Adverse effects

The lockdown situation due to COVID-2019 has perverse effects on our humans : here are a few.

We have to anticipate to go and buy our food, and allow a little more time. Anticipating being a need at Claire’s, it doesn’t bother her too much.

The hours of wakefulness, sleep, and meals are completely out of sync with some of our domestic staff. This point is more problematic : our human needs a very regular rhythm, and a number of hours of almost feline sleep. When she realized that she was starting to go to bed regularly two hours later than usual, that she was getting up later but not really rested, that she was starting to nibble and buy junk food, Claire forced herself to go to bed at the usual time, started planning healthy and balanced meals again, and put on a wake-up call to get up in the morning.

Finally, forced promiscuity gets on the nerves of some. Fortunately, this is not the case for Momo and Claire !

We also noticed that we were a little behind the blogosphere these days, as if we had lost some of our « blogging mojo » : let’s hope it doesn’t last too long !

What about in your homes ? Do your humans manage to keep a semblance of normality in their lives ?

Happy Easter !

The temperatures are almost summery (24 C – 75 F, which is very hot for the season), and the Easter weekend looks bright. Our ornamental cherry (prunus) is in bloom for Easter, and Claire planted the first salads in the garden.

No family reunion and no Easter meal this year, can you imagine ? Not even a small dish to lick !

But don’t let that stop you from keeping some traditions : whether in the garden, on the terrace or in the living room, we hope that your egg hunt will be a success !

Happy Easter !

Summer time, selfie, and other news

We went through summer time today ; I hate this change. I haven’t recovered from losing that hour of sleep yet.

The sunny weekend was conducive to walks. During one of them, Claire and Momo met this beautiful family who rested in the sun at the entrance of the village.

This little guy insisted on taking a selfie (with his mom’s permission of course).

We heard yesterday that our friend Zaza had won her wings and left us on Friday, March 27. She loved to walk in her garden, so these spring pictures are for her.

Fly free, Zaza…