March 39th (really April 8th)

Electron microscope picture of a coronavirus

attacking hemoglobin.

It really feels like the movie Ground Hog Day.

I've long since expected any difference

to each day that comes.

We get up, putter around the house,

then the CEO goes out to tend the gardens.

Every day.

Every.

Day.

Same old, same old.

SSDD.

This is daily life in the land of brake tags,

Friday Fish Fry's and Neutral Grounds.

We know this drill.

We've dealt with similar 15 years ago

and managed to overcome odds stacked against us.

Now we have to apply those hard earned

lessons about saving lives to the issues at hand.

After Katrina, the Cajun Navy amassed a

huge amount of recreational fishermen

and their boats, to aid the people who were left

high and dry.

Local organizations stepped up to help too.

Our local hospitals did their part.

We didn't need to be told to help, we just did.

Now, we have Good Samaritans making face

masks, feeding the needy, checking in on

friends and relatives all the while keeping

our social distances,

(at least most of us.)

But,

This is South Louisiana, folks.

Ours is a tactile existence.

We hug everyone.

"How's ya Mama an dem?"

"Where ya at?"

It's what we do.

It's in our DNA and that makes it hard

to isolate.

We know it won't be long in the scheme

of things. We'll hunker down, wait it out

and begin to rebuild.

Won't be easy, we know that lesson well,

but we can do this.

Remember the saying,

"Come hell or high water"?

Well,

we've done the high water bit

and now we say,

"Bring on the hell!"

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The Backyard Little Farm

Harvesting an artichoke.

There are actually 5 more on this bush.

Replanting the next crop of 'taters.

This is just part of what we've harvested

so far.

Hazel eyeballing the 

purple cauliflower.

Blueberry bushes.

I just picked a small bit,

enough to add to my cereal.

Corn seedlings.

Still getting a few eggplants.

Zucchini flower.

It's as big as my opened hand.

Yellow squash.

Arugula, chives and romaine.

Asparagus

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Marigolds and a geranium cutting,

with mint in pots behind them.

Snapdragon and a bay laurel bush.

The Bay Laurel's name is Hardy.

Mint and oregano.

Mint, bay laurel, lavender

and Nugget photo bombing.

Mary's Garden

with amaryllis, Hazel and Nugget.

Citronella, snapdragons and

baby sunflower seedlings.

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My rendition of a hen.

Crude but it helps

pass the time to create something.

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As always,

stay inside

and

stay safe!