Shut-downs, no travel, school's closed... how strangely sad for society today.
After hearing about all that we're not supposed to do in order to stay safe from the COVID-19 pandemic... luckily and so thankfully we can still go outside!
Personal Sanctuary
Our backyards also serve as our personal sanctuary with bird watching and tending to gardens offering relief from everyday chaos and stress. That couldn't be more true today, and you're absolutely safe there.
Provide Shelter and Food for Wildlife
Stock up on bird food, make your own suet, build or buy a new birdhouse. Repair old birdhouses because nesting season is upon us. Working in the yard? Create a brush pile to benefit birds and other wildlife.
It needn't be huge, just a pile of discarded leaves, branches and twigs from around the yard piled up in a far corner. This provides shelter and forage for many species. Take a glance over time, you'll likely see some bird activity.
Head over to the nursery and grab some native plants. You can bet they're still still stocked... unlike grocery stores with empty shelves where toilet paper, milk and bread once sat plentiful.
What's with the hoarding anyway, is this really the zombie apocalypse? If inclined to think so, let's hope you're wrong. At our local Sam's, a person was clobbered over the head for taking the last bottled water!
Collateral Damage
Ever wonder if it's nature fighting back? Enough's been ruined, there's too many of everything on a planet which no longer can sustain. Basically we've choked the oceans with plastic, we're going backwards with water and air quality, and so called wildlife services continues to decimate innocent animals being caught in traps.
That's called collateral damage - yeah, right :( Is it not concerning when Antarctica reaches 65 degrees? Without being at all political - these are some pressing issues.
10 Things You Can Do While Stuck at Home
Below was found on social media, 10 great ideas (sans the birding ones above) should you be stuck at home. And like he says - this too shall pass.
Top 10 Things We CAN Do While We Watch The Corona Virus Pass Through History
- Call someone you haven't talked to in a while... high school or college friend you used to be close with. We all have them... what a great opportunity to reconnect. Feel free to call me!
- Work out like crazy. Face it, we all have a New Year's resolution to work out and lose weight. You just picked up a whole lot of free time.
- Say a prayer for the people who are most affected by this. Many of us might feel like this is a little odd because we are very inconvenienced. But it's a lot more than "odd" for some folks. Others have been hit much harder in terms of real lost income or jobs. Say a prayer for peace and comfort for those folks.
- Watch a new movie every day. My brother told me he has seen 50 of the last 60 Oscar Best Picture Winners. How cool is that? Watch a "Best Picture" every night.
- Write a bunch of thank you notes. For what? I have no idea, but you'll think of something.
- Cook. Dang, we eat out a lot. Hang around the house and YouTube a great recipe and make a fun dinner that you've never made before.
- Make a list of the top 10 things you need to fix around the house. Then call a handyman when the virus passes. Ha.
- Read the Bible. Sounds crazy. Start with the book of John, you can read it in an hour. Wild stuff in there.
- Walk outside. Every day. For a long time.
- Dealer's choice. You pick one.
10 years from now, maybe we can all look back on all the cool stuff we did during a very weird time.
This too, shall pass!
Credit: Facebook Post from Jeff Hutchison
