Monday, April 13, 2020

Reflections from my bench



Photo: @themidult in Instagram





Photo: @themidult in Instagram




The fruit trees are in bloom. 
Bees are buzzing.
Sun is shining.
I wear shorts.
I put sun lotion on.
Listen to a podcast.
Lay a puzzle.
Start a load of laundry.
Not much laundry to do.
I feel lost without the laundry mountain demanding my services.
 
Cats are always around us.
Basking in the sun.
Hiding in the shade.
Stroking our legs.
Playing with Emmy Bo.
She builds obstacle courses from cardboard boxes.
Leads Maya around with a string on a stick. 
Between legs, through a tunnel, slaloming her way passed tins...
 
Nelly Bo is lying in the sun.
On a quilt in the garden.
With AirPods in.
Book at hand.
Not sure if she's reading or just pretending to...
The fields are covered in yellow dandelions. 
It is just a question of time before the cows arrive.
 
Jay goes for bike rides.
Walks in the woods.
He waters plants.
Pulls weeds.
Listens to news.
Hangs out with the kids.
Cooks dinner.
He is the one leaving the house every ten days.
When the fridge is empty.
And the fruit bowl too.
 
Luca Bo goes off skating.
For hours he practices tricks.
At the empty school yard.
He spends a lot of time in his boy cave.
Doing mini projects.
Comes outside to shoot the new set of BB guns.
Bang!
He hits the ping pong ball hanging from a tree 25 meters away.
He is a great shooter. 
 
I crochet.
Squaring off circles.
White - black. 
Nelly Bo says it's "SOOO 2010".
"Grey - black is SOOO in Mama."
I listen.
But go for white - black anyway.
Call me old fashioned. 😂

My roses are starting to grow.
The Muscari flowers are bloomed out.
Tulips are flowering.
Salad plants are coming up in our kitchen garden.
The Phlox is slowly coming alive.
And the Clematis might come on nicely this year.

Our Forsythia tree is loosing its yellow blossoms. 
The Wisteria was cut down to the ground before Christmas... 
I'm really, really sad about that. 
I miss the curtain of purple Wisteria blossoms at the front of the house. 
 
Some boredom is creeping in.
Not much. 
Just a little. 
Many Covid19 memes have been collected.
Some are better than others.
Irony and humor are good remedies for dealing with stress.
Overall.
We are good.
We are healthy.
We are calm.
We can do this.
We are ready for Week 5.  


Kärlek
Annette


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4 comments :

  1. Beautiful blossom and flowers in your garden and so lovely to see the whole family together. I feel that this home confinement is allowing people and families to get to know each other again!

    I had to laugh at your quarantine meal schedule!

    Nice crochet on your hook. I remember my mother-in-law (who was marvellous at any kind of handiwork) making beautiful granny squares with a 3.5mm hook and she always surrounded them with a round of black or dark grey. They looked like coloured stained glass windows. Just beautiful! She also always sewed her squares together very neatly.

    Thank goodness for crochet!

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  2. Thank you. I feel you and your life.❤️

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  3. Your lovely flowers, kids and kitties have made me smile - thank you. I had a little chuckle about your meal schedule because it's exactly like mine, except my appetite has lessened overall. I am almost finished a crochet shawl and will begin a new one - I already have the yarn and pattern picked out. Stay safe and please keep posting. Every word is a blessing.

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  4. Sending you big hughs and kisses from Canada. Your pictures are fresh and so full of LIFE... and so are you. Thanks for all your words in those hard days ! ♥

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Thank you so much for visiting my world. I love reading your comments and I do my utterly best to respond to questions and sweet messages. Thank you again for popping by.

Kärlek
Annette

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