4/8/2020
Self Isolation Day 1 – Saturday, March 14
lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll today, day 25
Spring is my favorite time of year, it brings the promise of new hope, cool mornings and bright sunny days, fresh vegetables in the garden and the chickens kick up their egg production. Even they like spring. I love a Sunday morning drive, always have. So, as promised, Poopsy took me for the weekly drive. We have a friend who is clearing land and building a house and shop nearby. It was early so we decided to go see their progress. As we pulled out of the gate I said we should probably take the truck, but we were already in the Mazda and on the road. It was a cooler, dreary, sprinkly morning, and the top layer of dirt was damp. We drove into the woods in our little two seater, enjoying the fresh rain smell and emerging cool greens of spring… And then we were stuck. In the mud. In the middle of the woods. On a Sunday. During a pandemic. We exited the car to assess the situation (so glad I didn’t wear my new shoes!!), and tried a couple of times to move the car which resulted in getting deeper into the mud. Then Poopsy spotted a palm plant that had been pulled when clearing the land, and he cut the branches and laid them in front of the tires, and drove out of the mud. I realized then that it was Palm Sunday and thought how poetic that palms were our rescue that morning. It wasn’t beautiful like the palms my sister put on her front porch to honor the day, but it was an adventure. I love spring.
