12 April 2024 | We are back aboard Tregoning in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
02 April 2024 | We are in Toronto Airport, Canada: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
25 February 2024 | We are back in Gainesville, FL: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
18 February 2024 | We are in Glenwood, New Mexico: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
12 February 2024 | We are in Morro Bay, California: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
19 January 2024 | We are in Vancouver, BC Canada: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
01 January 2024 | We are in Washington State: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
15 December 2023 | We are in Minnesota: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
18 November 2023 | We are in Florida: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
29 October 2023 | We're in Florida - Tregoning is at B-dock, Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
21 October 2023 | 7 Oda Kapadokya Cave Hotel, Ürgüp, Türkiye
14 October 2023 | Hotel Aşikoğlu, Boğazkale, Türkiye
07 October 2023 | B-dock, Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
19 September 2023 | “Chez Jon & Angela”, Near Otterton, Devon, UK
14 September 2023 | Airbnb in Fortuneswell on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, UK
11 September 2023 | With Mike, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, UK
03 September 2023 | Ardington House, Ardington, Oxfordshire, UK
24 August 2023 | Near "Chez Joan and Peter", College of Roseisle, Moray, Scotland
11 August 2023 | Andrew's house (not exactly), Lichfield, UK
22 July 2023 | Chez Gail, near the New York Café, Budapest, Hungary
Hurrah! I (only) have a stinking cold
30 June 2020 | Tregoning is in Lemon Tree Passage Marina, Port Stephens, NSW, Australia
Alison Stocker | Photo: Dawn beyond Bulls Island as seen from Lemon Tree Passage Marina
After less than 24 hours, my Covid-19 test result has come back as negative for the virus. Not a surprise but a big relief and never have I been so happy to have a cold...or, at least,
just a cold. Also, as Vandy and Eric correctly noted, this may be the first time I am truly happy to have failed a test! I am no longer banished to the back bedroom in Hillary's house, although, of course, I am being careful about not spreading
this annoying but less threatening virus to Randall and Hillary.
Thankfully this has been a very brief episode of anxiety and I am grateful to those who had time to send messages of sympathy. Despite having been fairly confident of a negative result, this episode has made me much more empathetic with people in areas with rampant Covid-19 but with a largely non-compliant population concerning the use of masks and social-distancing. Thank you, Jan, for directing me to the following website about the value of masks in this pandemic:
https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/coronavirus/opinion-dr-malcolm-butler-why-you-should-wear-a-mask-it-s-the-air-you/article_998e2394-b5a1-11ea-b609-27e947f1e3fe.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share
Even if they are not as effective for colds and 'flu and if mask-wearers are in the vast minority here, we will certainly be wearing our masks on the public transportation on the way back to Port Stephens.
Now, I will sit down with Hillary (not too close and with plenty of hand-sanitizer) to identify some of the plants in the photographs that I took on our Cascades walk...for the next blog.