Daily Notes- April 22- Earth Day

                                                 

This Blue Exercise Ball will have to sub for the Blue Planet on today's post.  And the Good News that the atmosphere is less polluted after only the 40 or more days of quarantine. I love seeing the empty highways.  I love the quiet overhead.  No airplanes.

I hardly think most travelers will put up with the sardine can seating on planes anymore- I won't.  I think, in order to do business the airlines are going to have to change their business plan. And I can't see myself EVER going on a cruise.  And I am rethinking retirement communities.

 My grocery shopping today was lovely.  Over 50% of the people in the store had on masks. I avoided the ones who didn't have them.  There was no line getting in and the store had nearly everything on my list.  There was flour on the shelf. I bought one bag thinking there might be a friend or neighbor needing a bag.  There was no toilet paper.  I push my cart to that aisle first thing on my weekly visits.  They had hand sanitizer. Small bottles- I got 2.  Husband can carry one in his pocket.

Daughter visited yesterday to see if we had cement edging pieces for her expanding flower beds.  She gave up on grass years ago and has a nice small yard full of  clover (she hates mowing).  She found exactly what she wanted in the way of edging and her father broke some longer segments into small ones so she could do more curves.  Sun is shining today so G will be outside doing stuff.

I planted up an additional 7 milk jugs with tomato seeds.  All kinds of varieties of tomatoes.  Several different kinds of cherry tomatoes. One very interesting Italian tomato.  This summer I am freezing tomatoes whole in small packages.  Skin, seeds and all.  Using them frozen for soups etc.  Instead of canned.

I also sat and gave thought to the robe project on Spirit Cloth and was thinking the rectangles of the robe were pretty close to the design of my favorite camp shirts.  I could imagine cutting a piece of linen into the shape and making a new camp shirt.  Even the collar is just a long rectangle.  I had been overthinking it.  And the robe diagrams on Jude's blog- opened my eyes to how simple it actually would be.  How one thing leads to another.  A single line of thought and design........