Flattening the Curve, Day 15

Hello everyone, does your local park look like mine?

A sign of the times, indeed. In mid-March the Governor of my state signed the Stay Home, Stay Safe order which is still in place. Then on March 23rd another order further closed down recreational spaces like Amazon Park, above.

Yes, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is here and it's frightening.

The good news though is that community awareness (at least in my neighborhood) appears to be high. As I walked around Amazon Park and the surrounding area today, people were, for the most part, adhering to the social distancing rule. The order to stay at home does allow for outdoor recreation - just not any activity where people are gathered together. There were a lot of families out and dogs getting their walkies.

Since the stay at home order, I was thinking it's time for me to get back to walking as exercise, so this was both a melancholy walk down memory lane and an opportunity to breath fresh air and smell the lovely fragrance of spring.

This park brings back so many memories for each member of my family. Although all the playground equipment is new from when we used to go, we still have images in our minds of the way it used to look. There were many happy days playing, bike riding and picnicking here. Both of our kids learned to ride their bikes here and there were also a few birthday parties.

So although the playground structures are different, the lay out of the park and the pathways are still the same as they used to be, as I dream of happier days and hope that there will be many more happy days to come for this generation of children.

Take care friends and family. And be safe.