I had the crow for company,
but again none of the foxes showed up,
during the day I played househusband, hoovering, topping up and cleaning the aquarium, watering the plants, in the evening I popped out to pick Diana up from the bus stop,
arriving home we had a couple more photographs of the most joyous day when Diana's sister, Dioshane married Malvin, above Diana's mum,
all of the family,
this is a rendition of what the house should look like, the hope is that it will be finished before the start of the monsoon season in June,
on to our our evening meal,
Diana had picked up some Indian food from Marks & Spencer's on her way home,
'Cheers!',
for dessert a strawberry trifle,
Diana wanted a side view of my beard, what a handsome man! after out meal we listened to music,
then a change of pace we started watching season 1 of Third Rock From The Sun, we had both forgotten how funny this series really is, as midnight approached we were then off to bed.
Nice to see Diana’s mother is now able to build a nice, big home. I like the design. I bet the entire family is excited about this big event. A wedding and new home for parents...Alley and I are both thrilled for the great progress in Diana’s family. She must be very happy with theses great accomplishments. Let’s all hope the marriage is a long term success and that the home is blessed with good fortune. Two huge events in Diana’s life that are so positive. Great news!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations,
Job. And Alley
Dear John and Alley, yes it is all going so well for the family, it was just a shame that Diana due to the travel restrictions could not be there, hopefully the virus nightmare will be over soon, as an aside I was reading about the Spanish flu pandemic, lasting from February 1918 to April 1920, it infected 500 million people – about a third of the world's population at the time – in four successive waves. The death toll is typically estimated to have been somewhere between 20 million and 50 million, although estimates range from a conservative 17 million to a possible high of 100 million, By the summer of 1919, the flu pandemic had almost came to an end, as those that were infected either died or developed immunity.
ReplyDeleteAlmost 90 years later, in 2008, researchers announced they’d discovered what made the 1918 flu so deadly: A group of three genes enabled the virus to weaken a victim’s bronchial tubes and lungs and clear the way for bacterial pneumonia.
Since 1918, there have been several other influenza pandemics, although none as deadly. A flu pandemic from 1957 to 1958 killed around 2 million people worldwide, including some 70,000 people in the United States, and a pandemic from 1968 to 1969 killed approximately 1 million people, including some 34,000 Americans.
More than 12,000 Americans perished during the H1N1 (or “swine flu”) pandemic that occurred from 2009 to 2010. The novel coronavirus pandemic of 2020 is spreading around the world as countries race to find a cure for COVID-19 and citizens shelter in place in an attempt to avoid spreading the disease, which is particularly deadly because many carriers are asymptomatic for days before realizing they are infected.
Each of these modern day pandemics brings renewed interest in and attention to the Spanish Flu, or “forgotten pandemic,” so-named because its spread was overshadowed by the deadliness of WWI and covered up by news blackouts and poor record-keeping, I just so hope we soon get over all of this, and do not suffer further 'waves' best regards, Stan and Diana.