![]() ![]() I realize that not everyone has been as lucky. Indeed, it’s probably kept me from sinking into a depression (and also helped me to keep writing!!) Spring in Florida has really made the pandemic lockdown tolerable for me. It’s relatively dry and fabulously sunny that whole time, with temps most days in the 70s to low 80s, and mostly low humidity. Yes, spring starts in March (sometimes late February), runs through April and usually at least a few weeks into May. ![]() Fortunately, this was during my favorite time of the year down here-spring. (photo copyright by my hubs)Īnd then we had a pandemic, and I’ve had to stay on my own property pretty much all day, every day for weeks on end. Then we moved to northern Florida, where I love it about half the time and definitely like it the rest of the time.īut we’ve been here almost sixteen years now, so I was beginning to take it for granted. ![]() Recently, I realized something else to be grateful for, that I can live where I thrive.įor the first five decades of my life, I lived in the state where I was born-a place that I kind of liked a good bit of the time, hated some of the time (winter) and never really loved any of the time. I mentioned that one impact it had on me was to make me grateful for the things I had previously taken for granted (like toilet paper □ ). We hope all mothers out there had a fabulous Mother’s Day! (photo by Karolina Bobek on Unsplash, so not my magnolias, but my magnolia tree is starting to bloom!)Ī few weeks back, I wrote a post wondering how this pandemic, with all its short-term repercussions on families and finances, etc., might change our lives in more permanent ways.Īnd maybe, at least in certain areas, for the better. ![]()
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