Comfort SHMUMFORT

I

JUST

CAN"T

GET

COMFORTABLE

He Loves Me

What can I say? 

He loves me.

Now tell me you could resist that face.

Pizza and Poses

I really don't have much to say these days,

nor very many folks to say it to,

 at least not out loud.

I am in my 9th week of total isolation,

within a 2 1/2 year span of partial.

I think I'm still sane,

or as sane as I ever was I suppose. 

The smallest things make me ever so pleased.

This cheese and marmalade pizza for one.

It was the Private Selection brand from Kroger.

Reading the ingredient list it states the marmalade 

is made from bitter orange. 

It is delightful and my next delivery order

 included two more for the freezer.

Almost like melted brie with marmalade

you make for dipping...

on a thin crispy crust.

Next you'll see two of the CA kiddos.

Tom and Hannah posing in the masks 

that Tom's mom made for them.

In Walter news:

He has learned how to go thru 

the first set of dog doors.

It took 4 days of gentle coaxing 

and a setback trauma when he nearly strangled 

himself for about a millisecond,

 and he hid for 4 hours as if it was my fault. 

He has also discovered the second floor.

Once with me, and the second time he 

climbed under the handles of a shoe basket

used to block the way,

 and up and over the other side

onto the stairs.

Sitting in the family room, I heard what

seemed like thunder until it dawned on me 

it was Walter raising bloody hell upstairs.  

I had to chase him out of each room

 one by one slamming doors closed behind me

and then another 10 minutes of him 

ducking past me on the stairs up and down,

up and down, "the little s&^%".

As he grows the mischief increases,

as does the whining to get his way. 

oh the whining...

Good Good Friends

 Another chicken dinner left by neighbor 

at my door today and my friend Paula 

came by and dropped off these two pkgs.

Tomato basil chicken and potatoes.

That's 8 meals for me!

We were able to chat a few minutes

 thru the screened window and she met Walter.

He barked a bit but then he doesn't really know

about other humans just yet.

I was also contacted by Shopping Angels

and a young volunteer will be going to 

Trader Joes for me tomorrow.

 I sorely miss their food.

A young college student started the

program in Reno for at risk seniors 

and it is spreading across

the nation. Each Instacart delivery

 was running me $15 which adds up 

on my wee budget

unless you do a mega order.

Volunteers only, not even allowed tips.

They are limited to 10 items, 

but I can use twice a month and save $45 a month.

If you know a senior who needs

this kind of help, maybe it is in your area also.

I am blessed to have good friends and

a young friend I'll meet tomorrow through my

screened window.

I'm shaking off the malaise of the past

couple weeks and I'm purging a little each day

and I'm tackling one room a day 

down to the baseboards, curtains washed etc.

It's exercise and I get tired by the end

which helps me sleep.

Every time I take Walter outside to "get busy"

 I whack off a few stray stems and pluck a few weeds.

Eventually the yard will be in better shape also.

It's all about the little actions,

be it a volunteer, a kind friend or TWO,

a plucked weed, a 4 legged friend bringing joy.

I pray the world wakes up to 

what a human being should be to another.

Humanity: noun 

1. the human race;

 human beings collectively:

all together

imagine

"You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will be as one"

My Shadow's Shadow

I was so sick of sitting only on the couch,

that I rearranged a few things 

in the family room Sunday night. 

Too lazy to search for a photo of before,

but bench and bread boards used to be

 on the left wall with chair coming

 out into the room from the corner and no plant.

Now I can watch tv from chair and put my feet up.

Cozier for now.

Z

Happy Easter

Cookies on one of Grandma Nettie's dishes.

We always used these on Easter.

Last Christmas Hannah took home 1/2 of the set;

what she had room for.

For years she did not like and then...

she did.

Glad I did not sell.

This is all the Easter I use anymore.

Hope most of you can be with your families.

If you shouldn't - please don't.

Z

Entertaining Ourselves

Everyday News

DIL to be Helene starts a garden at new home

Wonderful neighbor Robin drops off fried chicken last evening.

I actually made yummy noises while eating.

( then returned later with lunch for today)

Darling daughter wrote me this:

" Remember when I would be in your bed and refuse to get up,

so you just made me into the bed?"

So she made Tom up into the bed

Of course this created major longing pains for 

kids so I visited her Instagram

 and watched from the 1st post to today.

Got a little weepy.

Maynard Greenhouse 

now open 

My dearest pal Carole's business

If you live anywhere nearby, 

please please

visit. 

Gardening is a great stress reliever, 

and fresh air and distancing will work fine.

Air So Fresh Skies So Blue

It is eerily quiet in my neighborhood.

I wanted Walter to have a different view today,

so I brought him into the den, 

and using photobooth shot this scene behind me.

I threw a towel over the chair 

as his puppy nails can quickly shred.

I was hoping he would be entertained by 

movements outside but there were none.

No people, no dog walking, no birds flying,

or planes in the sky.

nothing

A little creepy.

I have noticed for two weeks

 now the absence of birds.

Anyone else concerned about this?

Perhaps they've all gone to the strip.

Seen this?

He sniffs the air and whines now and then,

and then a yelp and I turn to see a man

sauntering past wearing an old straw hat.

Walter scrambles even higher.

Air so fresh * skies so blue

and finally the coo of a mourning dove.