Blameless Rainy Cakes and Bunnies with Eggs and Lime
March, once again, has refused to end. Although we are generally confined to the house, in normal weather for Santa Barbara spring, we would be having breakfast and dinner outside. But this year…
“… it’s still cold outside.” Nazy complained.
“And windy.” I concurred.
We had essentially no rain during the traditional rainy season (Dec-Feb), but March has made up for the shortage. It’s been wet, cold and windy.
Last Sunday we celebrated Easter with Melika and Tom (and Tiger, Arrow and Azelle). Nazy baked an Easter Cake and Melika set up the Easter Tree. Tom and Melika also hid Easter Eggs all over their backyard. And Tom, really psyched, wore his giant Easter Bunny costume.
While Tom was getting into costume, I was reading a book to Azelle in her room. Tom, costumed, knocked at the door.
Azelle jumped off my lap and opened the door. She looked up at a 6 foot tall Easter Bunny with a head bigger than a basketball. Not saying a word, she quietly shut the door and headed back to my lap.
However, later she enthusiastically joined the Easter Egg hunt outside — perhaps Melika’s bunny ears were a bit less intimidating.
“Intimidating, Dan?” Nazy asks. “Nothing is intimidating to Azelle.”
The boys followed the bunny outside, finding hidden eggs all around the hills and valleys of their yard.
We are very lucky that we’re close to Melika and Tom’s house and that both families are, so far at least, virus-free. Meanwhile, Easter was also taking place up in Bellingham, Washington. Darius and Christiane also celebrated with Leandra (age 2) and Auriane (age 1). Demonstrating bad timing, Christiane celebrated with a broken foot..
“Bad timing, Dan?” Nazy interrupts. “What exactly would be a good time to break a foot?”
“Let’s stop at the grocery store, Dan,” Nazy said. “Lazy Acres has cashews and limes.”
“Of course, my dear.” I replied. “Cashews and limes?” I thought. “Hardly essential items.”
As soon as we got into the store, we bought a few more things. So..
“… few more that we can’t carry all that stuff home,” I noted.
“I’m sure that you can carry it, Dan.” Nazy replied.
“Really?,” I thought. “I’ll walk home and get the car,” I replied.
Back home, we continue to help teaching the boys. Tiger is writing letters and learning Farsi. Both he and Arrow are learning Math: Arrow likes addition, Tiger is more into subtraction, multiplication and division. I’ve even helped out a couple of times with Tiger’s Zoom meetings with his Kindergarten class.
Azelle, too young for even pre-school, is busy learning words while she pulls everything out of the kitchen cabinets.
“Azelle,” I said as I surveyed the giant mess in front of a floor level cabinet, “Who made that mess?”
“Arrow!” Azelle shouted.
“I don’t think so. Who made that mess?” I repeated.
“Arrow.” Azelle replied somewhat less emphatically.
“Who did it?” I asked again.
“Ah - Zelle.” She whispered.
Now it looks like we will remain tethered to the house for at least another month. Luckily, we have a competent and truthful Governor. Unluckily, we need to rely on the Federal Government that is ‘led’ by a responsibility-immune “I take no responsibility&rdquo
, blame-shifting (“it was China”, “It was a Democrat hoax”, “it was Obama”, it was the Governors&rdquo, February-forgetting ignoramus who’s current strategy is to take credit for anything good that happens while smearing someone (anyone) else for anything bad. He is supported by a plethora of principle-challenged GOP Congressional enablers.
“At least Azelle is cute when she blames someone else,” I thought. “Trump looks like a clueless braggart.”
For what it is worth, this challenge will accelerate some trends that were already underway in the retail and educational arena. Business and citizen, discovering that they like cleaner air, will accelerate the work from home concept. New ways of doing things will be inspired. So..
“… it’s still cold outside.” Nazy complained.
“And windy.” I concurred.
We had essentially no rain during the traditional rainy season (Dec-Feb), but March has made up for the shortage. It’s been wet, cold and windy.
Last Sunday we celebrated Easter with Melika and Tom (and Tiger, Arrow and Azelle). Nazy baked an Easter Cake and Melika set up the Easter Tree. Tom and Melika also hid Easter Eggs all over their backyard. And Tom, really psyched, wore his giant Easter Bunny costume.
While Tom was getting into costume, I was reading a book to Azelle in her room. Tom, costumed, knocked at the door.
Azelle jumped off my lap and opened the door. She looked up at a 6 foot tall Easter Bunny with a head bigger than a basketball. Not saying a word, she quietly shut the door and headed back to my lap.
However, later she enthusiastically joined the Easter Egg hunt outside — perhaps Melika’s bunny ears were a bit less intimidating.
“Intimidating, Dan?” Nazy asks. “Nothing is intimidating to Azelle.”
The boys followed the bunny outside, finding hidden eggs all around the hills and valleys of their yard.
We are very lucky that we’re close to Melika and Tom’s house and that both families are, so far at least, virus-free. Meanwhile, Easter was also taking place up in Bellingham, Washington. Darius and Christiane also celebrated with Leandra (age 2) and Auriane (age 1). Demonstrating bad timing, Christiane celebrated with a broken foot..
“Bad timing, Dan?” Nazy interrupts. “What exactly would be a good time to break a foot?”
The weather cooperated with the outdoor celebration: the sky was blue, the grass green and the temperature moderate. Christiane’s foot is healing.. now she can walk around a bit if she only puts weight on her heel.
Nazy and I also took advantage of a rare warm and sunny day to walk along the beach. We had our masks that we pulled into place whenever we came even close to someone else. We wore our gloves the entire walk. On the way back home…
“Let’s stop at the grocery store, Dan,” Nazy said. “Lazy Acres has cashews and limes.”
“Of course, my dear.” I replied. “Cashews and limes?” I thought. “Hardly essential items.”
As soon as we got into the store, we bought a few more things. So..
“… few more that we can’t carry all that stuff home,” I noted.
“I’m sure that you can carry it, Dan.” Nazy replied.
“Really?,” I thought. “I’ll walk home and get the car,” I replied.
Back home, we continue to help teaching the boys. Tiger is writing letters and learning Farsi. Both he and Arrow are learning Math: Arrow likes addition, Tiger is more into subtraction, multiplication and division. I’ve even helped out a couple of times with Tiger’s Zoom meetings with his Kindergarten class.
Azelle, too young for even pre-school, is busy learning words while she pulls everything out of the kitchen cabinets.
“Azelle,” I said as I surveyed the giant mess in front of a floor level cabinet, “Who made that mess?”
“Arrow!” Azelle shouted.
“I don’t think so. Who made that mess?” I repeated.
“Arrow.” Azelle replied somewhat less emphatically.
“Who did it?” I asked again.
“Ah - Zelle.” She whispered.
Now it looks like we will remain tethered to the house for at least another month. Luckily, we have a competent and truthful Governor. Unluckily, we need to rely on the Federal Government that is ‘led’ by a responsibility-immune “I take no responsibility&rdquo
, blame-shifting (“it was China”, “It was a Democrat hoax”, “it was Obama”, it was the Governors&rdquo, February-forgetting ignoramus who’s current strategy is to take credit for anything good that happens while smearing someone (anyone) else for anything bad. He is supported by a plethora of principle-challenged GOP Congressional enablers. “At least Azelle is cute when she blames someone else,” I thought. “Trump looks like a clueless braggart.”
For what it is worth, this challenge will accelerate some trends that were already underway in the retail and educational arena. Business and citizen, discovering that they like cleaner air, will accelerate the work from home concept. New ways of doing things will be inspired. So..
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