A new memo appeared on our shelf outside our apartment door. Updated restrictions based upon the CDC, CMS, state health department and Life Care Services.
No more movies in the auditorium.
No more fitness classes or fitness videos in the auditorium.
Limits on gatherings of every sort in our common areas.
Limit of two on the elevator at a time.
Going out of the building only for essentials like doctor visits, prescriptions that can't be delivered or food though they'd prefer we order groceries to be delivered.
We try to take time out every day. Thursday we went to our old stomping grounds to walk along the Patapsco River. Wouldn't you know we met up with former neighbors we haven't seen since we moved. We kept our distance especially when they said they'd just returned from a 22 day cruise on the Amazon. Saturday we went to the Howard County Conservancy to walk.
Here are scenes from our riverside walk.
Across the river the railroad is going passed. Dan counting the cars did his multiplication and figured that the train was 1.25-1.5 miles long.
Can you see the tree blossoms?
Spring beauties all over.
A twisted tree.
Evidence that a beaver has been at work.
Skunk cabbage.
The trail was muddy in places.
More beaver work.
Here the beaver has ringed the tree which means it will die.
Dan said of this beaver stump that it was the work of this beaver's grandfather.
This poor tree has this snake like vine growing on it.
Only picture from Conservancy walkway of this barred owl in its cage.
Next time we walk I'll take my camera. The iPhone pictures seem so dark most of the time. Is there some setting I should change?
Your phone pics look fine, but You can brighten them after the fact right on the phone if you wish.
ReplyDeleteWe have the same restrictions here, except for the use of the elevators.
ReplyDeleteYour pics look great and the walk along the creek so peaceful! 😊
The first tree looks like it has toes! Isn’t it wonderful to get outside? It’s what makes this tolerable, at least for me. Right now I’m watching the petals fall from the Bradford pears and the look like snow.
ReplyDelete...I'm glad that you were able to spring the arrival of spring in spite of Trump's Pandemic. Stay safe.
ReplyDeleteYour photos are a delight. You are fortunate to be able to continue your walks. Not sure what lies in store over the next few months.
ReplyDeleteWe still have only 2 cases reported in our county... Most of the cases in TN are in the Nashville area--which is over 2 hours away from us. BUT--we are still being very careful. There's nothing much opened here --except for essential things.
ReplyDeleteGeorge and I only went out once last week. And we went to Walmart at 6 a.m. on Friday morning (to escape the crowds)... That worked and we got almost everything on our list. BUT--there were people with enough 'stuff' in their carts to feed a small army... Talk about Panic Buying... GADS...
Luckily for us, we buy a lot of stuff in bulk and always have. We go to Sam's 2-3 times in a month or so--and have plenty of toilet paper and paper towels...
I have one son out of work now, another son working from home, and the 3rd one still working.... Scary times for all of us!!
Loved seeing your little walk... The beavers really can do a lot of damage, can't they?
Stay HEALTHY and SAFE.
Hugs,
Betsy
Oh wow! That beaver tree is amazing. It's wonderful that you were able to get out there into nature. That has to raise your spirits.
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