I’ve missed so many comments which didn’t show on my tab the past days. That’s one of the things I don’t like about using my tab to check my posts. Unless I open my computer to check everything, I miss a lot. I told you, life has become lazy days too.
April is almost gone. Tomorrow we’ll start another month.
One thing that I am always reminded of every time the month of May sets in is the song by The Bee Gees, First of May. And I silently sing it in my head. Aside from December, May is one of my favorite months – the month of flowers and the month of Mama Mary.
♫♫♪when I was small, and Christmas trees were tall♫♪
April seemed to take a little too long, what with this pandemic, lockdown and all. Sometimes all you think is what to have and what to cook in your next meal. There are lots of idle times and you have lots to do but you can’t start. It’s like the days pass by and you just go with the flow. You think, when will this ends? When will we have normal lives again? When will this stop? And you feel helpless, do a lot of prayers and cling to your faith.
I talk to Nissa every day now asking how they are coping. Yesterday, her brother-in-law brought home the remains of their Papa in a sealed urn. It is supposed to stay in a columbarium but the lockdown hinders one to move normally. They take their temperature every day even if they know he didn’t die of Covid. It’s been more than three weeks now since he got sick and died a week ago. His doctor siblings said it was bacterial and his kidneys were not functioning well. Such is life, surprises (even not good ones) are lurking nearby.
For the last three mornings, I woke up early to tend the garden. I am finally done trimming the carabao grass. The garden hose is new, we had to call the plumber who did the installation of the aircon three days ago to fix it. My Pandakaki plants and Tagaytay cherry plants need pruning too. That has to wait until this afternoon when it is not too hot. Gardening is really a great way of de-stressing, a therapeutic activity that does not need too much expertise but just the love of the soil and all its environs. It’s more of experiments really because they say that there are no gardening mistakes, everything that you plant becomes a part of the garden.
I planted some squash seeds at the back garden and they have sprouted. What a joy to see new shoots.
Let’s just hope the month of May will flatten the curve worldwide.
Your garden is different from mine. The things I plant are almost guaranteed to die. Weeds, however, are a different story. I should probably find the prettiest weeds in this area and let them run riot.
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Haha, Anne, you have to be patient. I actually took shots of some of them but for some reasons, they would not load.
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I have learned enough from this lock down…. This is way too long…. I feel like crying whenever I go through the news…. I am praying hard….
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Let us all pray hard that it will end soon Nabeela 🙏🙏🙏
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Yup…. Thats the only thing we can do now….
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All are hoping like hell…
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fingers crossed, Arlene. take care 🙂
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You too Wilma 💐✌🤗
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I agree that this year is not ‘rushing by’ for once. But I have little enthusiasm for gardening or house work, not even for reading or watching TV. All I seem to do is walk with Ollie, cook dinner, and write on my blog. I feel like I need to snap out of something, but I don’t know what that something is.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Same feeling here Pete. This pandemic certainly changed the course of our lives. Even if one is not directly affected, we are seeing most people who are sick ang strugggling.
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I share your wish for hope
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Thanks Derrick ✌🤗
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Hi, Arlene. How are you?
I think this situation somehow is a way to remind us that God always has a plan and we just have to live through that plan with faith. Maybe while we are all inside God fixing something on the outside.
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Hi More, I agree with you. We are in lockdown but we could still see the sunrises and sunsets freely, we could still dream and love in the process. Let us not lose faith and believe that this is a just phase reminding us to value the presence of family while we are in lockdown. Take care.
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God bless
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Thank you 🙂
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Arlene, you would love my garden, i have all the herbs, tomatoes, chillies , bananas, and the pawpaws are babies still. Id love squash though.
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I hope you’ll take photos of it Kavitha.
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Will do Arlene.
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Don’t worry, there’s no other way to go but up. So hopefully all will be better in April. Gano na ba katagal kayo naka lockdown diyan sa Pinas?
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Since March 15 Teresa.
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I love reading about how life goes on with you and your family. We are doing everything on-line, including Mass and classes from Church. The weather is getting milder finally so we are able to be outside a little.
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It’ the middle of summer here so it is so hot. Yeah, we get to choose which live streaming to watch when it comes to daily masses.
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I like seeing the familiar friars.
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Well, having more of them is good too.
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I agree.
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