Wednesday, April 22, 2020
The pandemic continues. Yesterday, over 2,600 people died. The death toll in Arizona is now 208. The Navajo Nation is badly affected. The Tohono O'odham Nation has so far been doing well, they have blocked entry into Sells to help keep people safe.
I wander around my yard looking at flowers. The cacti should be blooming soon, they have started elsewhere.
Prickly pear at the 1929 Pima County Courthouse.
I have potatoes and some sort of melon or squash growing in my compost area, next to the nectarine or peach tree, which does not have any fruit on it this year.
Birdy has moved to a tent in the backyard, set up a little camp for himself. He seems very happy there. My dining room is almost back to normal, but no dinner parties will take place for a while. I have started on my third puzzle, this one has birds.
Doug re-glued three of the chairs, which I put back after this photo was taken.
I gave myself a haircut yesterday. It looks okay, I didn't make a mess of it.
Should pay myself $25.
I made two more loaves of no-knead bread. One was raisin cinnamon and the other cheese. The raisin one was quite good, although I put it in the oven a few hours early and it did not rise as much as it should. The cheese bread looks pretty amazing, but is just sort of mediocre taste-wise.
Cheese no-knead bread.
I'm sending some more money off to my Amish brother. His group is returning their stimulus checks. He says they don't really understand about social distancing- still holding church, but shorter services, as if that will somehow ameliorate things. The Amish don't pay much attention to the outside world and this is going to cause a lot of problems if his community gets infected.
