Well the vaccines (Pfizer and Astra Zeneca) seem to be working. The number of cases of Covid 19 are falling fast and therefore so are the number of deaths. So it looks like the plans for restrictions will be lifted but by bit every few weeks from mid March will go ahead, and England will be more or less back to normal by 21st June (or I should say “new normal” because Covid won’t completely go away in the foreseeable future.) Scotland will probably have similar timescales although Nicola Sturgeon is not yet committing to specific dates. The first change that will affect us personally, will be that instead of only two people being allowed to meet up outside, it will move to four. A year ago who would have thought that meeting up in a group of four would feel like a luxury? Anyway, that gives us something to look forward to.
On the other hand there’s another new Covid variant from Brazil which is very contagious. There are only a few cases of it in Britain and the authorities are trying hard to contain it, although I think that there is one person who has it that they can’t trace.
Meanwhile every day is a little bit longer, and it was nice and sunny up at Fernbrae Meadows when I was walking there this afternoon with Ruth W.
And I have ordered some meals from “Mindful Chef”, and made the first one this evening: Ezme baked trout with baby potatoes and broccoli. I have used the similar “Hello Fresh” a couple of years ago, and although I could easily make something tasty from my many (under-used!) recipe books, the box of food makes things easy by providing all of the ingredients and gives me some new ideas for cooking.
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