sound in body and serene of mind

It’s cloudy again today, but that doesn’t matter as yesterday we got a tantalizing taste of summer! The mercury hit 15C which meant some time outside in short sleeves.

We are nearing the end of the dog’s bedtime snack: raw chicken hearts, so we phoned up Cote Poultry to order a 10kg box. They also had an 18kg box of miscellaneous chicken pieces available so we picked that up too. As it turns out there was no misc about it - it was fully legs with back attached which is not one of our favorite cuts. We packaged it up in bags of 2 so either they get used in soups and stews or the dogs get a scrumptious treat. We won’t bother with that again…

On the way home we stopped at Mom and Dad’s for a front porch visit - it was great to see the three of them - Graham hit it on the head when he said “don’t go, we haven’t seen anyone for ages’! Sadly that bothersome chicken cut our visit short.

Late in the afternoon Trudie & Leo came by for a laneway visit. I put the chairs out an hour before they got there so the sun would have time to do its work and we each brought our own wine and glasses, so it was a safe visit from a distance.

It was so nice to see someone other than Carm! Today is the 6 week mark… horrors.

Last night we watched ‘Contagian’, which, if I had seen a month ago would have freaked me out tremendously, but even with 6 weeks under my  belt it did raise my anxiety levels a fair amount. 

Today is my dear niece Nissa’s birthday which is why I’m sharing photos of her. She was an adorable baby (as all babies are, but she was especially cute).

Tonight we got together with Kirsten (and family), and Olaf for another zoom gathering. It’s a bit chaotic with so many people but fun none-the-less and the best we can hope for these days.

Headline tonight:  987,160 cases, with 55,413 deaths in the US. There are a total of 46,895 (43,888 yesterday) cases of Covid-19 in Canada today, with 2,560 (2,147 yesterday) deaths to date.

“For the man sound in body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.” ~George Gissing