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Wow, after dreadful months of Stay-at-Home cabin fever due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it felt good to be outside again, in our backyard, weeding and grass cutting!<\/p>\n

Prepping our backyard for summer never felt so good. My purple crocuses were blooming, and tulip bulb were sprouting leaves.<\/p>\n

Can’t wait for summer!<\/p>\n

As a writer, I do enjoy laying out in the sun – with a notebook and pen – writing to-do lists, sketching out characters or plotting out scenes I need to write.<\/p>\n

But being cooped up inside the house since mid-March, with vacation plans dashed and postponed, it sure felt good to be active outdoors.<\/p>\n

\"screenwriter<\/a>No need for masks in our fenced in backyard! That’s a GREAT thing.<\/p>\n

Ordered a new pop-up gazebo to house our patio furniture. Bought new solar lighting to add colorful ambiance beyond our wood-burning fire pit.<\/p>\n

Yard decorating will take weeks to complete.<\/p>\n

Memorial Day weekend it will be ready.<\/p>\n

Just hope will have sunshine for the long weekend.<\/p>\n

I hope everyone fared well over this pandemic. Hope everyone can has a backyard, porch or balcony to venture out on to as the weather turns sunny and warm.<\/p>\n

If not, I feel your pain.<\/p>\n

Sit by a window and enjoy the sunshine when it comes.<\/p>\n

Soak up some SUN!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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