Until we speak again, I intend to spend a little more lockdown time sitting on the dock of the bay.
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Toys for boys
For those of you in lockdown missing such delights as the ‘hooking a duck’ stall at your funfair of choice, Cardiff has ‘The Swan Catcher’ as a toys for boys bigger version on offer…
Until we speak again, don’t forget to throw it back in when caught, as QEII wouldn’t be happy… it would be like putting a corgi into a hot dog!!
Grayson’s Art Club
A little bit of creative humanity is currently appearing on Channel 4 in recent weeks. The artist Grayson Perry invites members of the public to submit their example of lockdown art on a theme for the week. Selected examples will feature alongside his own artwork in a post-lockdown exhibition.
This week’s theme is ‘the view out of my window’ as it represents lockdown ideas, so here is mine…
The plant, that was there, has clearly died (more a reflection of me than the virus I think). The Coronavirus brick wall dominates the present view. But shoots of green and blue emerge on a distant horizon.
Until we speak again…
Alternative Olympics
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics might well be postponed, but for sports lovers suffering through the corona crisis lockdown there is good news… the Bin Store Roof Games have still managed to take place, and here is a highlight from the blue riband 3 metre sprint competition.
![Squirrell [2]](https://cardiffcoolcat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/squirrell-2.jpg)
Until we speak again, the competitors are lining up for the 6 metre breast stroke swimming competition…
![Ducks at 14 [2]](https://cardiffcoolcat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ducks-at-14-2.jpg)
Rush Hour
“I don’t like Mondays”, or so the song said. Well, it looks like the world over, that sentiment is playing out in an all too different way. Rush Hour anywhere is looking a little bit like the one experienced here in the centre of the capital city of Cardiff. Not too many people rushing to the heart of the administrative and leisure centre down at Cardiff Bay…
Perhaps they are all heading for the offices of the newly established Capital Quarter? Or, maybe not…
How about one of the seats of learning dotted around the centre of the city? Looks more like extended vacation time…
Shopping with an event and pre or post restaurant visit anyone? Perhaps not…
Until we speak again, the main message seems to be one of…
Lockdown Blues
The sky is blue, Cardiff Bay is blue… wow, do I love the blues just now! Who needs a garden when you have this on your doorstep?
![Bay April 2020 [1]](https://cardiffcoolcat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bay-april-2020-1.jpg)
Until we speak again, check out Samantha Fish (the singer not the contents of my local Bay!) for some great contemporary blues guitar.
Swan Hunter
And there was me thinking that was the name of a famous old shipyard in Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. But, here we are in our own private lockdown situations, left to observe the animal kingdom going about their ways with little care for human interference. Who would have known that a worldwide pandemic would have such silver linings?
![Swan hunting [1]](https://cardiffcoolcat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/swan-hunting-1.jpg)
![Swan hunting [2]](https://cardiffcoolcat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/swan-hunting-2.jpg)
Until we speak again, I’m sure Juno would have been impressed by the shear ambition, if not by the inherent impracticability!
Social distancing
“You humans do like to convolute your language. How are you getting on with your self-isolating, eh? Some things just come natural to those of us who live uncomplicated lives. If you do manage to perfect your walking-on-water technique, you still need to keep your 2 metres distance, okay!”
Until we speak again, go away!
The sound of silence
Taking the daily exercise walk in my local area I am pleased to report another busy ‘corona day’ down Cardiff Bay…
Until we speak again, congratulations to the masses heeding the dire warnings, and stay safe, keep well! As for the small minority of mindless morons… did you know you’re cultivating careers as serial killers… stay home!
Flight interrupted
So, you think you’re having problems trying to get flying, with all of this pandemic stuff going on? Stay grounded, they said, in the jargon of psychobabble. Well, you try taking off with this thing strapped to your legs!
![Bird Anchored [1]](https://cardiffcoolcat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bird-anchored-1.jpg)
Until we speak again, stay safe and well. The option of flight is a luxury many can return to at a later date. For some, it’s just what we do!
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