May 2020

Olivia continues to work in her ICU unit but now has only one COVID-19 patient. The Oxford lads are both working from home. Nick is still with Uncle Jon and Bea in tiny Whian Whian as the Queensland border remains closed. Gypsies Paulie and Stephen to and fro from a generously offered granny flat to the St Lucia Atherton's pad as their own home is still rented out (indeed for longer than expected as their tenants were unable to return to Canada thanks to the pandemic).They continued to work with a client close by. Thanks to technology even social activities such as wine tasting continues as this summary of a two hour session illustrates. The brave nothern hemisphere participants popped corks at 12:00 and 13:00 whilst Brisbane sipped their selections in the evening (a long day for Paulie who started work at 7:00).

May 2 - preparation	A wine tasting with Olivia and Rosie in Paddington (Brisbane)...	Michael in France...
And the lads in Oxford. A wee video of the tasting in the Cinema/movies section of this website.	May 9 - in residence once more at the St Lucia Atherton household...	With chores to do
and relaxation	May 10 - all off to Southern Hemisphere mothers day picnic	Paulie's gift from Olivia? Frankie 4 groovy shoes
Work to continue with prep work to fix a leak in the St Lucia pond. Hard to have a drink however	And a nice Thai dinner from Chef Stephen. Som Tam and Beef Massaman.	.
Rest needed	Lottie needs to keep up with the news	Time to apply bitumen paint in the pond
.	May 16 - another online wine tasting event so the girls meditate in preparation	Then get online
And join James and Keno in Oxford, mother Elizabeth and Graham in Taringa and their son Daniel in his Oxford college	A big ask to have a tasting at 12:00 in England. Easier being 21:00 for the Brisbane crew.	Lottie relaxes at her Burleigh Beach apartment
May 18 - Covid restrictions start to loosen up. Our first cafe coffee	then back to safe territory	Rosie starts to feel the cooler temperatures
.	The sun sets	May 25 - James still in Lockdown in England at least has a lovely garden
May 26 - back to staying at Chapel Hill care of good pals Owen & Denise. Myra and Paulie enjoy the gazebo outside our room	.	This cockatoo was eating passionfruit and dropped one on Stephen's head
May 29 - cooking for our hosts at Chapel Hill	Mr James spends another day in his garden but is working at home on his various projects such as...	.
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