1. I can’t wait for National Parks to reopen after the quarantine.
2. I am in no hurry for my volunteer meetings to reopen after the quarantine.
3. These days, resigned hope is my default mood.
4. Have I ever told you there are times when I wish I had kept my big mouth shut?
The credit for this meme above can be found in Messimimi's comments at the bottom of the previous post if you want to know who and how this came about.
The young girl above is paddling down our river on April 8. The water temps in the 40's and air temps in the 50's. We just lost two members of the Kennedy family canoeing on the Chesapeake and not wearing dry suits or their Personal Floatation Devices. A mother and an 8-year-old son. Their death was attributed to rough waves but also very cold water in the 40s. Note where she is keeping her life jacket!
The more significant changes caused by this virus is that when you force mankind to remain indoors for significant periods of time, the world begins to slowly recover from its scars and pollution that we have wrought.
- Mobs of monkeys are roaming the streets of Japan.
- Venice's canals have become clear once again because silt is not being stirred up by traffic. (One rumor is that dolphins have returned. This was not true and photos in social media were dolphins swimming off the canals in Sardinia which is not an unusual phenomenon.)
- Lions did sleep on the roadways at South Africa's Kruger national park because of the lack of traffic.
- The air pollution in Europe, China and around the world has become less. The countries with lots of asthma cases (China) can now see blue skies.
- Elk have invaded Banff town as their tourist industry falls into great decline. You can see it here as well.
- The earth is actually vibrating less due to the lockdown. Earth tremors can be more accurately measured closer to developed areas.
- One thing that is not happening is that birds ARE NOT louder. Just seems that was with the diminishing of noise pollution and people being forced to stay at home!
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Have a peaceful, stressfree weekend!