While out walking with Patty, I was remembering that 14 years ago, Patty and I spent six weeks together exploring Europe in our new Volvo. This was after she had retired from full time work. It was the first time in our marriage that we had spent six weeks alone together, 24/7, without any relatives or friends with us. And here we are doing the same alone together, 24/7, without any relatives or friends with us - thank you Covid-19 pandemic. I liked the 2006 version much more.
One thing we are doing now is virtual meetings, via Zoom, Cisco Webex and other digital platforms - weekly meetings with the Desert Botanical Garden Tuesday Docents, with the extended Ware/Boudreau family, with the McNamaras, with my NVU students, with the Madrid Friday Night English Speaking Group, with Wine Wednesday group at the Carlyle Condos, with the monthly HOA board meetings, etc.
We have been hiking more. We found a couple of loops that connects the end of the Bow and Arrow Trail with the Duck Pond at the junction of the Sinclair Wash Trail and the Arizona Trail.
Paulie loves being in the back yard, both on the concrete and the astroturf.
She gets very excited when we return from a hike.
Spring has sprung, so it is nice to have flowers inside.
We were not sure whether the tree in the front yard was alive (it had been damaged by supports that should have been removed), but blossoms show us it is fine.
People in Flagstaff have a weird sense of humor - it reminds me of the "Keep Portland Weird" signs we saw there.
And courtesy of the local nursery, Patty has started exercising her green thumb.
And we continue our time at home. We have driven to parks to hike, and sometimes driven to just take a ride. I filled the car with gas on March 20 - as of April 25, we still have a half tank of gas. As bored, antsy and impatient as we are at times, we have to stop and smell the flowers and realize how fortunate we are. There are way too many people either unemployed or who would like to stay home to avoid getting sick but who must work to survive.
One thing we are doing now is virtual meetings, via Zoom, Cisco Webex and other digital platforms - weekly meetings with the Desert Botanical Garden Tuesday Docents, with the extended Ware/Boudreau family, with the McNamaras, with my NVU students, with the Madrid Friday Night English Speaking Group, with Wine Wednesday group at the Carlyle Condos, with the monthly HOA board meetings, etc.
We have been hiking more. We found a couple of loops that connects the end of the Bow and Arrow Trail with the Duck Pond at the junction of the Sinclair Wash Trail and the Arizona Trail.
Paulie loves being in the back yard, both on the concrete and the astroturf.
She gets very excited when we return from a hike.
Spring has sprung, so it is nice to have flowers inside.
We were not sure whether the tree in the front yard was alive (it had been damaged by supports that should have been removed), but blossoms show us it is fine.
People in Flagstaff have a weird sense of humor - it reminds me of the "Keep Portland Weird" signs we saw there.
And courtesy of the local nursery, Patty has started exercising her green thumb.
And we continue our time at home. We have driven to parks to hike, and sometimes driven to just take a ride. I filled the car with gas on March 20 - as of April 25, we still have a half tank of gas. As bored, antsy and impatient as we are at times, we have to stop and smell the flowers and realize how fortunate we are. There are way too many people either unemployed or who would like to stay home to avoid getting sick but who must work to survive.
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