What's new to write about this week - frankly not much. But that said, here's the excitement from Wisconsin. We have been going out for a daily walk that have been slowly getting longer and longer. We started out walking for about an hour and now we are routinely hitting two hours. We even managed a three hour stroll last weekend. I think it is a combination of wanting to get some exercise, since the gym is out, and just wanting to be outside for a bit. So while the top half of us is getting ever softer from a lack of working out, our legs at least are in good walking shape. During our walks we have enjoyed seeing everything starting to green up (well it was until this week when the powers that be decided it was time to remind us we live in Wisconsin where spring doesn't really take hold until late May, it was 20 degrees several mornings this week) and the animals start to come around for spring. We have seen several sandhill cranes, a couple of bald eagles, a hawk of some kind (I'm going with a Cooper's hawk but I'm no hawk expert), and what we are calling a muskrat in Lake Mendota (not sure exactly what it is, but it is just off shore in the lake, it dives under the water, has a medium length tail, and isn't a duck or bird).
When we aren't out stretching our legs and avoiding other humans, we have kept ourselves fairly busy. Jo has been working on sewing face masks. Well she was until the sewing machine decided it was time to break - to be fair it is a 35 year old machine that has spent most of its life in a bag being carted from home to home and promptly forgotten. Fortunately, we could identify the missing part and with the beauty of the internet we could find it online. After a bit of challenge finding a company who could get it quickly, we were able to get it installed and our old Singer is back up and running, at least until the next part gives out.
We, like most of the rest of the country apparently, have been working on jigsaw puzzles. We just completed our second Escher themed puzzle and will probably start another puzzle this weekend. Other than that, I have kept myself busy with computer games which are a wonderful time sink, reading, and driving Jo nuts - but I was doing that last one before the whole pandemic thingy so not sure if it counts. That's it until next week and another invigorating summary of our walks and inside life.
What's new to write about this week - frankly not much. But that said, here's the excitement from Wisconsin. We have been going out for a daily walk that have been slowly getting longer and longer. We started out walking for about an hour and now we are routinely hitting two hours. We even managed a three hour stroll last weekend. I think it is a combination of wanting to get some exercise, since the gym is out, and just wanting to be outside for a bit. So while the top half of us is getting ever softer from a lack of working out, our legs at least are in good walking shape. During our walks we have enjoyed seeing everything starting to green up (well it was until this week when the powers that be decided it was time to remind us we live in Wisconsin where spring doesn't really take hold until late May, it was 20 degrees several mornings this week) and the animals start to come around for spring. We have seen several sandhill cranes, a couple of bald eagles, a hawk of some kind (I'm going with a Cooper's hawk but I'm no hawk expert), and what we are calling a muskrat in Lake Mendota (not sure exactly what it is, but it is just off shore in the lake, it dives under the water, has a medium length tail, and isn't a duck or bird).
When we aren't out stretching our legs and avoiding other humans, we have kept ourselves fairly busy. Jo has been working on sewing face masks. Well she was until the sewing machine decided it was time to break - to be fair it is a 35 year old machine that has spent most of its life in a bag being carted from home to home and promptly forgotten. Fortunately, we could identify the missing part and with the beauty of the internet we could find it online. After a bit of challenge finding a company who could get it quickly, we were able to get it installed and our old Singer is back up and running, at least until the next part gives out.
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