I started 2021 off right, I slept in until almost 8:30! It's cloudy, calm, temperature is in the 20's, and about an inch of snow on the ground. Not bad. The year ended on a somber note and hopefully 2021 can bring us better memories. It seemed strange to see the ball drop at Times Square and not all the people. I guess it all started with the Macy's day parade being a couple blocks long and ending with a couple hundred people at Times Square. Today we watched the Rose Bowl Parade Celebration which was different but interesting. The committee put together a two hour presentation on past parades. It was fun to see how technology has changed the parade over the years.
Today is a quiet day and I need to go out and fill the bird feeders. No birds is a good indication that the feeders are empty. It will take a one gallon milk jug full of sunflower seeds (no hulls) and three suet cakes to get all the feeders filled. It is surprising how fast the birds will be back at the feeders.
The 2021 calendar looks pretty empty except for upcoming birthdays. Hopefully, places will be able to open up again shortly, but the health organization stresses that it will take some time for the pandemic to be over. They still haven't determined if when you build up an immunity if you still be able to spread the virus. I hope our immunity will also prevent us from spreading it to someone else who has not been vaccinated.
I was reading an article the other day about the World Health Organization working with airlines and other organization about developing an Immunization Card of some sort that will be on your smartphone and it will show if you have been vaccinated or have an immunity to the virus. You would have to show this in order to board a plane and I wouldn't be surprised that other organization might also request to see the information. It could easily be set up in such a way that it could be viewed by other businesses. As Governor Coumo said the other night, we are about to enter a "new normal". Normal as we use to know it might never come back, or come back with some changes.. I personally think that our smartphones will become our new form of identity. There will be no need for drivers licenses as we know them today. Credit cards as we know them will also be gone. The technology is already here and is being used by many people. It wasn't very long ago when I went into the bank to get some cash for our trip to Branson. The teller was a younger person and after he counted out my money, he said "It won't be long before we won't be doing this anymore." (I still have over half of that cash left.) This pandemic is going to open many doors and close as many. So you may think some are good and some you might not like, but the bottom line is, "change is coming.."
Well, since I started writing the blog, I went out and filled all the feeders and put out some suet. Yep, got all sorts of visitors..
This posting is long enough, stay healthy, and to my friends that do have COVID and to those that are recovering from it, get well soon and you are in my thoughts and prayers.
Jim
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