Where's my mask?

This is the year many of us have been feeling dressed up for Halloween, just to go to the corner store. Very early in the pandemic I felt very self-conscious walking into a store with a ball cap and a face mask on, thinking that at any other time I would be mistaken for someone trying to rob the store, or some other misdeed for which I wanted to hide my identity.

One of our Jack-O-Lanterns this year reflected the theme of wearing a mask to ward off the evil COVID spirits. So far we have been very fortunate or our Jack-o-Lanterns were effective! 

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Time Passing

Each Spring, these deck chairs get stationed somewhere in the yard, and we both smile thinking how little they will get used! Several years ago, my parents were visiting and they spent some time in the chairs looking out over the pond in a shady spot, feeling the breeze.

In the Fall, as the afternoons grow shorter, we dance around the day when the chairs will go into the barn, with the picnic table and other outdoor gear. I think about how little time was spent in the chair, watching the red-wing blackbirds, nesting in the cattails, listening to the frogs, watching the sunset. The Winter seems to close in fast.

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