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| "I'll have a double . . . . " |
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The PAINTER Sisters, Boston and Terra, double the fun on the Lovestead fence-painting project. |
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| Curbside delivery, Mill Town Style |
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Yes, life is moving on in this pandemic as we adapt to ever-evolving different strokes. With each new day and with help from talented seamstresses, masks and gloves are becoming more of a fashion statement and accepted essentials. Social distancing is beginning to seem normal. |
And, over the past several weeks, selling out of a product within minutes has evolved from toilet paper to baby chicks to locally produced hand sanitizer.
At our Lovestead, strict distancing is maintained when any visitors come to the place.
It's okay if family members living in the same house stick together, but family members from different houses know to avoid other family members "like the plague" while doing their visiting.
It's okay if family members living in the same house stick together, but family members from different houses know to avoid other family members "like the plague" while doing their visiting.
Hmmm, now we know where that saying originated.
Anyway, yes, life is going on, definitely with a growing numbers of new twists, but so far so good.
Our county (fingers crossed) still has had just four cases of Covid 19 reported, officially, that is.
People continue to take great care whenever they are interacting in person. Let's hope that continues.
The unproven notion that having low numbers of cases means we all can just flip back to normal and quit having to watch those 14-year-old baseball games still seems dangerous, at the very least.
Those who promote getting back to normal as soon as "yesterday" forget that the reason we have low numbers in our area is that, generally speaking, people have been adhering to social distancing guidelines and other suggestions put out by the medical experts.
Turn 'em all loose, and there's probably a good chance the virus will turn loose too.
Anywho, this ol' rebel intends to follow the rules.
Yesterday turned out to be a fun day for getting things accomplished while following pandemic guidelines.
I drove to Emerald Auto near the Bonner Mall and pulled into the parking lot just before 10 a.m.
Those few minutes allowed me some time to take a few pictures of the beautifully restored Mill Town Distillery truck.
https://milltownstill.com/
Then, I saw Jessie, one of the Distillery proprietors, pull into the parking lot.
So did several other folks who had been sitting in their vehicles waiting for Jessie.
Some wore masks and gloves. All stayed a healthy distance away from each other except for the very carefully choreographed handovers of Mill Town Distillery hand sanitizer.
"How many bottles did you bring, Jessie?" I asked.
"78," she said.
Jessie sold out before noon to customers who were thrilled with that the new product is now available.
She also told me that she'll probably be doing similar curb side sales. For more updates on availability or placing orders, you can check their Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/MillTownDistillery/
Once I had my five bottles of hand sanitizer, I hurried home because the "painter sisters" would be arriving at 11 a.m. to paint fences.
Both Terra and Boston can work around their school responsibilities on other projects.
So, they'll be coming two hours a day off and on over the next few weeks to paint all the board fences at the Lovestead.
Again, different strokes: all their painting materials are set up and ready for them in the shop, which means no need for them to be within any proximity of Bill or me.
Every t is crossed and i is dotted to ensure our mutual safety from each other.
And, through it all, we'll soon have bright white barn paint covering up the chips, dirt and bare spots on all the fences.
The sisters seemed to enjoy themselves, working through each fence section meticulously while listening to loud country tunes wafting through the air from the barn.
BTW: Boston has another enterprise in motion: baby chicks which she hatches in her home incubator.
She'll be selling them at Wood's Hay and Grain, on a regular weekly basis after May 1.
This week when she took her first batch of 19 chicks to the feed store, they sold out within 15 minutes.
So, she's gearing up for weekly chick deliveries come May.
On another pandemic note, I read a heart-warming story this morning about a former teaching friend who was reunited with her family for the first time in 40 days yesterday.
The virus broke out in their area about the same time she was recuperating at a nursing facility. Suddenly, the place was shut down to outside visitors.
Yesterday the family was able to personally move her to another facility where they again will only see her through the windows, but they were able to enjoy some brief time together.
The huge smile on her temporarily unmasked face (just for the photo) told it all.
It's SO wonderful to see these little bright lights and happy, meaningful moments.
On my trips to and fro these days, I do notice that the animals haven't taken on too many different pandemic-related strokes.
Boy turkeys are pumped up and touting their plumage.
Ducks are still ducking into the water for goodies, and many deer which have shown up throughout our Selle Valley are not demonstrating social distancing----just yet anyway.
By June, though, the does will go solo and have their territory staked out for the arrival and early nurturing of their fawns.
For now, they stick together.
Finally, in far off Northern Ireland, my artist friend Billy Austin keeps painting beautiful, nostalgic Irish scenes.
The one below is entitled "Fish seller at Inver Village, Co Antrim."
Enjoy.
The beat goes on, and we keep learning to adjust to new ways which might hang around for a while.
Happy Wednesday.
Turn 'em all loose, and there's probably a good chance the virus will turn loose too.
Anywho, this ol' rebel intends to follow the rules.
Yesterday turned out to be a fun day for getting things accomplished while following pandemic guidelines.
I drove to Emerald Auto near the Bonner Mall and pulled into the parking lot just before 10 a.m.
Those few minutes allowed me some time to take a few pictures of the beautifully restored Mill Town Distillery truck.
https://milltownstill.com/
Then, I saw Jessie, one of the Distillery proprietors, pull into the parking lot.
So did several other folks who had been sitting in their vehicles waiting for Jessie.
Some wore masks and gloves. All stayed a healthy distance away from each other except for the very carefully choreographed handovers of Mill Town Distillery hand sanitizer.
"How many bottles did you bring, Jessie?" I asked.
"78," she said.
Jessie sold out before noon to customers who were thrilled with that the new product is now available.
She also told me that she'll probably be doing similar curb side sales. For more updates on availability or placing orders, you can check their Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/MillTownDistillery/
Once I had my five bottles of hand sanitizer, I hurried home because the "painter sisters" would be arriving at 11 a.m. to paint fences.
Both Terra and Boston can work around their school responsibilities on other projects.
So, they'll be coming two hours a day off and on over the next few weeks to paint all the board fences at the Lovestead.
Again, different strokes: all their painting materials are set up and ready for them in the shop, which means no need for them to be within any proximity of Bill or me.
Every t is crossed and i is dotted to ensure our mutual safety from each other.
And, through it all, we'll soon have bright white barn paint covering up the chips, dirt and bare spots on all the fences.
The sisters seemed to enjoy themselves, working through each fence section meticulously while listening to loud country tunes wafting through the air from the barn.
BTW: Boston has another enterprise in motion: baby chicks which she hatches in her home incubator.
She'll be selling them at Wood's Hay and Grain, on a regular weekly basis after May 1.
This week when she took her first batch of 19 chicks to the feed store, they sold out within 15 minutes.
So, she's gearing up for weekly chick deliveries come May.
On another pandemic note, I read a heart-warming story this morning about a former teaching friend who was reunited with her family for the first time in 40 days yesterday.
The virus broke out in their area about the same time she was recuperating at a nursing facility. Suddenly, the place was shut down to outside visitors.
Yesterday the family was able to personally move her to another facility where they again will only see her through the windows, but they were able to enjoy some brief time together.
The huge smile on her temporarily unmasked face (just for the photo) told it all.
It's SO wonderful to see these little bright lights and happy, meaningful moments.
On my trips to and fro these days, I do notice that the animals haven't taken on too many different pandemic-related strokes.
Boy turkeys are pumped up and touting their plumage.
Ducks are still ducking into the water for goodies, and many deer which have shown up throughout our Selle Valley are not demonstrating social distancing----just yet anyway.
By June, though, the does will go solo and have their territory staked out for the arrival and early nurturing of their fawns.
For now, they stick together.
Finally, in far off Northern Ireland, my artist friend Billy Austin keeps painting beautiful, nostalgic Irish scenes.
The one below is entitled "Fish seller at Inver Village, Co Antrim."
Enjoy.
The beat goes on, and we keep learning to adjust to new ways which might hang around for a while.
Happy Wednesday.
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| Our neighbor Kris Owens was among the hand sanitizer customers yesterday. |
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