Today on one of our many walks on the street there were more neighbors than usual, given we are all sheltering in place. One was dog-walking, one on a bike, several just walking, and one on horseback. Other neighbors enjoying the weather in their yard. The smell of pot in the air. Riverside Farms Road is already off-the-beaten-path in an honest, old-fashioned (hippie) way and so is well-suited to hosting a real-life quarantine-to-save-your-life peaceful surrealism. Not sure that made sense but I trust you get me.
So far we’re doing fine here—almost never leaving unless for groceries or liquor store. Mostly, we’re fine with that but it is extra strange on the weekends! Today is April Fool’s Day but not a lot of joking around. Things are way too somber for that, as you know. Ever wonder what it feels like to watch history in the making….in a bad way? Not anymore!
We are still on schedule to close the house April 14. We will rent a U-Haul on the 15th and move a bunch of our stuff ourselves starting on the 15th and through the rest of April. The week of the 20th we are arranging for two guys to move our furniture.
My parents sent me a book about raising chickens which we both read already. Besides that, we hope we will learn the specific way these hens are maintained so we can just continue where the previous owners left off.
I also have been browsing the dog shelter sites, which can literally take hours. I just heart my favorites and show them to Rob. It’s one of my hobbies besides reading comments on NY Times articles, Boing Boing, and Austin’s reddit. Also I religiously view Dr. Campbell’s daily updates on COVID19 on youtube.
Today we needed to stretch our legs and Rob & I took a loop through the yard and as usually happens, there was something interesting. Today, it was a click beetle.
We’ve done a little packing but I don’t think we have many more free boxes. We will probably just move all this stuff and then unpack some at the next place and re-use the boxes for the rest of our things. We will sure be busy those last two weeks of April!
Including a few pics which are mostly self-explanatory. The “art” was a whim because I found a large piece of drywall on the street so I collaged some papers into a prickly pear shape. Added a face and prickly thorns. It was fun time.
