has been quite interesting to see the number of women and girls taking interest in it, attending the many fan zones set up.

Part of that is that the female game has come of age with both Premiership Clubs operating quality female teams and the increased numbers of girls taking part in football, even joining girls own teams, having their own heroines.

Certainly it was a rare thing when I went to school to see girls playing in PE/sports or in the playground although my Mom was one of handful that did play the game with her brother and his friends and yet today it is by no means uncommon to see a girl bouncing her football enroute for the park for a game and for it to be offered to girls as team sport in school.

In the crazy world here, the new Fridge has arrived as I left the one and only grump to get on with moving the old one out, sweeping god know how many years of dust and that where it was before unboxing and installing the new one.

I don't need the static of arguments often stupid ones born of an unwillingness to discuss and agree a timetable for doing things rather than just doing it when he wants and then have fuss because others are already halfway through things they've started.

Thankfully it was dry and fairly pleasant so  spent that time walking and watching the world go by before settling in to children's programming on the BBC in the afternoon.

The month things will change

Well, we're into July where touch wood, I should be able to be out of this house overnight for the first time in absolutely ages.

There is as ever continuing discourse about how we are supposed to get out of this some of which can be paraphrased as "let me sleep on it" forever looking at other things into the future and saying effectively I'm not sure I need more time.

We of course now have for other reasons a new health secretary who is more inclined to take a broader view looking at the social,economic and even health consequences of the measure we felt were necessary to tackle the Covid pandemic.

It's always been a balencing act an act that has at least reduced the numbers of projected deaths by a huge margin even if the situation around Care Homes remains understandably sore part of the problem being that Care homes moved from mainly local authority controlled where they would of recieved support to mainly privately owned ones where it appears home owners expected the state to supply P.pe. and non one in the state was checking what if anything care homes were doing.

Regardless of party politics, social care and medical care including homes needs to be fully intergrated into the NHS, not fractured with demarcation issues.

There is talk around the requirement to wear masks (we can now call them what they are not just facial coverings) with some saying they should be optional given some 85% of people have  had a one innoculation and about 63% currently have had both has had a massive effect at bring the link between cases of Covid which are high and people being so ill as to require hospitalization.

That impact goes beyond being decimated but I do feel strongly that in enclosed public spaces people would be best adviced to stay with wearing mask for both the additional protection against transmission not just of covid but of things such as Winter Flu.

There was a reason many in South East Asia do wear masks for this and from my point of view we should keep that even if we do relax the one metre rule in things like entertainment centres.

Yes we need, however hard we may be pyschologically to break out of the fearfullness of the last year and a bit for our own good but we should be prepared to learn from and kept those things that can keep us all healthy