We went to town early to pick up a few groceries, bananas and such. Very light traffic, but a long line at H-E-B. (I think they were limiting entrance and making one way lines, but not sure. Probably went fast.) We went to Walmart instead. Gene was in and out in a few minutes. Some of the stores are having the first hour for old folks, maybe that was it as well.
Anyway, I sketched in the car on my iPhone using the Brushes app and my fingers.
Number 4, a road gutter grate - substituted the cross walk with lines
Gene had to wait a couple of minutes for me to finish so I didn't tidy up the sketches too much.
Maybe I will use my extra time today in a more productive manner. Really frittered away the extra baseball time. Everything in sports at The University of Texas is cancelled until fall. Hard on the athletes.
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We read/listened to on Audible Martha McCallum's book, Unknown Valor. It is amazing and read by Martha. She researched this with a team for several years and traveled to Iwo Jima with veterans for the annual ceremony which is also attended by Japanese. She found a couple of her uncle's buddies and interviewed them. Hard to listen to the horror and loss of lives in the Pacific in World War II. The parts about her family and other friends is heart warming and read with a smile in her voice when she remembers her uncle. She includes conversation from the letters home and memories of the families. I highly recommend it and wish our youngsters would read and understand more of what our country is all about. The pride, dedication and responsibility accepted by the 18 year olds and younger that lied about their age to get into the battle is told with humility and love. Thanks to Martha McCallum for this wonderful true story.
On a very different note about death and corpses we just started listening to Stiff by Mary Roach. It is about corpses that are dedicated to science and how much they have helped advances in medicine. We have heard the prologue about why she wrote the book and just got into the first chapter. So far is is a "fun" read about people finding out about what her book is about and unexpected reactions. The book was recommended by Gene's cancer doctor when we told him we wanted to donate our bodies to science. I will let you know how it goes.
I just posted my post from a few days ago so you may want to go back a post to see that one.
6 comments:
You're right, Jo. This nightmare might cut down on the flu...lol Lets hope, especially since I didn't get the Flu shot this year. I always got it when my Dad was alive since I didn't want to get him sick. Now its my turn so I think I'll get it from now on....lol
Wonderful sketches, my friend!
Thanks, hmuxo. Gene can't get a flu shot because of his medication. We both used to get them for his mom. I didn't get one last year or this year. Not a good idea. It would help protect him, too. My real problem is I never think of us as old. Gene just called a neighbor to see if we could go shopping for them. I think we are older at 77 and 78. Sigh...
I like the sketch of the shopper coming out of the store. I went out to Trader Joe's today and they were limiting the number of people inside so I stood on line for a few minutes, but got lots of things I needed. Our supermarket down the street is allowing seniors to shop early in the morning (6:30-8:00) but I think I'd rather stay in bed. lol
Joan, thanks so much. We are definitely learning new ways to get essentials. Some of the stores are letting old folks in earlier here, too. The big grocery is opening 8 to 8 now instead of 6 to midnight.
Toby and I listen to mysteries together. Sometimes we listen to Lee Child's Jack Reacher stories - always makes me what to kick butt. Don't let Gene listen to these :) We also listen to David Baldacci and Daniel Silva.
Bag Blog, we listen in the car. I have to be careful if I'm driving can't listen to a real intense book, I lose track of driving, just like talking on the phone. I play music when alone.
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