More Pictures

General Conference over the weekend was just as uplifting, inspiring and encouraging as I had hoped.  We were pretty much glued to the tv throughout the entire 10 hours.  It was so odd to see the leaders of our church practicing "social distancing" even in a mostly deserted auditorium.  But so happy to see them anyway.  I'll be re-reading these talks for sure.  I loved that one of my favorite speakers (Jeffrey Holland) focused on one of my favorite themes: hope.  Really, all of those talks were excellent.

We've been staying at home a lot.  Going for walks in the morning to get some fresh air and exercise.  The Husband is endlessly patient with my "moods" and desires.  He is the best one to accompany me on this strange journey through stranger times. This morning the full moon was still just stunning!

In front of our house.

Yesterday we decided to risk a trip to Home Depot.  The garden is calling.  But the watering system needs re-working.  The Husband did a trial season in one of the beds last year and it was great.  But we needed more pieces/parts for the other two beds.  We wore the masks we were give years and years ago that had previously never been out of the package.  I felt silly wearing one but at the same time oddly reassured that I was being more careful, if even only marginally.  Every margin helps.

This robin kept us company.

Discovered somewhat later in the day that we had inadvertently picked up the wrong size pipe.  So off to Home Depot again.  But the good part was that this time we stopped at Chick-Fil-A for a couple cones.  Yum and yum. I've never been a drive-thru person, have always preferred to park the car and walk in and do business in a more personal way. But since drive-thru is currently the requested (and often only) was to get some fast-food, that's what we're doing.  I wonder if I'll become a drive-thru convert?

I've loved the blooming plants - in spite of my constant sneezing.  The daffodils seem to be having a good year.  But I still think the blooms on all the forsythias are sparse.  I see many more stems than usual.  It seems to me that most of the blooming trees are the same.  There are still lots and lots of flowers, but it just seems not so dense as in years past.  Makes me wonder.  I'm always such a worrywart, wonder if there's some significance in the lack of blooms?

April's "pink" full moon.

And we've definitely lost one of our tri-color beeches.  That super wet spring last year drowned it. And that cute little redbud tree we planted just a year ago?  It's gone.  Makes me so discouraged, I so hate to see trees die.  We did have them fertilized yesterday - are trying a different company this year.  Hoping for a bit better service for perhaps roughly at least the same (or less) money.

I'm tired of reading on my Kindle.  Have been perusing my small bookshelf to find something with paper pages to read. Some of the paperbacks there will likely be heading straight to the trash (sacrilege, I know!!).  They are so old and horrid smelling I wouldn't be able to plow my way through the odorous pages.  I so, so, so miss our library. 

I'm so grateful to be here at home during all of this.  I'm grateful for companionship on my walks.  Also grateful for some online yoga.  I could feel a small improvement in my knees after only 3 short sessions. More improvement is coming!!  I'm grateful for hope that things will eventually improve.