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It has been two weeks since I blogged and we are just really for the most part, staying home. The unrest, the virus, and the unknown breaks my heart. Baseball, which I love is finally being televised in some sort, and although they are doing their best to achieve some normalcy, the canned crowd noise just is not right. I have been walking mornings with my neighbor. That along with my small journalling group, and my other neighbors and of course my daughter completes our socializing. I have been on the phone to my dear friends back in the Rockies and like us, they are doing well. Our family is also staying safe.
Because we are staying home, there isn't much happening in my life to blog about, but I did finish a page for my "junk journal". I have an "art journal" and a "memory journal". These 3 and my sewing and gardening keep me busy and although the new normal is not necessarily to my liking, I am not complaining. Saddened perhaps by some things with which I have no control, but blessed to have health, income, shelter and food. We are able to laugh and stand upright. The page above is continued documentation in the junk journal of our life since leaving Wyoming. We got our two little rescue dogs in 2009 and they had been with us until a few months ago. Roger had recurring bladder stones and Spencer's kidney's failed. Within a few weeks of each other we lost them and there is a void in our life.
The Mr. is now starting to finish the deck boards now that the railing is done and it is looking so nice. Tomorrow is our 6 mo dental check so we will have to venture out into the real world.
No news is good news but I will try to find something to put in the blog soon.
"Masquerading as a normal person day after day is exhausting." ~
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Finally, summer is here! We have had such wonderful weather and the temperature has been so nice~~mostly in the 70's or high 60's and finally we are having 80 plus temps. We are so spoiled. I took the finished Quilt of Honor over to my neighbor on Sunday and had wanted to do something for him ever since we moved in. He was so touched and I was so glad to do it for him. He entered the Viet Nam war in the Army the same year as the Mr. and was released the same year also. But he and his wife own an accounting business and are still working. They have been especially busy as the official tax deadline is upon us.
Above the deck is coming along quite well and the Mr. as always is doing a beautiful job. There is not a lot else to do so we are glad to have work. Me....well I feel like even though we are in phase three, we are still staying home for the most part. I have however another neighbor who has checked on me was able to come in to see the quilts I have finished and we walked together today. So happy to spend some time with her as she is a quilter also. And then there is my journalling group which is a small group, and we do practice with distance and masks, but the larger group has not yet been able to meet. Socialization is so important and I am glad that I can pick up my phone and I can visit my daughter too.
Mostly we are watching tv in the evenings and we are doing just fine. Next week we are scheduled to have our new windows installed if all is on track. They will be so nice.
As you can tell, not much is happening and I have little to write about so until next time. Wash your hands.
Finally, I have started to paint a little more for my art journal. As I embark on the twilight years, I am using this time while the nation is being asked to "stay at home", to paint. Because of the new cases of corona happening in most states again, our state has been issued an order by the Governor for all businesses to refuse service to anyone not wearing a mask. It allows me to spend more time reading and sewing and painting and I do not feel guilty if I just stay home now. When you are obligated to go out, there are times when you may prefer to stay home, or just stay in bed a little longer. Honestly, I am happy to have more "me" time. So I paint or read or sew. I found an old sheet music book years ago and I discovered the music to "The Butterfly" and it will be perfect for the background. I first painted lots of colors on a sheet of paper, then drew the butterfly and painted the detail on it and cut it out. I haven't decided how I will address the background, but I will do that Friday when I can go to the shop. That is the only thing which I have obligated for myself "schedule wise".
This little rose bush below is loaded with roses and the top branch has 13 buds on it which will open soon too. It will be beautiful and it was a little rose in a pot that my daughter gave me last summer. There is also a potato growing next to it. Someone planted a potato there last year and I dug up one potato in the fall. Must have missed one?
Be safe and wash your hands.
The 2nd page of my art journal depicts another aspect of what is happening in our country as we approach the celebration of our country's Independence Day. Covid ~19 and the racial unrest needs to be addressed. I am only making notes for future reference...right or wrong.
The Fourth of July when I was a child was a big day for our family. There was a large parade in Greeley CO and my dad made sure that we always got to see it. Then we would trek to my Aunt Dora's who was dad's older sister and she had hosted dinner every 4th as long as I can remember. Other family gathered there too and then there were fireworks later that night where we watched from a hill in the family car. My dad loved fireworks and we had sparklers and firecrackers and lots of fun. This fourth will be quiet as most fireworks celebrations have been cancelled due to the pandemic.
Below you can see that the Mr. is staying busy getting the railing ready for the deck. The posts have now been fitted and painted, but because today is cloudy and misty, what was planned for this installation has been put on hold.
It is sad to see our nation in such a state now, but we are blessed to have our health and for us, life will go on. 2020 so far has been difficult for so many and I fear it is not over and we may not return to the normal as we know it.
