Lockdown Tuesday

I happened to look out the lounge room windows yesterday, just before 7 and noticed that the sky was very pink. I went out to have a closer look and saw this:

It was very dramatic, and could obviously seen all over Ballarat. Similar photos were posted on the local community pages on Facebook.

Fortunately it didn't presage a dramatic day of weather. It clouded over fairly soon after I took these but most of the day was cloudy interspersed with sunny spells.

The district nurse came as usual on a Tuesday to help Jim shower. I was beginning to wonder if she would come. They hadn't cancelled because of the lockdown and the hairdresser, dental technician and everyone else had, but mostly the nurse has come between 9 and 10. This one didn't come until just after 11. It was good that she came. Jim enjoys his assisted showers. He had lost one of his slippers. We looked everywhere we could think that it might be but no sign of it. Fortunately, he has another pair which could be pressed into service but they are very much the second best pair.

We went up to Rupert and Hugo's house after lunch. Both Ian and Lindsey had gone to work and animal care is permitted under the lockdown conditions. I wouldn't have thought that it was that long since we were last there but they behaved as though they hadn't seen us for months.  Rupert positively bounced! 

And overnight, Jim found his missing slipper. He had been convinced that he had kicked it under the bed or under his bedside table when he went to bed but he clearly hadn't. He found it tucked down the bottom of the bed, between the mattress and the footboard. He had obviously kicked it off as he got into bed - and equally obviously I hadn't done a very good job of making the bed yesterday morning!