Covid-19 Virus Stay at Home......

This has only gotten worse for the country.  We are safe and healthy here in Florida, and family is all fine.  I only hope that continues for everyone.  As the hospitals fill and more deaths occur we are all worried about Paige as an ER nurse, and Allie..the independent one, insisting on staying in Indiana with friends.  We obviously did not leave on the 8th but plan to do so at the end of the month. It will be a quick as we can trip with lots of precautions.

Easter is Sunday and the experts say it will be a bad peak of deaths.  Hopefully the curve will begin to flatten after and things will start to get better.  The orders to stay at home are unevenly enforced around the states.  People are disregarding them...still some churches are holding full services, endangering the members who mistakenly think they are protected by Christ.  Not so.   Essential workers are keeping us in food, mail and other necessities.  And of course the health care workers and everyone involved with the hospitals are heroes.  The sad administration has mishandled the whole business, lying, taking no responsibility and using briefings as campaign rally.  I cannot stand to listen any longer.  I can only pray that we elect a strong, moral president in the fall.

I am still coughing which scares the people we pass as we walk each day.  Thankful it is nice weather here in Florida, we exercise at least in the morning.   I spent a lot of time making masks..around 22 I think.  My patterns progressed from the simple pleated style to a fairly fitted cup style and one that looks like a typical cloth surgeons mask for Paige.  I felt it was at least something I could do.

 She was happy to get them to wear over their N95 masks and protect it.  This shortage of protective gear  and ventilators it terrible and is putting so many at risk of infection.  Every day we hear of health care workers dying of Covid-19.  May Paige be protected.

So we walk, cook, play a few games and keep ourselves amused.  There is a bit of work to do for the art organizations and George arranged for work to be done at the gallery while it is shut down.  Some is being done, but the painters were non essential and will not work.  I will not let him go out except for food.

I have just now put the studio back in painting mode and have started a collage.  The groups are working and posting their artwork to keep the moral up.  It's hard to get into this but would be a nice change from mask making and checking the news.

Hopefully the country can get back to normal in May..it's very hard to have everything shut down but this is the only way to help.  They expect another wave of illness to hit in the fall sadly.  Meanwhile they work on getting more test kits (only those with symptoms or direct exposure are tested now) and ultimately a vaccine.  No cruises for me until that happens and we get it. 

Speaking of cruises..the industry is hard hit with ships being quarantined, deaths on board  and bans from ports.  Princess is doing their best but this long term hold with cause havoc with the business.  We look forward to the day we can sail again..