#Melville - 137 posts

It’s Day 84 of the South African lockdown. Although after the president’s speech last night, I’m not sure how long we can continue to describe …

I was out of the house by 6:00 a.m. this morning to photograph the Melville food program, and was treated to a spectacular Jozi winter sunrise.

Yesterday I took pictures at the Melville food parcel program again. I arrived at the church a few minutes after 7:00 a.m., just after the sun rose. I was …

The Melville Cat had to go to that horrible place called the vet during lockdown, which was very unpleasant. Here he provides some addtional updates.

One Day 63 of the South African lockdown, I went again to take photos at the weekly Melville food parcel distribution at Heritage Baptist Church.

This morning I took photos at the Melville community food distribution prgram on 3rd Avenue. Volunteers delivered more than 300 parcels to people in need.

It’s Day 55 of the South African lockdown. Today was a better-than-average lockdown day for me because I was out and about doing meaningful things. …

Today is Day 50 of the South African lockdown. This week was really hard overall. But I think today was the best day I’ve had since the lockdown started. …

I feel better today than I did yesterday, partially because I made my own laffa bread using pre-made dough from Gerald at Ba Pita.

It's Day 45 of the South African lockdown. It's also Mother's Day, and for some reason the combination of these two things is making me sad.

Read all my lockdown journal posts. Welcome to Lockdown Day 40. It’s also Cinco de Mayo, which doesn’t mean much in South Africa but I …

Read all my lockdown journal posts. It’s Day 38 of the South African lockdown, and the third day of Lockdown Level 4. I took my second Level 4 walk …