An upside to this situation is it appears that us neighbors are getting a little more connected. Attitudes are generally pleasant with frequent small talk, waving, and plenty of "how y'all doin'"s.beachlion wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 6:10 pm I read about the WWI (the Great War) that there was a truce during Christmas. The soldiers in the trenches celebrated X-mas and exchanged wishes to each other. For some reason I feel more or less the same now. You can not leave your house to visit friends or family but have to call them or connect over the Internet. Instead of Christmas in the trenches it is Easter in the houses.
My next door neighbors, the ones with the kids, they are normally home a lot anyway, but everyone has been friendly and we've struck up a few conversations (usually when I'm wearing a skirt). They commented they've noticed I've been home more. Sometimes I just sit on the deck and watch the kids play, it often makes me smile.
My 78 year old neighbor across the street is home a lot more. He often takes trips and cruises with his wife, sometimes being gone for months at a time. Obviously he's been spending a lot more time at home.
We've been hauling his trash for him and helping in little ways. Yesterday whilst I was mowing he brought his riding mower over and said "come on o'er here and let me school ya on this thing" and left the mower for me to finish my yard with.
The other day he brought over some lemon cake for us.
Despite the authorities best efforts, humans do seem to be social animals, and if there is one positive takeaway from the covid19 pandemic of 2020... it's that Moon Shadow seems to have finally broken the ice with his neighbors.
Indeed, even in trying times, life's little pleasures do seem to have a way of surfacing.
Blessed Easter skirt cafe friends!
Ps I don't know why the photo is sideways. Click it and view the file to see it right side up. I usually compress files with an app on my phone now as my old desktop has just about bit the dust...
Mobile posting of photos can be.... buggy at times.