Sunday, December 13, 2020

Sunday, December 13, 2020

Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2003. That Christmas we took Mattie to Los Angeles to celebrate the holidays with my parents. It was a big deal for my family as Mattie was the first and only grandchild. Each day we did an activity with Mattie and in this picture he was outside with Peter in the backyard, exploring!

Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.

• number of people diagnosed with the virus: 16,211,498
• number of people who died from the virus: 298,923

It may be December, but it felt like Spring outside. It was a glorious day. We took Sunny on a three mile walk at Turkey Run park. This park isn't far from where we live and on weekends when Roosevelt Island is too busy and the parking lot is full.... we head to Turkey Run. 

We walked along the waterfront and for the time we were out and about, life felt more normal. We had conversations with other walkers today and met a few dogs as well. 

The beauty of the Potomac Heritage Trail!

Of course for Sunny, he was thrilled to be on a new adventure, as we took a path we had never been on before! 

In many ways, I am thankful for Sunny, because without him, Peter and I would probably not walk as much and we certainly wouldn't have a good excuse to leave our home. Instead, we would work the day away, and today was too nice of a day not to spend a part of it outside.