Gramma Camp – Week 26 Monday

 The week began with a bang. I threw the garbage outside, fed the 2nd last batch of food for the deer. Waking the girls, our day had begun. 

I read online that our health unit was open to vaccinate 70+-year-olds. Online I went. No appointments available, none nearby, and I stopped looking when I hit June. We're going to wait. Surely they will open up the pharmacies. Almonte is 50 km away, or Ottawa, or Brockville. Napanee (91 km), Orleans (87 km), Ottawa City Hall (74 km), Kingston (71 km), Nepean (63 km).

There are select pharmacies that have vaccines, but they are few and far between. There was a piece on the news that those in small towns, with such pharmacies, are irate that out-of-towners are booking appointments, and locals are not being accommodated. Joe, being over 70 can get one at one of the large centres. Me, they sent to the pharmacies.

Grampa went into town to buy new summer tires, and book an appointment to put them on. Winter is over. I suggested it, since we have no idea how well the supply chain is doing for new tires! 

I did a short workout in the basement, then headed upstairs to see if all was well. The three news channels were all showing the same press conference with George Floyd's family. I just couldn't watch. I have to protect my mental health, as well.  

Josee's one teacher (she has at least 2, 3?) went on long-term disability. This is stressful for many. I asked how things were going. There were zero kids with their videos on. She said they'd been given asynchronous time during a synchronous period to work on an assignment she finished last week. She is working on another assignment. She is a good girl.

During our big break, at 1:45, Isabelle went tree climbing, while Jos and I emptied and refilled the wood duck nesting boxes.

Josie’s teacher had to leave the Google Meet. Her kid’s day care called and her kid has a cough, and she has to go get the kid and have them tested for COVID. It’s not easy! Many schools are closing as they don't have enough occasional teachers. 

After our work was done, we did some crafts. We'll send them to the cousins out west.

Dinner done, Isabelle was playing on the computer. Jos and I went walkies down to the trailcam.  First, we had to greet the doe and Nutmeg under the bird feeder.

We met Cinnamon along the way, and he tagged along. Truly, he led us along.

The frog pond is still partly frozen.

I love the trees. They have such character. 

The wetland isn't all that wet. 

By then we were tuckered out. 

The trailcam showed Chad📹, the coyote, who visited in the dark. (Isabelle has been calling him Chad!)  Here he is again, in the daylight; Chad coyote Mar 29 

There are rumours the provincial government is going to cancel our March April break. The kids and the teachers all need a break. I just don't know how they can do this. Our public health officer is a dipstick. He says there isn't any transmission in schools, which is a crock, and he and our premier think COVID–19 isn't spread in schools. Crikey... Toronto School Board teachers are being told to take everything home Thursday after school, there are closed for Good Friday. The rumours are flying about a full shut down, as well.