MURRIN LAKE

SELF ISOLATION.  DID WE EVER IMAGINE THAT WE WOULD HEAR THESE WORDS IN OUR LIFETIME OR THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IT OURSELVES? 

WE DROVE OUT HERE  ( VANCOUVER) TO BE NEAR OUR SONS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND WE HAVE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OUT HERE TOO.  WE HAVE BEEN COMING HERE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS .  TERRY JOINS A GYM AND I HEAD OFF TO MY POOL FOR AQUAFIT.  WE HAVE A PLEASURE OF GOING TO RESTAURANTS AND MOVIES TOO.  AHHH , THE EASY SCHEDULE OF THE ARTIST/MUSICIAN. ( AND OF COURSE WE HAD TO CANCEL THE LAST LEG OF OUR SPIRITLINE TOUR.)

BUT NOW THE WORLD HAS CLOSED MOST OF ITS PUBLIC SPACES TO RESTRICT THE SPREAD OF THE DREADED COVID-19.   WE ARE NOT GOING OUT TO ANY CLOSE QUARTERED PUBLIC SPACES EXCEPT TO PICK UP A FEW GROCERIES .  AND AT THE MOMENT WE HAVEN’T EVEN BEEN ABLE TO HANG OUT WITH BOTH OF OUR SONS’ FAMILIES AS ONE OF THEM HAD A FLU BUG AND WE JUST CAN’T TAKE A CHANCE TO ALSO CATCH IT AND SPREAD THAT AROUND.  UGH !  ( JUST ADD COLD AND FLU SEASON TO THE WORRIES OF THE AVERAGE FAMILY).

WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE LEFT OUR -20 SNOWY WEATHER IN EDMONTON FOR THIS +13 SUNNY WEATHER IN VANCOUVER.  SO WHILE IT’S NOT RAINING ( AS IT OFTEN DOES HERE) WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE MOST OF GETTING OUTSIDE .  THIS IS ALSO A WONDERFUL WAY TO GET EXERCISE AND ACHIEVE A DISTANCING FROM GROUPS OF PEOPLE.

YESTERDAY WE DROVE UP TO (SNOWY!) CYPRESS MOUNTAIN AND HAD A GREAT VIEW OF STANLEY PARK, THE DOWNTOWN, AND THE OCEAN. 

THEN WE DROVE FOR ANOTHER HALF AN HOUR NORTH (SAID OUR ROSARY TOGETHER) ,AND ENDED UP HAVING A DELIGHTFUL PICNIC AT MURRIN LAKE.    WE ARE VERY AWARE THAT THESE ARE DARK AND SCARY TIMES.  BUT WE HAVE FOUND ONE WAY TO STILL ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF OUR WORLD .  

PULLING BACK FROM THE BUSY-NESS OF OUR DAILY LIVES REALLY LEAVES TIME FOR THINKING ABOUT ALL THE MANY THINGS FOR WHICH WE ARE GRATEFUL.  AND THERE ARE SO MANY.

WELL, TIME TO PUT ON MY SURGICAL GLOVES TO DO GROCERIES…