MAYBE, NEXT YEAR...

 

With our world's narrowed down greatly,

 I am not finding much to write about these days. 

 I tend to look back at better times 

starting with the Year BC 

- Year Before Covid -

  As time progresses we are running out of the Year BC.

  This will be the last month 

that we can really say that. 

 So, I turned back the pages 

and here are the results.

This was a photo

 I showed to celebrate Valentine's Day in 2020. 

 Unfortunately,

 fresh tulips are not offered 

when you shop groceries on line...

...so here I have done

 my up-to-date version

 with some faux tulips 

I have on hand.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.  I wish you all a heartfelt and lovely day.

The upside of all this is 

that we have been having some nice, sunny days. 

 It is still a bit chilly 

but having the effect of sunshine

 is a healing point for me.

One year ago, 

we had just painted the sitting room

 with Skinny Jeans by Behr.  

It was quite a change from

 the very dull gold that it was. 

 I went looking for art to display

 and came up lucky at a local thrift shop.

(the last time I have done that)

  Above, 

you see how the new pictures looked 

after being hung over the sofa...

...today you see

 that we added the black shelf back into the mix.

  After taking Christmas down,

 I decided to hang the same pictures back up,

 not even remembering

 that they had first hung there

 one year ago.

It was almost exactly one year ago

 that I bought the new rug

 to be used in the sitting room 

and then discovered that 

my plan was not a good one

 so the parlor inherited it...

I still really like it in the parlor,

 and you might catch a glimpse of the

 burgundy carpet that is still beneath it.

  I did say that I couldn't wait to remove that old carpeting, 

and the Captain said that when we finish

 two small projects that we are working on now,

 he will start that process.  

Can you imagine,

 that one whole year has passed 

since those words were first spoken?

One year ago

 the drawers on 

the chest were gray...

...this year the drawers are white,

 and that reloved bunch of flowers 

on the game table 

just keeps showing up

 no matter what the year 

or the occasion.

Like I said,

 it will soon be feeling like

 we have always lived during a pandemic. 

 We won't be able, for awhile,

 to look back to the year before 

and find that things were quite different.  

The big thing to look forward to now

 is the vaccine.  

There have been big numbers 

of shots given,

 but in comparison to the whole population,

 it seems a very small number.

 

 Last week, here in our county,

 ages 75+ were listed 

as receiving the vaccine,

 but due to the shortage

 that the county was receiving,

  there was nary a place that had them when we wanted to sign up. 

 This week, the age group has gone back down to 65 and over 

with no consideration given 

to the 75+ age group. 

 So that means there will be 

more competition 

for the small amounts of doses 

that the state receives.  

My fear is that

 the ones that are being given the vaccine 

will get lax and not continue

 to take the precautions

 that are necessary

 to keep everyone safe. 

 I have our names on every list available

 so we just go one week at a time.

Have heart everyone, 

this too shall pass.

  Hopefully, sooner than later. 

 Maybe, next year?

Stay Smart

Stay Well

Stay Home

And

Wear Your Masks

...Judy...

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