Moments

We have some positive COVID news, provincially. There were 154 new cases yesterday, but there were 160 new successfully resolved cases. Also, as the following graph reveals the trendline for new cases (black line) is going down at the same time that testing has gone way up (red line). It can be done — you can lower the case count while increasing testing.

Also, the health unit for our part of the province, Eastern Ontario, has declared that wearing facemasks in public indoor places is now mandatory. I don't know what took them so long, but I think it is still an important step to take as people begin to increase their contacts.

I believe that this is the way that life has to be for the near future — to begin to resume a lifestyle something closer to normal while taking all of possible precautions: reduce social contacts, keep your distance, wear a mask, wash your hands.

And so, we still do our social gatherings with few people in the park. Sue and I had two such meetings last week, and she also had another with just a few girlfriends.

Even with my wide angle lens at its widest, Sue and I needed to stand centrally to fit into this photo.

I took Sue for a spin to help me look for photo ops for future reference. Since it was just a scouting trip, I didn't even take my camera, which is just as well because I didn't find any sites that spoke to me.

At one corner, however, we spotted a doe and a very young fawn. How sweet! Sue took a phone shot at a distance. All she got was a blur, but it was a sweet moment.

Another sweet moment occurred after family dinner when Lacey had a snuggle with JJ.

Me jealous? Why should I be jealous?