Here we were at Peggy’s Cove and Halifax by the waterfront.
We miss the freedom to travel freely. Photos above ; our Halifax trip from 2017 when we attended a conference on the east coast of Nova Scotia. It was lovely warm late September weather and we enjoyed marine museums, pubs and coastal trips. We flew there and back. Next we had a trip to Vancouver in November that same year. It was also a conference. We got to enjoy some sites on the west coast though it was rainy the whole time. We loved some pre Christmas shopping at small boutique shops and a city tour. So that year we managed to see Canada’s east and west coast.
We flew several times to Germany and UK to be with family during 2018 and 2019. We had a family trip booked for March 2020 but that was not to be. Oh how we miss these travels as our days are limited as we age more rapidly now. Buddy misses all this too.
We happy to be healthy most days and not in any financial stress like so many but we worked so hard for the retirement years it is really a blow to be so restricted.
Sadly this year travel between provinces is only for essentials and of course conferences are all postponed.All the activities that kept us moving like concerts , plays and operas are all not on.
We wonder if in our time it will be possible to safely travel even within our borders again. Some travel is resuming this fall but already COVID cases are up again. It is unsettling.
In our Ontario province there are travel restrictions and many lovely places have social distancing a must if they have reopened. Sadly many places deemed a possible threat are closed and fenced off.
We have a lake we love to visit and as we drive along, our usual places to enjoy are fenced up and police are looking for violators. We saw one young couple on a motor cycle stopped for driving in a cottage area for which they had no invitation nor residence papers..
I carry our papers with me as we own a property in the lake district and this Labour day weekend we are in the area. We are making an effort to enjoy a new way to keep finding purpose and joy by staying between our two houses, one our well appointed regular house , the other one year new property With very basics like air beds and lawn chairs around a small table where we enjoy home made meals and music from our iPhones as we have Wi-Fi and our iPads.We will eventually make this property our last residence. Covid makes down sizing and moving hard so we are just going forward slowly.
I am typing this from my lawn chair by the fireplace as the eve air is now cool. Enya songs are playing at Buddy’s request. How we cope I guess varies for all of us but sadly all of us are in this together.
I have very poor vision now but still miss blogging so I will once in a while post and try to read your creative posts too.Stay well.
8 comments:
That is really sad that you can't travel I know how much you and Buddy love to travel. Also very sad that you can't even go out and ride around and go to places outside. Here we have been able to go outside the whole time the six months we have been shut in we could go to the park or go outside and walk around the neighborhood or drive to any neighborhood and walk around.
I feel for the people like you who just love to travel these days. It must feel so restricting. However the restrictions you are having to put up with are keeping your numbers down so much better than our looser ones.
You and Buddy keep doing all that you are allowed to do.
Stay safe and well.
It's good to hear from you! Stay well.
Thank you for visiting. Loved your comment.
Hello again, it was lovely to hear from you again on my blog and to read your update on this blog. I wish it could be under better circumstances but we make the best of it as we can. I'm sorry that your vision has deteriorated so much as it makes it hard for you to enjoy reading blogs and writing posts for your own. I'm glad you have found a way to pass some time between houses. I'm my world I've been keeping distant, keeping very busy with things I should done long ago but didn't or couldn't and just generally slowing down which I very much needed. Hopefully once the vaccine is ready and people can start moving around a bit more I will be in fighting form. Please continue to keep safe. Give my greetings to Buddy. I can understand how much he misses doing the usual things.
Hello Heidrun,
I’m so pleased to meet another teacher blogger. I have many teachers in my cyber family on my sidebar. I really miss seeing my children and grandchildren too. They all live on the mainland. And we also miss traveling. We always loved going to Canada when we lived in Illinois. Canada really does have the nicest people.
Dear Heidrun, it's so good to read a posting from you. I understand the hesitancy about writing because of vision concerns. But your posting so reflected what is being felt around the globe with regard to having to stay in place and not travel.
Please do not be concerned about typos or editing or any of that. Just write and let us all share in what is happening with you and Buddy and your husband. You are in my thoughts and I visualize you at your 2nd home where you can enjoy, I hope, a view of the lake that lightens your heart.
Peace, pressed down and overflowing.
Just stopping by again to thank you for your lovely comments. Please know how much I appreciate you. By the way, we visited Peggy's Cove. It's so wonderful to see your photo. We miss traveling too.
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