Six months of lockdown. Whatever you may call it, we’ve reached six months of quarantine.
Home-based small businesses have suddenly sprouted in the metro and most of them are selling food – cooked for breakfast, lunch and dinner, you’ll have it here. Even small- scale selling of meat, poultry and vegetables have also suddenly grown. The thing is, as long as we remain in the comfort of our home and we don’t go out unnecessarily, it’s okay. So long as your neighbors in the subdivision deliver for free, it’s okay. For those you can’t buy nearby, there are always vendors who charge for delivery fees and you can just wait for your orders.
Yesterday, I ordered several kinds of dried fish and today my order of Gyoza from David’s Tea House arrived. A few days ago I also ordered several items from Lazada including a desk fan and some gifts for Nissa’s upcoming birthday. Online transactions are the “in” thing nowadays although I only use cash to pay them all. I am afraid to use my credit card without seeing my purchase in advance. I haven’t been to the mall for more than six months now. Bank transactions are online too except when I need cash and I let Josef withdraw some money from the ATM.
I am taking photos of my garden blooms almost every day, documenting every bud and flowers worth-capturing. Gardening has suddenly boomed here. Never mind if some have started a few pots and they call it a garden. I just smile seeing friends suddenly interested in nurturing a few plants. Even if these are not indoor plants, they place them in one corner of their homes. Not all plants could thrive indoors, they need the sun to grow. There are indoor plants that help us in lessening the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. There are indoor plants that are anti-oxidants.
Ah, these are my green peppers. I am waiting for some seeds to mature so I could replant them.
Look, one is about to ripen.
We use them for our famous sinigang. They are also called green chilies.
I have transferred my Adenium seedlings to pots several months ago. I have grown them from pods from my lone Adenium plant. They need the sun so I transferred them to a sunny spot near our grotto.
It’s nice to see these plants thriving well. I wonder if they will bear the same pink flowers later on.
I hope everyone is COVID-free. This pandemic doesn’t choose its victims. I wonder when it will die a natural death. Praying for our safely.
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