A SPECIAL FATHER'S DAY? (I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU TALK TO)...

When we celebrate

 a special occasion around here, 

we spare no expenses and 

this year the 

Captain's Father's Day celebration 

was no exception. 

 Since family gatherings

 are out of the question now,

 the telephone wires were buzzing 

with well wishes...

we did see Tim 

(Tami had to work) 

on Saturday when he delivered our groceries

 and their gift to Dad of 

a subscription to his

 favorite car magazine.

On Sunday morning

 a breakfast of 

bagels and cream cheese was served

 with a side of little flowers,

 freshly picked from the garden,

with love.

His wish

 was to go get a cup of coffee,

 take it to the fairgrounds, and 

sit by the lake and 

watch the duck families there. 

 We drove through town on the way, 

that is another favorite of his. 

 Doesn't take much 

to please my guy!

So we donned our masks and 

guess where the first stop was?  

The Captain is the only person I know

 that can drink 

numerous cups of coffee per day, 

regardless of what it tastes like,

 just as long as it is coffee. 

 His only requirement is

 that it be hot!

The day, itself, was beautiful.

  About 80 degrees

 with a breeze making it

 very comfortable. 

 I thought it was too warm 

for hot coffee, 

so talked him into an iced caramel latte.

 His first one ever and,

 surprise, 

he really did like it. 

 So then

 we were on to 

the intended destination.

All the gates 

leading into the fairgrounds 

were closed and locked.

  Even the duck families 

must have been sheltering in place.

  All victims of the Corona virus. 

 Our county fair 

is always up and running in August, 

but this year 

it has been cancelled 

as well as the 

July 4th celebrations.

  I feel badly 

for the 4H kids, 

raising their animals to show, 

but I am not unhappy 

that this approach has been taken. 

 When the virus first started,

 we had around 32 diagnosed cases

 in our county and one death.

  Now the cases are 

up to 83 (7 more than Friday's count) 

but with no additional deaths

 that I am aware of.   

 Governor Newsom

 has declared that

 masks are to be worn

 at all times 

in public places,

 but the majority that I see 

don't know that or don't care. 

 It is a hard world for me 

to figure out

 right now.

Not ones to give up easily,

 we took a short ride 

through Nevada City and 

were quite taken with this 

little plot of garden. 

 We would like to do something similar 

in ours 

in place of some

 of the lawn.

Even though 

this has nothing to do 

with Father's Day, 

this is one of the

 new zinnias we planted.

 The plants are not as tall

 as last year and 

even though they were marked 

assorted colors, 

so far they are 

all orange.

So long story short,

 the Captain didn't have 

that great of a Father's Day 

in my opinion,

 but he says otherwise. 

 He is easy to please 

so I guess I have to 

agree with him. 

 We capped off the night

 with Queen + Adam Lambert on Netflix. 

 Since he got to sleep

 through some of it 

that was the perfect ending.

  BTW,

 if you get Netflix,

 that is a really great show.

...Judy...


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