morleymooseisontheloose: The new normal?

Ahhh, the new normal, sunsets at Stanley Park. (Oh ya, wait a minute, that was actually the last night you could drive in Stanley Park due to Covid-19)

I'm sure for everyone, it's been quite an adjustment.

The positives: ahhh, home-cooked meals. (mostly served by the master in-house chef herself)

.....actually it was 3 thumbs up if you include me!)

Another positive: going through boxes of junk I have stored over the years and finding cool junk like this Charlestown Chiefs figurine from the movie Slap Shot.

.....and finding old pictures, like this one of my brother Rick (who just passed away in December.) and his wife

Wendy, who came to visit us when we lived in the Okanagan back in the 70's?

....and this pic of my brother Don (who passed away in 1984 and bro Skip. They had a chance to hoist the Stanley Cup at a hotel in Edmonton back when the Oilers won their first of five cups.

...and finding notes from the kids back when they were little, Priceless!

When was the last time gas was under a $1 per litre??? (In Vancouver, not in recent memory)

We did wander from home a couple of times. We went to Spanish Banks out by UBC on one evening.

This would be one of the last times we have ventured very far from home as the gravity of the Covid-19 situation was settling in.

Another attempt at cell phone camera art.

We did get to see a seal, though!

People seem to be listening to the stay at home advice.

Outside of my condo, that is one crazy looking squirrel.

......I've been keeping busy, though, like watching Ritsue heading to the store.....

......watching Ritsue go to the store......

.....watching Ritsue farther away heading to the store.....

......and watching, oh never mind, you get the picture, or pictures.....

.....the bonus of house arrest is all the good home cooking. Ritsue preparing what I am calling her famous dumplings.

Oh man!

Voila'! So scrumptious!

Lots of time to stare out the window and watch the ever changing weather.

Not quite there yet, but I am on the 11th floor....

Many interesting, oishii (tasty) dishes these days, courtesy of Ritsue.

Watching Mt. Baker is another one of my hobbies these days.

Fresh bread?!!! Woohoo!

Haha, Ritsue sewed us matching masks.

One of the news stories was on the downfall of the tourism industry in British Columbia. This shot is of the Rocky Mountaineer train on its way from Vancouver to the Rockies. I'm proud to say I was on the train on that day. (I was part of a group of actors on the train filming a commercial. I distinctly remember the smoke from the many forest fires around the area that summer.)

More home, more food! This time chijimi!

The cherry blossoms have come and gone.

The Queen made a rare speech, reassuring her country amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

This looks like a bad news story, but it's actually a good news story. I bought a new Black & Decker mixer around Christmas time. It died mid use about a month ago. I could not find the receipt, so I thought I'd take a chance a call B & D. They said if I sent a picture of the cut cord, and a $6 charge for shipping and handling, they would send me a new one. I'm happy to report it arrived yesterday!