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Although I occasionally see Song Sparrows in my yard they seldom stay out in the open long enough for me to get photos, or if they do they are far away. This one has visited my yard several times recently and ended up very close and where I was set up for bird photography at my home in Yakima County, Washington.
Most of us are likely in the same boat so to speak, trying to social distance from each other and many of us are more or less required or at least strongly requested to stay at home due to Covid-19. For that reason I have been taking photos of birds in my yard and staying home in hopes of avoiding this virus. Most wide open public places away from town are closed to access, which to me doesn't make much sense. There apparently is little chance of getting Covid-19 at crowded grocery stores where people are binge buying but people who want to enjoy wide open spaces are more susceptible to contracting this virus here in Washington State, USA. Most state and federal public land is closed to access. Bottom line for me is that I will only have photos of yard birds for several weeks or who knows how long unless I decide to search my archives or cheat. We should probably stay home and save a life, it may be our own. God and Santa claus will be watching to see who is naughty and nice.
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Yes, I hear you say......not another picture using our back garden.... but with all the clique saying words being used at the moment like….. social distancing.....self-isolation....and save people lives......which all have caught both Millie and Halo attention as to do the right thing and to stay at home as much and as often as possible.....But both are fully aware that not all have that luxury of choice.....As many have a duty to care, despite all the life threatening risk, that continue to put themselves in harm's way to help others that are in need of them....No wonder that the nation is applauding them....and like the many other front line staff looking after the sick and vulnerable...we watch and worry as Di go to work each day, often working extra hours because of staff shortages....But this is not meant to be about Di as much as I love her so ......But as Millie & Halo are saying, this a tribute to all the hero’s out there, that are helping to fight this coronavirus and striving to keeping the nations worldwide safe against all the odds…..Sigh….And thanks to all …..Sigh…..
PS….Is the world press just as negative as the British press is, as to picking on anything negative to say….And to never say a thing about the super human things that is being achieved is such a short space of time by the can do and will do attitude of many….Or is it just a British press negative thing to lets verbally knock it, no matter what….
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Travemünde, seaside Lübeck, closed for tourists or any people from neighbourtowns to make a walk on the beach.
no matter how the spring days are beautiful. boys have to stay at home to avoid COVID-19 bright Spring days are going day by day. this is a memory photo of someday occupied COVID-19 for them. 4x5 210mm Xenar f4.5 TMX 100 developed HC110
Staying home today - an exception in my busy retiree schedule, but saw these leaves in the driveway when I took the garbage bins out to the street. As they say here, it is really 'autumning'.
With a nod to Andy Warhol. America hunkers down with lots of canned goods. Such a strange shift in consumerism. Toilet paper and canned goods (including Spam) have never been so popular.
This image develops the flag idea of my previous post. Stay safe and healthy everyone!
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After staying home on Laeta for a couple of weeks he's packed and ready for another mission. He takes some time alone to clear his head before doing his most important mission yet, dealing with his family.
It is freezing cold outside. We have minus 10 degrees Celsius today in Vancouver. I did not go out. There is ice everywhere. I took the street scene in my neighbourhood yesterday. I still love mundane scene. This is 2021 winter.
Have a good day and stay warm and stay safe from COVID-19!
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(+11 in cmnts) i was so sick today.. i stayed home from school and slept all day.
woke up around supper time freaking out because i didn't have an
idea for my 365! my mom said she'd take me to that port dover trail
i wanted to go on because i haven't yet.. (like 10 minutes away.)
my god, it was so amazing! we're going back when it's nicer out..
it was cloudy and crappy today. the location reminded me of the lake in
"the last house on the left" for some reason.. idk. eerie.
V I E W L A R G E O N B L A C K ! D O I T.
my mom was watching me take photos... AWWWKWARD.
that's why i didn't do any fancy poses it was weird haha.
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Can you believe I get into trouble for spending too much time doing interesting things (like Flickr Friday submissions) and have to pay penance by meeting my fitbit steps target. But we have a couple of pleasant areas adjacent to walk around without becoming a bad citizen and straying from our environs. ;o)
Stay safe and well, guys.
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Let's put things in "Perspective"
We probably all think that it’s a mess out there now. Hard to discern between what’s a real threat and what is just simple panic and hysteria.
For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900. Many would think that that was a pretty simple time of life. Then on your 14th birthday, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday. 22 million people perish in that war, including many of your friends who volunteered to defend freedom in Europe.
Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until your 20th birthday. 50 million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.
On your 29th birthday, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, the World GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy. If you were lucky, you had a job that paid $300 a year, a dollar a day.
When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet. And don’t try to catch your breath. If you lived in London England or most of continental Europe, bombing of your neighbourhood, or invasion of your country by foreign soldiers along with their tank and artillery was a daily event. Thousands of Canadian young men joined the army to defend liberty with their lives. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war.
At 50, the Korean War starts. 5 million perish.
At 55 the Vietnam War begins and doesn’t end for 20 years. 4 million people perish in that conflict.
On your 62nd birthday there is the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, could have ended. Sensible leaders prevented that from happening.
Now, in 2020, we have the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands have died; it feels pretty dangerous; and it is!
Now think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How do you survive all of that? When you were a kid in 1965 and didn’t think your 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. And how mean that kid in your class was. Yet they survived through everything listed above.
Perspective is an amazing art. Refined as time goes on, and very very enlightening.
So let’s try and keep things in perspective. Let’s be smart, we are all in this together. Let's help each other out, and we will get through all of this.
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Finally something practical and honest from the Head of the Infectious Disease Clinic, University of Maryland, USA: re.Covid19.
1. We may have to live with C19 for months or years. Let's not deny it or panic. Let's not make our lives useless. Let's learn to live with this fact.
2. You can't destroy C19 viruses that have penetrated cell walls, by drinking gallons of hot water - you'll just go to the bathroom more often.
3. Washing hands and maintaining a two-metre physical distance is the best method for your protection.
4. If you don't have a C19 patient at home, there's no need to disinfect the surfaces at your house.
5. Packaged cargo, gas pumps, shopping carts and ATMs do not cause infection. If you Wash your hands, live your life as usual.
6. C19 is not a food infection. It is associated with drops of infection like the ‘flu. There is no demonstrated risk that C19 is transmitted by food.
7. You can lose your sense of smell with a lot of allergies and viral infections. This is only a non-specific symptom of C19.
8. Once at home, you don't need to change your clothes urgently and go shower! Purity is a virtue, paranoia is not!
9. The C19 virus doesn't hang in the air for long. This is a respiratory droplet infection that requires close contact.
10. The air is clean, you can walk through the gardens (just keeping your physical protection distance, through parks.
11. It is sufficient to use normal soap against C19, not antibacterial soap. This is a virus, not a bacteria.
12. You don't have to worry about your food orders. But you can heat it all up in the microwave, if you wish.
13. The chances of bringing C19 home with your shoes is like being struck by lightning twice in a day. I've been working against viruses for 20 years - drop infections don't spread like that!
14. You can't be protected from the virus by taking vinegar, sugarcane juice and ginger! These are for immunity not a cure.
15. Wearing a mask for long periods interferes with your breathing and oxygen levels. Wear it only in crowds.
16. Wearing gloves is also a bad idea; the virus can accumulate into the glove and be easily transmitted if you touch your face. Better just to wash your hands regularly.
Immunity is greatly weakened by always staying in a sterile environment. Even if you eat immunity boosting foods, please go out of your house regularly to any park/beach.
Immunity is increased by EXPOSURE TO PATHOGENS, not by sitting at home and consuming fried/spicy/sugary food and aerated drinks.
Live life sensibly and to the fullest. Be smart and stay informed!