Hoping for rain but watering the really parched area this morning. Cucumbers are coming on and lots of peppers and tomatoes (tiny tom tomatoes). Some snow peas and beans are also coming on but the rows are very short so we will not get very much. The carrots are growing tops quickly now and the beets are coming along. We have another set of peppers but they are a bit crowded so might not produce very much.
The sunflowers are starting to open and I love sunflowers. We have several areas where they are growing so hope to see a few birds before they migrate south in the fall. Last year the cardinals had a wonderful time swooping down to grab sunflower seeds and then away again. I could see them out of my work room window.
The last week in July and this month managed to pass very quickly. It is 2 and a half months since my husband left the hospital. He is getting stronger but it is harder when you are 77 I expect. We are trying to do a 20 minutes walk every day now plus the walking and exercises that he does in the house. It is pretty warm outside for a lengthy walk of any kind.
Getting all the salt out of his diet has been a challenge but it is amazing what you can come up with in terms of adjusting recipes and creating most meals from scratch. A little more time consuming but the net effect has been good.
I have almost forgotten about my knee now as life has been pretty busy. I can still feel the slight swelling when I do some yoga poses so work to do there yet and I will get back to that in the Fall. But I am back to running three kilometres per day plus another hour of aerobic exercise so a good recovery just need that little extra stretching in the knee to bring it back totally to normal. It was a long process so best advice is not to fall for sure but if you do then immediately go into repair mode and do not wait for the condition to worsen. Trust I remember that the next time!
Other than that life is just moving along. No ideas on the next steps our government should step with COVID-19. It really is a wait and see game. If people are always careful; follow the rules; wear a mask when around people outside of your bubble, and practise frequent hand washing then I think the odds of a smaller second wave are quite likely. The first wave will probably not end in terms of being zero but we are in a waiting period now for sure.
Only four days though and another million cases worldwide. I wonder if in the long run this will affect how we actually think and do things for a long future time? I would really like it if one of the good things that come out of COVID-19 is relying on local manufacturing and thus improve those industries. We do not have to take the lowest bid on government purchases; it could be the lowest Canadian bid that provides jobs for Canadians and certainly being a Canadian company should be an asset. It could be that trade rules will have to refine themselves to protect home industry although CAMUS should protect the manufacturing hub of North America if everyone plays by the rules. A unified approach helps all of us as some parts of countries are much more efficient at producing some products. Certainly with our long winters our need for fresh produce for eight months of the year is huge. There are similar needs in the other two countries in CAMUS.
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