Getting ready

 Elections are over--sort of.

Parades on both sides are almost through. Everyone remembers, again,  how to wear a mask. Don't blame one side or the other, this is Biden's state! He moves freely from deep blue to deep red....                        The first COVID infection rise is hitting . Hospitalizations for COVID are up to 17 people in intensive care and 40 all around. I think our low as in the single digits. No problem, we are used to being closed. Everyone has figured out how to get to the hairdresser without REALLY seeing the hair dresser. 

Our family sees each other often enough to be a bubble. Virtual school, home working, secured work, retired...We want to do Thanksgiving- how about the screened in porch?  We are just at a dozen- perfect according to our governor. (Kids under five shouldn't count anyway--that would make 10). Turkey is ordered from the farm. Potatoes, green beans, salad, gravy -even the flour is local. I'm the only one in the kitchen. Daughter in law is using my canned cherries for her pie. Son in law will broil his Brussel sprouts at home and put them in a warmer. They will do their thing at their houses and bring it--pot luck style. 

Bikes are ready in the garage for tours of the neighborhood. A nice walk in the woods and then a wonderful bon fire with sommores before everyone heads home or settles in.

Once kiddos leave I'll do a final inventory of foods, crafts, puzzles and dog food. 

It is going to be a LONG dark winter for sure. 

This time, I can see a Western light at the end of my tunnel.