Tag Archives: The Corona Diaries

What I Did on My Coronavirus Vacation

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What I Did on My Coronavirus Vacation

What I did was issue a challenge to six friends to all start out with the same materials and to create an art piece. Each of us here lakeside contributed a number of items and the only instructions were to use as many of them as we wished and to add items to make a work of art. In my case I chose to do a piece reflecting my activities during this time of “seclusion.”

Here are the items we all started out with: (you may click to enlarge images.)

It was my intention to show you the finished project, but as I was photographing it, I thought of six other elements I needed to add, so tomorrow–the finished project. Want to join us? Create your own Shelter in Place collage.

 

The Corona Diaries: What I Did on Day One of My Sequestering

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Please click on first photo and arrows to enlarge photos and to read the story of my day.

Tried out my new pressure-cooker multi-pot.
Filled up my freezer with chicken curry, black bean soup, easy lasagna and rice. Ate the barbecue.
Three hours later, tasted the broth and it was horrible! Added more onions, celery, garlic, white wine and chicken bouillon powder, which sort of defeats the purpose of going to the bother of making real chicken stock from scratch, but. . .
Cut up my first papaya of the season from the tree I’ve been waiting to ripen for three months!
Let the cats in.
And Kukla immediately made herself comfortable on the chair where I was working .
When I shooed her off the chair, she decided to go out again,
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When I shooed Ollie off my chair, he wanted to go out and Kukla came back in.
Then minutes later, went out.
Which doesn’t seem to work any better than the cat food. Kukla was driven to condescending to her dry food.. Go figure. Dogs consider cat food a luxury. The reverse seems not to be true. But, at least the chicken stock is starting to smell really good!

Nearly 2 a.m. now and Forgottenman says it’s time to go to bed. I’ll use this as an excuse to free you from a longer recital of my day’s labors. What did you do during your first day of voluntary isolation??? Stay safe. See you tomorrow. (Uh, later today, I guess.)