A mural for our times. I’d gone for a stroll by the water in neighbouring Cabanas when this curly headed cherub caught my eye. The following day there was an outbreak of Covid-19 and it became a place to avoid. Fortunately numbers seem to be decreasing locally and we have hopes of a return to normal life.
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Cute find! Looks like it’s wearing a mask 😷 🤔
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Yes- he/she is 🙂 🙂
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Cute cherub in its mask! We all seem to be in the same dire straits at the moment, although our vaccine programme is the one thing Johnson and his shower have managed to do quite well.
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Yes, it seems to be going well, Anabel. I have friends here hastening back for their vaccine. 🙂 🙂
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No chance of coming across anything like this here. My only forays away from home are to the supermarket and back. It’s been a year since we went to St Ives, and that’s only 3 miles away! What a year!
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And no real sign of improvement. One of our friends is in Bognor Regis and absolutely delighted with the snow. Takes all sorts ☺️⛄💕
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Mmm… apparently -7 degrees here tomorrow. I shall probably lose some plants, but hey ho. On the positive side there are no cases in my area and OH has his first jab on Wednesday 😁
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That’s a beautiful mural, Jo. Unfortunately our numbers are still high 🙂
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There don’t seem to be any easy answers, Aiva 😦 😦
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Our covid numbers are going down slightly too. So maybe there is hope 😀
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The businesses here are getting desperate, Cee!
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A nice, timely mural. Stay safe over there.
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Thanks, Graham! Doing our best 🙂 🙂
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You in Portugal are really in a desperate situation just now. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you.
Take care, and stay healthy,
Pit
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Thanks for that, Pit. It’s not good but most of the problems are in the cities. Unfortunately that has a knock on effect for the rest of us in terms of restrictions because of the spread of this thing. Desperate times for businesses here.
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What a sweet find on your walk Jo – it is just lovely!
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It was opposite a building site where a state of the art block of apartments is going up, Meg, and very unexpected. 🙂 🙂
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So cute! 😊
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I did like the curly mop of hair, Irene 🙂 🙂
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Such a cute mural Joanne, thanks for participating in Monday Murals.
So sad about the situation in Portugal. I talk to my family often and they tell me how it seems to be uncontrollable. My sister’s mother in law just died a few days ago of Covid which she caught in hospital after being admitted with diabetic problems.
Hoping for better times soon.
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Me too, Sami. We have friends in the Lisbon area, one of whom is elderly and not in great health. So far it doesn’t seem so bad in the Algarve- largely the aftermath of Christmas- but it’s not easy to predict where this is going.
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More covid = more angels = more murals
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You could well be right 🤔💕
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But I hope I’m wrong. ….. about more covid. We to need more earthly angels.
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Adorable mural. Wondering … are vaccines available for you? Stay safe.
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Not currently, Frank. A waiting game. Thanks hon 🤗💕
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Hang in there!
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What a sweet mural. I’m glad to hear your numbers are decreasing locally, Jo.
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If we don’t get back to shops and restaurants opening soon, Jill, it will be a calamity here. 🤔💕
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I as so ready for COVID to be over! I get my first vaccine on February 18th, but they are telling us we will still be under restrictions (masking and social distance) for a long time! And the shops and restaurants are closed in a sporadic manner….some are open some are closed…..
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I don’t honestly think it’s going to go away. I think we’ll have to learn to live with it, like the flu. But this has wrecked so many lives and will continue to do so. The economic effects here will be devastating. 🙄💕
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Its a sweet painting. I do hope the rates are coming down in Portugal!
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I know that they are locally, Emma, but not sure about the wider picture. 🙄💕
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Give it time. The numbers will fall if you are in lockdown. Christmas was really bad for a lot of places. We cancelled it.
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I love this one, it’s so cute 🙂 I’m longing to get back to Manchester as there’s quite a lot of new street art appeared in recent months but I’ll have to bide my time 😦
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I almost missed it as I really wasn’t expecting it to be there but it did seem appropriate at the moment. 🤗💕
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That is a cute mural! Sad about the Covid outbreak there!
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Thanks, Aletta! Struggling to get it under control 🙂 🙂
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Yes it is a real problem
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Cute!
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I rather liked it, Sue 🙂 🙂
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Indeed
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Joining Debbie with some street art eh? Great! Let’s hope this cherub’s able to help things along to a more positive place.
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I can’t compete with Debs, but I do like to slip a Monday Mural in now and then. This one seemed apposite, Margaret 🙂 🙂
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🙂
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A cute mural, Jo. And let’s hope your normality arrives soon. It’s not looking so hopeful over here.
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A difficult situation, Debs, because Portugal is having to seek help from abroad in fighting this. The northern cities are really struggling, and though it doesn’t seem so prevalent down here we are all subject to the same restrictions. We’re hoping for an easing on 15th Feb but noone knows what will happen then. 😦
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