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Yardley Old Church, Birmingham, England UK, dating from 972 AD when monks from Pershore Abbey planted a cross in the ground - www.robertcjones.co.uk
A friend told me that he saw about three hundred people at this bar last weekend. So I had to see it for myself. I took the shot discreetly from a distance because alcohol has a way of making some people violent. I did not see three hundred people there, but it's obvious these people are young; and I guess, they don't care, or don't think they will give it to Granny, or someone with a compromised immune system. Until we get a vaccine, the experts say this pandemic is not going away. Funny how many young, think dying is for someone else, but not them. Note the skeletons above the people: very symbolic.
Southgate Street,Gloucester,at noon on a Saturday,in April 2020.Full social distancing,even for conversations,no shops open,and very few people about.
A Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl in a Saguaro cactus stays safely away from the Gila Woodpecker atop the cactus arm. Gila Woodpeckers make holes in the Saguaro cacti that many other desert birds then use for nesting purposes.
It's good to see even the Army Apaches are smart enough to practice social distancing and wearing face mask!
HALT DICH AN DIE REGELN, DANN BEHALT ICH MEINEN JOB. / FOLLOW THE RULES AND I WILL KEEP MY JOB.
Die Restaurants und ihre Kunden haben sich 6 Monate lang an alle Hygieneregeln gehalten. Zum Dank sind sie jetzt von der Regierung geschlossen worden. / The restaurants and their customers followed all hygiene rules for 6 months. As a reward they have now been closed by the government.
Please keep one plane apart from other passengers.
Social distancing with a sense of humour, well done Edinburgh Airport.
Dave: Agnes, what's with the sign?
Agnes: Well, there has been a lot of talk lately about social distancing to battle COVID 19.
Dave: True that. But what's with the sign?
Agnes: I've decided to highlight my strength. I'm excellent at social distancing.
Dave: Is this a skill that you've been developing to limit transmission of coronavirus?
Agnes: No. It's a skill that I've had all of my life. It's only now that society is really embracing it.
Dave: Society is not really loving it. It's just something that we need to do right now to limit the spread of this novel virus.
Agnes: I'm no public health expert, but I do view people not in our core group much like squirrels.
Dave: Interesting. That may be the first time those words have ever been put together in the same sentence.
Agnes: It's true. They're both great to yell at and I don't really want any of them in my yard.
Dave: That makes a surprising amount of sense.
Agnes: It sure does. And to help out society I'm willing to yell my theories at all of the people and squirrels that come within yelling range.
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Agnes has always been a bit of a nightmare to walk. She loves walks - but dislikes dogs or people not in her core group. It may be something from her pre-rescue past, but we truly will never know. For years we have had to pull off to the side of the path and hold her close so she doesn't make too much of a jerk of herself. Never did we imaging that her difficulties on walks would help us maintain a 2m physical distance between ourselves other walkers out there to help limit viral transmission for the good of society.
Many thanks to my lovely and tolerant wife who was willing to take a dog who is difficult to walk at the best of times out for a walk wearing a sign around her neck.
I know that the situation the world finds itself in with COVID 19 is not a laughing matter, but we must find some humour where we can and that's why Agnes got to wear the sign for this photo. And although I do much prefer the term physical distancing, for Agnes it is all about social distancing.
.... Walking is completely fine during social distancing – just remember to keep about 6 feet / 2 metres, between yourself and others. With the COVID-19 coronavirus continuing to spread and no vaccine or specific treatment yet available, social distancing is the main available way to slow the pandemic by making it more difficult for the virus to spread from person to person ....
For awhile now, I've had an idea for a series in the back of my mind. The series I have been contemplating for so long has everything to do with isolation and it's effects as well as causes. Up until now, I'd only completed one in the series. There are specific aesthetics in mind, in that I wanted them to be very representative of isolation and give the viewer an accurate sense of what the character in the piece is feeling. As they say, there's no time like the present.
Literally, we are presently in a state of as much isolation as we can do. We're discouraged from congregating, sometimes forbidden. We are told to keep away from one another, no hugging, no warm kisses on the cheek for greeting, don't even touch each other. Don't touch your face. Stay home. Work from home. Keep your distance. Be quiet.
Let this isolation be a reason to spend more time with those people closest to you or snuggle in deeper with your pups. Read that book you set aside months ago or last year. Complete that project you've felt so guilty about leaving half-finished. Take some long walks in the woods. Listen to the spring birds who've no idea there's a pandemic. We will pass through this.
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On the 1st April I went for a walk to Shelly Beach at Redhead. Along the track one passes a lookout which allows a good view of Black Head Beach from the north.
I was interested to see about a dozen people spread out along the beach, all practising strict social distancing in view of the Covid19 rules put in place by governments. There was one small group directly below me who were not doing so even though this image appears to suggest that was the case, however I assumed they were a family.
As I recall at this time the rules around walking on the beach were unclear but became more clear a week after this image was taken when the local Suprintendant of Police confirmed he would not be arresting people exercising on the beach who were practising obvious social distancing, as was the case for all the beach walkers on this day.