April in Quarantine

Hi Everyone! Welcome to our second blog of April. It's been a month of many birthdays, continued quarantine, walks and oh...Glenn getting hit by a car! (He's fine. Relax.)

So let's see. Well, let's do the birthdays first. My dad turned 81 on April 18th (Happy Birthday, Sir!), my friend Amy had her birthday yesterday - as did Hitler, she is fond of saying, as well as Eva (who turned two). Our friend Chad's birthday is today.

Last year at this time, we were in Tucson, celebrating my dad's birthday with everyone at the Casa del Sol. That was more fun than this year, although my dad sounded like he had a good day, with spaghetti and cherry pie.

We sent my friend Amy a care package of liquor, which she greatly appreciated.

Eva celebrated by hanging out by the pool and eating some pizza.

I'm 2!

It was funny because some people have been posting to the shelter's Facebook page where we got her, and I've received pics of two of her sisters who also turned two yesterday.

This is Tawny - she has Eva's eyes.

And this is Bella and her folks...who look like nice people.

I think we can all agree that Eva is the prettiest.

Let's see...in other news, people have been sending us pandemic presents. Our friends Pat and Lori surprised us with an old fashioned popcorn maker.

And our friend Julie sewed Glenn and I some custom-fitted masks.

Rainbow kitties for me.

Black and white chairs for Glenn.

I had to break quarantine yesterday to go to my doctor's office for my Entyvio IV - I wore a mask and hat and glasses and was very careful, and everything went really well. For the first time in a long time, they got my IV started on the first try - probably because they finally got smaller needles in that they ordered especially for me.

Additionally, we went out to pick up my car from the mechanic. It had died, and although Glenn had gotten it started again, it kept dying and the power steering stopped working. We got a new battery and it is working great now and is back at home. I will post a picture of it too, because I know Tom will enjoy seeing it again. :-)

Hello!

Here is the pasta primavera I made for Easter - I don't usually take pics of food but I thought the colors were pretty.

Ok - so lots of random pics coming up. Here is a bouquet I made from flowers in the backyard that smelled awesome - gardenia, confederate jasmine, Easter lily and oh, a lime.

Also there was a bromeliad that never bloomed and wasn't doing great, so we tossed it in the backyard and suddenly it is blooming all over the place, enjoying its neglect.

Here are some pics from our recent walks around the neighborhood.

Jacaranda tree in bloom

Roseate spoonbill

Stork!

Curlew (and snail?)

Turtle from the wrong side of the tracks.

BABY DUCKS!

Wildflower on the side of the road.

Here's a great blue heron on someone's roof (these things are huge).

And also a regular blue heron that visited us today and flew onto our neighbor's roof.

Action shot!

Oh - here's a look at how the orchids are progressing since you saw them last.

Today, I lengthened my normal walk because I felt like going down and seeing the water, which I did.

On my way back, I walked up my favorite little hidden street - it's very lush and tropical.

Alright guys, I guess that's it for now. Hope you are all doing well and staying safe and healthy. Remember, naps are your friend!

Love, us

Today is March 43rd

Well, that's as good a guess as any.

Hope you are all continuing to do well in quarantine. Right now Glenn has fake tattoos all over his face like Post Malone (a rock star that I'm betting you don't know) and is lip syncing to a song on video for some ridiculous work challenge. So you know, same old same old here.

Otherwise, it's been pretty darn quiet.

Ah hell...it's like he HEARD me. He is barking at me as we speak. Sigh. 

Glenn and I did a virtual 5K walk last weekend - we actually walked - the virtual part is that everyone did it on their own. I took this pic that he submitted as proof, although we could have easily staged it.

We also have been having virtual Happy Hours with some friends...I hope we have these less frequently because they are even more annoying than in-person Happy Hours. But still - here's a pic of my friend Julie (who "micro-crimped" her hair for the occasion) and her ginormous doberman, Pops. I said this looks like an epic album cover.

Julie is making Glenn and I custom masks which gave us the rare opportunity to measure our faces - very exciting!

Today we got an order from a local farm that delivers for free! Yaaaaayyyyy!

Here is a pic from a couple weeks ago of some pelicans that were swimming off Bayshore.

Sadly, I have stopped walking along Bayshore as 1) My car battery died and I drive down to the Marina to start and 2) it's fairly crowded with walkers and bikers and not everybody is good at social distancing so I've started walking around my neighborhood instead.

I'm only posting this because my mom says she loves seeing selfies. I. Look. Amazing. (hahaha!)

There are no pelicans in the neighborhood.

We do, however, have the weird pirate ship house, where they have outfitted their pirate in a medical mask. (I feel like this is one of those picture games where you search for a bunch of random items:  find a shark, a canon, and a cask of gun powder!)

We also have little pineapples.

There are also a number of houses that have these trees - which I've determined are Magnolia Grandiflora trees - so named because they have these giant, dinner-plate sized flowers. I put my hand next to this one so you could see how big it is.

A couple of other pics from my neighborhood walks...

This is our mailbox.

You've seen our yellow hibiscus, but our neighbors have orange and pink.

Ok, so are you ready for some new sunrise pictures?!

We like dog pictures better!

Here we go!

Pelicans!

Glorious!

Oh, and we have more orchids in bloom now. Here's your orchid update:

And some more dog pics too!

So sweet!

Alright, and a few more sunrise pictures in case you didn't get enough.

That's it for now! Stay well and stay at home! Love you!