Some days recently, in spite of the pandemic still spiking in certain areas such as Anglesey and Yorkshire, I have managed to have the odd day where life seems almost normal. Today was like that. I was invited along with a couple of friends over to Veronica’s garden for a cup of tea and a chat. Our hostess had made lemonade and scones and as it was so hot we decided to skip the cuppa. Her garden was looking really beautiful with lots of colour and loads of different plants. The virus was mentioned but not too much and we had a thoroughly nice afternoon. I have nearly forgotten to mention that Margaret whom I was giving a lift to suggested I went over to hers early and we had a light lunch there. What more could a girl possibly want in the middle of all this uncertainty?
I see that Bournemouth beaches were crowded again today. I think it was possibly the busiest day so far if the car park was anything to go by. Central car park near where I live was almost full when I left home at mid-day and it was still full when I came home at nearly 6 o’clock and quite a bit longer. Let’s hope it doesn’t set off another spike in Covid cases, Bournemouth has been doing quite well with the numbers dropping.
In America the first known wrongful arrest using facial recognition technology has taken place in Michigan. A man was arriving home from work one evening when a police car drove up and the officers arrested him and put him in a crowded, filthy cell for thirty hours. He was eventually released when it became obvious that the man hadn’t stolen the watches which is the crime he was being accused of. Apparently facial recognition technology is a long way from being accurate and even more inaccurate when trying to identify people of colour. The wrongly arrested man was black. The large tech companies such as Microsoft and IBM are not yet selling their software to police departments or not developing it at all for these reasons.
I’ve been watching the Great British Sewing Bee because I used to do a lot of sewing from when I was quite young and we had an old Singer treadle machine at home. Tonight was the final with three finalists making a gown fit for the red carpet, in other words very glamorous. The winner was Dr. Clare Bradley who is a respiratory consultant at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth and likes to sew in her spare time. I have to say that I didn’t think what she made tonight was the best of the three finalists but she had made some really good garments throughout the series and I’m sure she was the best choice. Clare also dressed every week in retro thirties style clothes and hair etc. Lovely to see someone following their dream. Talking of dreams. Sleep well my lovelies. 😴💤😴