live inside that hope

The sun wasn’t shining but even still we had enough get-up-and-go to do a massive spring cleaning. We moved furniture, Carm vacuumed, I washed and dusted, and eventually the place was sparkling like it hasn’t sparkled for a very long time. There are still massive piles of books hither and thither - I don’t think we’ll even clear them out, but at least there isn’t an inch of dog hair, dust, and dirt in every corner. 

In the good old days we would have immediately setup plans for someone to come for dinner. Alas, it was just Carm and I that sat down for tonights meal of roasted vegetables with a side of chicken.

  This is like the little robin in ‘Secret Garden’.

I even found the time to make a big batch of bone broth for the dogs breakfasts. I made enough broth for tomorrow night’s ‘chicken and dumplings’.

All that excitement has me lolling on the sofa after supper with my eyes barely staying open. 

Trudie & Leo social distancing

Headline tonight:  USA topped one million cases. 1,009,040 cases with 56,677 deaths in the US. There are a total of 48,458 (46,895 yesterday) cases of Covid-19 in Canada today, with 2,704 (2,560 yesterday) deaths to date.

“The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.”

~Barbara Kingsolver