Project 52

[mrs_sweetpeach]

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If it weren't for COVID-19, Penguicon would have taken place this past weekend. jebra typically shaves off his winter beard during Penguicon. Our clippers did not survive the flood, so he went to Meijers to replace them. As I pretty much expected, they had sold out. So I suggested he look for some in the pet department. He not only found a set, they were less expensive than the human kind, even though the are the same thing except for the packaging. So, Saturday night I shaved his head and then he trimmed his beard down to a goatee. When that was done, he cut my hair too.

Speaking of things cancelled by the Stay-at-Home order, Thursday should have been a night at the theater for a performance of Don't Drink the Water. Hopefully Mamma Mia will still take place later this year as that was show I was most eager to see.

Sunday was laundry and we went over to Madison Heights Civic Center for a walk and Ingress. The temperature was great but the wind was fierce. I found it difficult to stand and hack portals because the wind would cause me to lose balance. I didn't fall but it was near thing. We reached Level 11 while we were out.

NFHS Band/Orchestra was supposed hold their Spring Concerts Monday and Tuesday nights. They too were cancelled, as has all school through the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. Tuesday night would have also been social knitting at Panera, but as we have Zoom that's what we did. I enjoyed the virtual get-together and was delighted by the fandom yarn one of my sisters purchased. The colors being based off Schitt's Creek. She bought it from Bumblebee Acres Fiber Farm if you want to go and have a look.

The only other thing of a note that comes to mind is that I spotted a flock of goslings on the lawn this morning. There were four adults and 15 or 16 babies.

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Comments

[siberian_skys]

Awwww. Baby birds.

[mrs_sweetpeach]

They are very cute, the tiny little dinosaurs. I had to look up info on goslings because (a) I couldn't remember how many Os and Ss are in the word and (b) I started wondering just how many eggs there could be in goose's nest. According to the human society, "Geese lay an average of five to six eggs per clutch (all the eggs laid and incubated together by one goose) at about the rate of one egg a day, but you may find nests with anywhere from two to 12 eggs, or rarely even more." I also found out that some geese will "kidnap" other goslings so that their family will be bigger.

[siberian_skys]

I had no idea that's how that works. So cool. Thanks for the geese lesson. It's amazing that they take other eggs to grow their families. Sneaky critters.

[ghostgum]

The cancellation of things seems to make it all feel harder, somehow? Like, I'm okay with being home all the time pretty much but then an event comes by that someone would have been at and... it feels weird. Perhaps it's just that it marks the passing of time more clearly. Anyway, I am sorry you are missing out on things that you would have liked to attend, especially since you seem a lot more social than me :))

Goslings! <3

[mrs_sweetpeach]

I'd be very surprised to learn I'm more social than you. On any test I've ever taken, I score as 100% introvert and there is no where I'd rather be than at home and on my corner of the couch. Now the husband, he's highly social. He has tons of friends and wants to spend time with them. And he loves going to concerts, movies, and conventions. Depending on the concert I may or may not go with him. Same with the movies and conventions.

As for the marking of time, I think you're right.

[ghostgum]

Ah! So we're a bit similar, then. I'm an introvert too, and all my social activities are actually me ferrying kiddo to things, because she is... somehow not an introvert, at least it seems that way at the moment. Hubs and are pretty baffled by that, to be honest, but it is an interesting way of testing my limitations. I'm sort of dreading when isolation comes to an end, and suddenly I have to start them all up again en masse-- I had originally eased us into activities, so I could build up a bit of a resistance, ha.

[wpadmirer]

Baby geese! How cool!

And I'd say you got a hair cut!

[mrs_sweetpeach]

I sure did. And right now it feels fantastic when I run my palm across the top. Plus it isn't taking forever to dry. :-)

[jebra]

Apparently, referring to the goslings as "snack-sized geese" is frowned upon.