Nothing is happening these days inside our beautiful facility at 244168 Range Road 33 but outside a lot has been going on. An appreciative thank you to SHC members Flo, Bev and Joyce who are maintaining our spectacular perennial flower borders and to Gerry and Peter who have rebuilt the raised border on the east side and who managed to do so without unduly disturbing the plants growing in it which will soon be in bloom.
We are all missing our weekly get togethers for singing, cards, pool, music making and socializing but there is an upside to this isolation mode we find ourselves in. We’ve all been given the time to step back, slow down, appreciate our beautiful neighborhood and enjoy interesting things happening around us that we might not have noticed in our busy ‘before COVID-19’ lives. For me: there’s the robin, which despite all our efforts to discourage it, has been in a constant state of warfare for the past month with its own reflection in our living room window; the pair of northern shovelers on our local pond and the unique piece of COVID-19 inspired street art. It’s an online school project. The family of six all participated in its creation and now have it on display at the end of their driveway for passersby to enjoy.
We are all in this together and hopefully we’ll all get out of it together, with good times coming. Stay safe.
by Shirley Tajcnar
