Saturday, 29 February 2020
Friday, 28 February 2020
Rain Sets In
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Thursday, 27 February 2020
The Fallen
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Labels: sign
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Minky and I
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Tuesday, 25 February 2020
Morning Mist
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Labels: mist
Monday, 24 February 2020
Flu Season is Coming
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Sunday, 23 February 2020
Attack of the Scrunchy
Watching Minky play with a scrunchy is so entertaining. She is one naughty cat. She has learnt to open the drawer where Lynda's hair scrunchies are kept, takes most of them out and plays like in the video with them.
Here she is attacking a scrunchy, with a wag of her butt, she pounces on the unsuspecting scrunchy.
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Saturday, 22 February 2020
Axil Dragon
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Labels: axil, bearded dragon
Friday, 21 February 2020
Bosasa Butt
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Labels: Bosasa
Thursday, 20 February 2020
What Next
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Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Princess Life
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Tuesday, 18 February 2020
Mirror Mirror on the Wall
Posted by Jerome West at 21:13 0 comments
Labels: spider
Monday, 17 February 2020
Money Tree
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Labels: trees
Sunday, 16 February 2020
Bad Case of the Flu
Okay I am better prepared now than before as Africa reports its first Covid-19 case in Egypt. Yes Egypt is over a million miles away from us but the SARS-CoV 2 virus outbreak is spreading very quickly and I am sure that it will reach these distant shores sooner than later.
I have been following the Chinese Corona Virus outbreak very closely, more on a scientific than a fear level because if it does reach Southern Africa, our hospitals are not capable of treating everyone. So far what we officially know is that out of 100 people that get the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2, about 15 will need serious hospitalization, and out of these 15, only 2 will die. That is if they get to an medical facility that can help.
If it does come down to the worse case, 60% of South Africa's population will catch this strain flu virus. That means 28 million will be infected with 4 million needing to be on a respirator and we don't have that many in South Africa which will mean only the rich will be able to afford to jump the queue and way more than the expected 84,000 will die. We are about to enter our flu season, lets hope they can contain and eradicate this bad case of the flu before it gets here.
Okay enough of the bad news. Good news is that the Covid-19 death rate is only 2.3% with your body's immune system being able to fight off the SARS-CoV-2. So what can you do to limit yourself from getting into that 15% that needs hospilazation.
- Wash you hands OFTEN
- Wear a face mask when you need to visit a pharmacy, doctors rooms, or hospitals, as this is where most sick people congregate
- Boost your Immune System by getting 8-10 hours SLEEP a day
- Stay away from large crowds
- Did I mention wash your hands?
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Saturday, 15 February 2020
Out for the Count
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Friday, 14 February 2020
Eleven Orchids
I am not sure how many there were but about 20 counters set out into the Protea forested veld to look for the Albertina Sisulu Orchid. All in a row we search with keen eyes hoping to be the first to find this rare critically endangered orchid and it wasn't long before we found them.
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Labels: Albertina Sisulu Orchid, Butterfly, flowers, insect, orchids
Thursday, 13 February 2020
Back on the Road Again
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Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Just 9km
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
Hate this Traffic
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Monday, 10 February 2020
Snowflake's Birthday
Sunday, 9 February 2020
Sticking Out Your Tongue
Posted by Jerome West at 16:45 0 comments
Labels: cats, Paddington, Paddy
Saturday, 8 February 2020
Finding the Problem
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Friday, 7 February 2020
Huge Storm
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Thursday, 6 February 2020
The Eldredge Knot
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Weather's Changing
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Labels: sunset
Tuesday, 4 February 2020
Nesting Swallows
Posted by Jerome West at 13:30 0 comments
Monday, 3 February 2020
Loadshedding Traffic
Posted by Jerome West at 17:18 0 comments
Sunday, 2 February 2020
Corona Virus
Posted by Jerome West at 21:53 0 comments
Labels: Jerome
Saturday, 1 February 2020
Past Out
Posted by Jerome West at 14:33 0 comments
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