Like a chrysalis metamorphosing from a cocoon, business and activities are tentatively emerging from lockdown, looking very changed from the original.
Signs are appearing everywhere. Like the song says, “Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?”
It strikes me sign-making is one of the economies to benefit from CoronaVirus.
Even our beach has sparkly new ones.
The beach was moody, and the waves were rough the other day . . .
. . . and on yesterday’s walk, I found this big fat jelly blubber washed ashore. It had attracted the attention of a dog that was no longer in the vicinity.
After my walk, I took the lift to our fifth floor apartment. Elevator is overloaded, a remote voice announced. That’s a bit harsh, I thought. I haven’t been cooking, that much. Then I realised it must have been the kangaroo in the lift with me.
Whoever designed this sign has never seen a fully-grown male eastern grey (Macropus giganteus giganteus). I’m glad I wasn’t the one who had to push him into the lift.
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I’m such a rule follower when we’re walking and people are walking towards us I hold back and cross the road, or try to walk behind George on wider pavements and he is just is so much more of a risk taker and looks at me like I’ve gone bonkers, pavements in London are just too narrow to pass.
I laughed at your kangaroo sign I’ve never seen a roo, I wonder what the English 2m equivalent animal would be maybe a small cow lol.
Stay safe and well.
You have lifts that can accommodate kangaroos???? and humans! How broadminded and luxurious too. It took a full month of lockdown and a letter from our local MP for my father and I to get his block’s managing agents to put up a sign on their tiny lifts regarding social distancing – “Please do not share the lifts”.
We’re sure marching to a different drummer down here. Our retirement village/aged care provider is too risk adverse to need to be persuaded into cautionary signs and rules.
Better safe than sorry under these circumstances.
I love the kangaroo sign! Those photos of the shore are beautiful, Gwendoline.
Thank you, Miss Gwen. Since we don’t have any native kangaroos in the US, i was thinking we could substitute a skunk instead.
That would definitely ensure the elevator was not overloaded
You made me do research! I was going to go with “Buffalo Springfield,” but it was the group “Five Man Electric Band” that gave us “Do this don’t do that …”. You chose a very good lyric for a fun, entertaining, and well-illustrated post.
Now I have an earwig, thanks to you. ‘the sign said long-haired, freaky people, need not apply – so I tucked my hair up under my hat, and went in to ask him why . . .’ – you remember the rest? Very droll.
Cute. Now I have to imagine a kangaroo in the elevator with me. Either that or I have to have one shipped over here!! That would make my shopping a bit more complicated, Gwendoline, store allow therapy dogs, but I don’t know the rules on Roos. . 😏
They look so cute, too. But boy, they can pack a punch. That’s why you often see them depicted as Boxing Kangaroos. And by the way, that thing on the tail-paint of Qantas jets is sometimes confused as a rat 🙂
I love that kangaroo sign. We are supposed to stay 2 metres apart in UK, (6 feet 6 inches in old money) but people don’t. I’m thinking of redesigning the crinoline skirt – I have a tape measure and I have chicken wire – but I don’t think I’d be able to reach the shelves or turn a corner in our local Lidl 😀
I had noticed the difference. 2 metres is an almost impossible distance, don’t you think? But then our rates bear no comparison to yours, even if you only look at Wales. I keep thinking about your chemist story. Are you still following that routine? We’re lucky in this complex, we can get ours home-delivered, contactless. The crinoline adaptation sounds the right idea!
Yes still taking my basket and sign to the pharmacy counter – 3 times now (every four weeks). You never know about the crinoline – 4 metres diameter and I might add a few spikes and Madonna 1980s bra – that’ll keep everyone away 😀
I can picture that . . . just 🙂
What fun notices and signs. Let’s hope it’s just a short term measure until things return to normal !
Bring back hugs!
Great fun with excellent pics. I liked the underplayed statement about the dog being seen off.
Subtle is my middle name 🙂
I used to sit on a bench for ages watching the sailboats glide past, the gulls fight for scraps and the hypnotic waves. So looking forward to the next sunny day. A kangaroo would have been most useful in the supermarket cue.
I am so enjoying my solitary beach walks, even though I don’t go every day.
If only we were going into summer.