Spring in the time of a pandemic....

This seems to be the fashion of the day.   I'm all in and will do all I can to protect me and my roommate.    I could use a haircut tho.     Note the masks on the door in the background....so we won't forget.   I've made about 5-6 and find them less fiddly and have rediscovered my sewing machine.

Still making bread although I am close to needing more flour....which still doesn't exist.   This time I made a cinnamon/raisin from a different recipe.   It was flatter than I liked but assume that was due to altitude issues.   But it was delicious and we ate the whole thing.   If we were butter users, it would have been gone while it was still warm.  

I'm using a new shampoo.....in bar form.    It's made in New Zealand and it leaves my hair smooth and more manageable.  ( I have a lot of hair ).    I also use the purple conditioner bar.    I can only find it on Amazon.   It doesn't really have much of a coconut smell as you might thing from this ad. 

I had a birthday.... I'm good with having more of them and am grateful for the healthy abundant life I 

have.   

Got the outdoor spaces powerwashed and windows cleaned (well, not the high ones) and now can savor the views from the upper deck.  



















We had a fair amount of families visiting on Mother's Day.    And  friends are having gatherings on their patios and even playing mahjong.     We are just not there yet.    Montrose County is still having more cases each day.    I'm still doing pick up at the grocery.    If I need to go in the store, I grab what I need and use self checkout.      We play golf but everyone is in their own carts and distancing is pretty easy.      I'm not totally bored yet and have plenty of projects.   I do get tired of cooking.

Not sure what I would do without audio books.   Have a good long one going now for my walks and knitting.    And pondering  the writings of Terry Tempest Williams....currently saddened by "Erosion" and the assault on our open lands.    I'm reading "Pride and Prejudice"......sometimes a bit of a slog through the flowery English style of conversation from the 1800's.      I have quite a list of books waiting but I'm determined to finish what I start.

I watch entirely too much news.....but now I look forward to people's background Skype rooms.    And since discovering Room Rater on Twitter ...(no I'm not on Twitter but if you type in room rater tweets, it pops up). ...   I've learned that a green plant, upright books on your shelf, good art or children's art and decent lighting will get you 8/10.      A 10/10 is scarce altho it does happen, especially if you are very old and wise.     And if you are a certain cable news host with a liquor cabinet as your background, you will get few points.     And animals help.

It's almost time for jeeping.......