3/13: Ethereal Jasmine
Jasmine my ethereal girl. Jasmine is very much enjoying having us home 24/7 since 3/5. I am starting to learn how to groom my dogs. I used to 35 yrs. ago. Never was good at it, but. . . Then early arthritis in my hands and back led me to seek out professional grooming. Now I am too high risk to take the chance of going out. So, I have an Oster with a 10 blade and started out by doing my dogs' faces. That I always have been able to do sort of ok. But the rest. . . . I have ordered a 4F blade for the rest of their body. I am ordering a dremel for their nails. Got a tool to remove ear hair, etc. Lots to learn. A lilttle every day. So far so good.
I had the foresight to get both dogs trimmed way down on 3/4, except for their tails, ears and top of head. Normally,, I keep them fairly long. I think I can manage this. We shall see. Jasmine and Jake are such good company. We are all happy together, and are fortunate to live in the Florida Keys with good weather, and a lovely view. Our small house feels cozy and open.
Jasmine is learning to walk on her hind legs more upon command.
Our community was a poster child for what not to do when a coronavirus tsunami is about to descend. Go ahead and welcome spring breakers and tourists, throw big parties and have crowded festivals, and modify nothing. Keep all the hotels and restaurans open until 3/21. Grrr. We are high risk so we are not happy with all the tourists and spring breakers that crowded into our small village. This was the worst and most crowded spring break ever. I think many other places were already closed, so people came here. Our County and State and country had the science, data and knowledge and did not keep us safe. We shall see what happens. I can't change the past. At least there are now some protections in place, but our state is STILL not in lockdown. I am concerned for our future here.
I have been way too busy writing letters and advocating for folowing the science and protections. We have had success, but weeks too late. I fear the window of opportunity was missed. I hope not. Maybe we can still squeak by. Such minimal testing that our numbers are meaningless, accept for the growing hospitalizations in a small county with maybe 17 ICU beds, and very few beds period. No apparent plans to deal with this. Grrr.
Finally our county did put up checkpoints on the only two roads into the Florida Keys. It may sound unfair to others But our "survival infrastructure" (hospitals, grocery stores, pharmacies, etc.) are very limited. We do not have enough resources even for our own local population. Our grocery store shelves have been totally bare until the last few days when finally many others were prevented from coming here. People from Miami were coming to shop in our stores and cleaned us out. Perhpas they were coming for other things too, although everything else was closed. 1700 cars have been turned away. Why were these people trying to come, when there was a big sign saying residents and property owners only and those with jobs in essential businesses still open? It's scary to think about.
We have all sorts of strange new people now living in our community. No idea who they are. I am sure people thought this was a great place to ride out the virus, and found rentals somehow (which were supposed to be shut down.) Can't blame them. But tons of extra people put too much stress on our grocery stores and our medical system.
What a new journey we are all on.
Taken and uploaded 3/31/20, 2020 03 31 22 ar72 Dnai D JakeJasmine-3010149 (1 of 1)
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3/13: Ethereal Jasmine
Jasmine my ethereal girl. Jasmine is very much enjoying having us home 24/7 since 3/5. I am starting to learn how to groom my dogs. I used to 35 yrs. ago. Never was good at it, but. . . Then early arthritis in my hands and back led me to seek out professional grooming. Now I am too high risk to take the chance of going out. So, I have an Oster with a 10 blade and started out by doing my dogs' faces. That I always have been able to do sort of ok. But the rest. . . . I have ordered a 4F blade for the rest of their body. I am ordering a dremel for their nails. Got a tool to remove ear hair, etc. Lots to learn. A lilttle every day. So far so good.
I had the foresight to get both dogs trimmed way down on 3/4, except for their tails, ears and top of head. Normally,, I keep them fairly long. I think I can manage this. We shall see. Jasmine and Jake are such good company. We are all happy together, and are fortunate to live in the Florida Keys with good weather, and a lovely view. Our small house feels cozy and open.
Jasmine is learning to walk on her hind legs more upon command.
Our community was a poster child for what not to do when a coronavirus tsunami is about to descend. Go ahead and welcome spring breakers and tourists, throw big parties and have crowded festivals, and modify nothing. Keep all the hotels and restaurans open until 3/21. Grrr. We are high risk so we are not happy with all the tourists and spring breakers that crowded into our small village. This was the worst and most crowded spring break ever. I think many other places were already closed, so people came here. Our County and State and country had the science, data and knowledge and did not keep us safe. We shall see what happens. I can't change the past. At least there are now some protections in place, but our state is STILL not in lockdown. I am concerned for our future here.
I have been way too busy writing letters and advocating for folowing the science and protections. We have had success, but weeks too late. I fear the window of opportunity was missed. I hope not. Maybe we can still squeak by. Such minimal testing that our numbers are meaningless, accept for the growing hospitalizations in a small county with maybe 17 ICU beds, and very few beds period. No apparent plans to deal with this. Grrr.
Finally our county did put up checkpoints on the only two roads into the Florida Keys. It may sound unfair to others But our "survival infrastructure" (hospitals, grocery stores, pharmacies, etc.) are very limited. We do not have enough resources even for our own local population. Our grocery store shelves have been totally bare until the last few days when finally many others were prevented from coming here. People from Miami were coming to shop in our stores and cleaned us out. Perhpas they were coming for other things too, although everything else was closed. 1700 cars have been turned away. Why were these people trying to come, when there was a big sign saying residents and property owners only and those with jobs in essential businesses still open? It's scary to think about.
We have all sorts of strange new people now living in our community. No idea who they are. I am sure people thought this was a great place to ride out the virus, and found rentals somehow (which were supposed to be shut down.) Can't blame them. But tons of extra people put too much stress on our grocery stores and our medical system.
What a new journey we are all on.
Taken and uploaded 3/31/20, 2020 03 31 22 ar72 Dnai D JakeJasmine-3010149 (1 of 1)
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA