April 9, 2020

A cold and rainy day. I did get the remaining staples pulled out of the posts yesterday. One thorned branch did catch my face and scratched my upper lip. I dabbed it with my white hankerchief and, noticing a few blood stains, kidded myself that I was just taking one for the team; a little reminiscent of Curt Schilling’s bloody sock.

 

The fence is all here though. I made the drive to NH today and picked up the wire fencing and wood posts. Wellscroft Farm is taking the Covid 19 virus seriously as a sign directed visitors to wait in a parking lot until someone came to get them and my loading assistant and I did most of our communication with him in the tractor/loader and me on the ground. Meanwhile, the trucker bringing the fencing material from PA  arrived late this afternoon. He was delayed because he had a tire blowout the previous day and the few repair shops that were open had limited hours.  Places open to purchase a meal were also difficult to access on the road with a big rig; and although he was traveling by himself and being very careful with his social distancing, most people enroute treated him like he had the plague.

 

Even though the virus projections have it peaking soon and the experts are saying all this social distancing is really helping, we’re all going to have to deal with disruptions and hunker down longer. I realize the loss of human life, economic impact, and feelings of confinement and helplessness are real and we’re maybe feeling it a little more on a cold, wet, and dreary day like today. And maybe it’s OK to be down a little bit these days and it might be appropriate being Good Friday is tomorrow. Sunday’s Easter probably won’t bring a miraculous end to the Covid 19 pandemic, but it should bring a little hope and new perspective back into our lives. Meanwhile, if you happen to cross paths with a tall trucker with a southern accent on his way to pick up a load in Connecticut today, please treat him kindly. He’s only trying to do his job.

 

First photo: The PA fencing material

Second photo: Lionel: “Working” in the office on a rainy day.

Third photo: The posts I picked up in NH