Tonight's picture was taken in October of 2004. Mattie was two years old and that weekend we took him to a Fall festival. A tradition we did with Mattie each year. He loved being outdoors, running around, exploring, and of course checking out all the pumpkins. Mattie was attracted to the color orange. No surprise that his Foundation's color is therefore orange. I love this photo that Peter took of us, because Mattie was a busy body and really did not want to be posing for a photo at that particular moment. But he put up with my request, and thankfully he did, because capturing that moment in time is so important to us.
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 45,427,357
- Number of people who died from the virus: 735,800
It was another ridiculous day here. I got up at 7am because I knew we had a lot to get done today and the person coming to give us an estimate on our fence was coming at 10am. Mind you we had no intention of replacing our fence until our neighbor pointed out that our fence (installed by the previous owner) is on his property. The neighbor found this out while he was getting an estimate for the installation of a fence (for his dog) in his backyard. So his need for a fence, has produced yet another big task for us to take on. It just keeps piling up! There is NEVER a break.
In addition to all we are juggling, walking Sunny has become laborious to me. It takes me 90 minutes to walk him with his sling. Which is probably not comfortable for him, and it most definitely is no picnic for me. Later in the day, we got out of the house, which I was thrilled about. Since we moved here, I rarely get out of the house. But every October, we go antique shopping, to look for Christmas gifts for Peter's parents. Typically we shop at the same store in Falls Church, VA. When we got there today, we saw first hand how the store has been impacted by COVID. Half of the store was boarded up and the items they had in the store, were NOTHING like they used to feature. Just another reminder of the constant changes all around us. Too many changes to adjust to for me this year.
In the midst of everything else, my computer (which I do all Foundation work) crashed. It has been getting old, and on Friday Peter replaced it. However, the issue now is accessing all my electronic files. I am sure Peter will figure this out in time, but right now I find this very stressful not having access to any of my information.
Top row (left to right): Sugar silos in Barbados; Beaumaris Castle in Wales; Oranjestad, the port in Aruba; Chichen Itza in the Yucatan of Mexico; Orkney Islands in Scotland
Second row from top (left to right): Glaciers in Alaska; 14th street causeway bridge in Fort Lauderdale; Red rocks in Sedona, Arizona; Nubble Light in Maine; Monet's Garden in Giverny, France
Third row from top (left to right): Gaudi's Chocolate Model House, Barcelona; View of Nice in France; Inside the Colosseum in Rome; USS Yorktown in Charleston, SC; Roatan in Honduras
Fourth row (left to right): the Vatican in Rome; the Key Bridge in Washington, DC; the port of Monaco; the Grand Canyon; Queen Emma Bridge in Curacao
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