Sunday, March 29, 2020

 We did our walk this morning because these days it is getting hot, up to 90 degrees.  We have been watching a Sandhill Crane that is on a nest in one of the lakes around our golf course.  Today she had two chicks on the nest with her.  When we got back, we made a nice bacon, eggs and cinnamon roll, thank you David, breakfast and watched the 11:00 AM church service.

 I have continued with my project of scanning pictures into the computer.  I started with 1977 and Jeff’s birth and today I started doing Rebecca’s birth in 1980. 

This week Jon has been working on putting together a financial plan.  He has collected the information from the past year and then projecting what this year might be.  We are trying to figure out if we might have some money we could invest while the stock market is down.  He reviewed all of this with me today.

This afternoon he received another request that requires another notary and overnight mailing.  The closing on Rebecca’s house is supposed to be Monday or Tuesday.  

Today Jon made homemade baked beans that we had brought down from Maine.  They were delicious with warm memories of growing up with bake bean dinners every Saturday night.

Monday, March 30, 2020

We went for our walk this morning.  I was anxious to see how the Sandhill Cranes were doing.  When we got to the nest there were both parents and one chick.  We decided that we really only saw one chick yesterday.  The chick was wading in the water and the mother was off the nest but while we were there she returned to the nest.  The chick was wading toward the shore with the father and the mother got off the nest and went into the water. The chick followed the parents and started swimming.  He swam all the way to the shore.  The other egg is still on the nest.  It was so special to see the chick leave the nest.  I felt so blessed to have been there to observe this rite of passage.

We went to the UPS store to send another notarized document for the closing, there were few people there and distance was maintained.  We then went to Dooley’s to get more OJ, oranges and grapefruit.  Social distancing was maintained while there.  After, Jon suggested we drive out to Cockroach Bay Reserve to see if it would be open. It is not, so we drove around the boat launch where there were lots of boat trailers and then saw lots of new large houses.  It was a fun drive. 

This afternoon Rebecca met Carrie, the lawyer, in a parking lot and signed the papers to close on her house.  She is now the proud owner of 159 Laurel St Unit 1!  We are all so happy. 

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

I had sent Ken Allen, a friend at Onawa, some pictures of our boys when they were babies.  This morning I had an e-mail from him in which he said Roger Page, another friend, was heading back to Maine from Florida hoping to get there before they close things down.  It made me think maybe we should head to Maine.  While we were eating breakfast, Debbie, my cousin, called to check in.  I had planned to call her yesterday.  Funny how that happens. Debbie is planning to stay in Florida until mid-June.  Her husband, Mark is planning to go earlier but not sure how to do it.  The governor of Maine is considering closing Maine to outsiders until the first of June.  I really enjoyed my visit with her.  She has a great outlook and was helpful to me.

This afternoon I had a text message from a friend Marcia Olson, and it was wonderful to connect and hear what they are doing during this coronavirus. 

Tonight, we went for a walk and saw the Sandhill Cranes.  Both parents were at the nest but there was no chick or egg.  One of the neighbors came over and told us a dog that was off lease got the chick and an alligator got the egg.  It is so sad. 

See Jon’s post and pictures on this site in the Family Matters folder, Hope and Despair