As I See It -Thoughts on Getting Through This Difficult Time, Week 8
Week 8: How times flies when you are having fun.
During my time living in Birmingham, there were quite a number of weather adventures. It is a little under appreciated fact that Alabama is one of the regions of the U.S. with the most tornadoes. Our city is hilly and rocky, and thus all power lines are above ground. It is covered with gigantic trees that grow in the super plentiful rain we usually have. It does not take much wind, called straight line wind, let alone a tornado, to wreak significant havoc.
I swear, the weather followed me to Tennessee. It has generally been kind of quiet weather-wise in Alabama. We are rocking and rolling in Tennessee.
This week we had a short period of straight line winds recorded at 79 miles per hour. That will do some damage, folks. It was not catastrophic, but real inconvenient. We lost power and thus Internet for a day or longer in some parts of greater Nashville. It seems like adding insult to injury in these pandemic times.
And so I observe this: God has put us in time out. He is even taking away our toys. It is looking like he might be sending a plague of snakes. (Fact based evidence is at the end of the blog). 🤣 I hope we get his message soon.
I am coming to love IGTV. This week my treat was to see an interview by Leica Boston with my friend, Vicki Windman. I like to apply the mathematical transitive property of equality to lots of things. If Vicki is a cool street photographer and I know her, I must be cool street photographer, too. I wish I could provide a link, but the nature of IGTV is that it is transitory.
There is a cool link for the week to a blog in Petapixel, These Photos Show How Easy It Is to Create Fake News with Photography. It is literally a must-see.
On the good news front, I have posted on Street Photography Challenge for the first time since the pandemic began. I hope this signals that some kind of photography can be a part of my sheltering down. I have a long time left (minimum 8 weeks) since I plan to abide by Nashville’s carefully crafted re-opening plan. My age group has to shelter down through all 4 stages after it starts. It starts on May 9.
Please be safe. No matter your age, viral dosing, the amount of exposure you actually get, can drive seriously dangerous cases of Rona. You can control that some by wearing a mask, keeping a safe distance and washing your hands.
Photo by Kate Johnson. Used with permission.
This fellow greeted my little granddaughter, Lucy, as she went running into the house on Monday, May 4. Lucy has never been particularly trustful of creatures, so this was something of a catastrophe.
Photo by Miss Erin. Used with permission.
The same day when Miss Erin, Lucy’s nanny for the pandemic, went home, she was greeted by this fellow.
The sky is truly falling.