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Good morning everyone on this Friday morning January 1, 2021
Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this January 1, 2021!
Ringing in 2021 at San Filippo Neri Hospital in Rome. Credit...Antonio Masiello/Getty Images
A difficult year comes to a muted end
Most places in the world, from a virtually coronavirus-free New Zealand to an Ireland in lockdown, have now greeted the arrival of 2021.
In Auckland, a fireworks show and parties went on as usual. The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus first emerged, enjoyed boisterous festivities. But in general, celebrations were muted — or virtual — as the world bade good riddance to a difficult year. In most cities, there were no roaring crowds, no gatherings for fireworks shows and, let’s hope, no strangers kissing at midnight.
Though Madrid eased its curfew for the night from midnight to 1:30 a.m., people were told to stay at home as much as possible, to eat the traditional New Year’s Eve grapes while watching events on TV (and gathering in groups of no more than six). London’s Big Ben, largely silent in recent years as its clock tower underwent renovations, rang 12 times at midnight. And in Paris, the only people roaming the Champs-Élysées were some of the 100,000 police officers deployed around the country to prevent crowds from gathering.
Good Monday morning to everyone on the Front Porch! Our weatherman tells us we will have mild temperatures for about a week with a few days in the high 40"s and lows around freezing.
Welcome to the Sunday Coffee Club on the Front Porch!
Good morning to everyone on this Sunday February 28, 2021 from Madison, Wisconsin! We will have coffee during the CBS Sunday Morning News and brunch after the news. Foggy and 35* to start the morning.
Mary will be getting her 2nd Covid Virus shot tomorrow morning. Our oldest daughter who is a Social Worker will also get her 2nd Monday and our youngest who is a teacher will be getting her first in March.
I hope this Sunday morning finds everyone on the Porch well.
Hello, Porch Peeps,
Let’s say goodbye to February, and hello to March coming in like a lamb? Ha!
We are having an ugly day today with rain all day, but at least it is slowly melting some of the snow. Gusty winds coming in soon that will drop temps to very cold on Tuesday and then hopefully bounce back to nice day on Wednesday.
Still trying to find a vaccine. No luck here unless you have connections.
I need to be patient and not stress over this, I guess.
Stay safe and healthy!
Happy March.
@RosemaryF433825 ...I’m with you.
It’s hard to believe a year of COVID had passed. Looks like positive strides are being made, but I won’t be happy until I can track down a vaccine appointment. They are still technically in Phase 1A (that’s me), but no one on the “map” that is supposed to have the vaccines is allowing appointments to be made. There are just no vaccines! Many places have taken down their online forms and say not to call the pharmacy. One place looked promising…I filled out the form and at the bottom it said, “Please upload a photo of your Medicare card” HA! Like I’m going to do that! No thanks! 🤔
My stepson is driving about 2 hours to get a shot today. He found an appointment at one of 3 CVS’s in PA to have the vaccine. Unfortunately even if I could drive for 2 hours, when I checked that site last week, there were no appointments. He must have been lucky or else stayed on the computer all day to “refresh.”
@Frozenoem …what topsy turvy temps! We will be something like that although not as severe. Today is 46. Tonight strong winds come in and we’ll be down to around 8 tomorrow morning. Then back to around 50 on Wednesday.
Hang in there everyone!
Good Monday morning to everyone on the Front Porch! Our weatherman tells us we will have mild temperatures and a chance of a low temperature of 32 tonight. By the weekend we will see temperatures rise into the low 20's at night and lower 40's during the weekend day time and into next week.
I got my 2nd Covid shot yesterday with no real side affects.
Hello, Porchers,
Saturday I was outside chopping at the plow mounds at the bottom of the drive. I was done in and ready to crawl in the house and finish later as well as clean off the car, when 2 men who were just taking a walk around the neighborhood offered to finish the driveway for me AND clean off the car for free! I almost cried with relief. Of course I offered them money, but they refused it! Bless their hearts.
So I was able to get to the Acme on Sunday. It was so nice to be back to a normal grocery shopping routine. My friend who I see every Sunday was there, also. We hadn’t seen each other for 3 weeks because of the snow storms. We chatted for a while to catch up.
Everything was so nice and dry yesterday. Of course the mounds and mounds of snow are still there, lawns are still under inches/a foot? of snow, and I still can’t get the back doors open yet, but the streets were dry, and it was smooth sailing. UNTIL….today we were supposed to get a brief snow, changing to rain. I’m thinking it would wash away the “brief,” but it started snowing around 10 AM and it is still snowing. There are about 3 inches of “brief” on my car and driveway already! It looks pretty, but enough already! Not a fan of snow like I used to be, but at least if it needs to come, spread it out throughout the season, don’t keep dumping it one delivery after another.
@Frozenoem … you can have some of our snow.
Sending out prayers to the folks in Texas. My friend near Houston has 5 leaks in her house and the plumber can only find 4 of them!
Good Monday morning to everyone on the Front Porch! Our weatherman tells us we will have very cold temperatures and a chance of some snow tonight. By the weekend we will see temperatures rise into the low 20's at night and lower 30's during the weekend day time and into next week.
Someone wrote in the snow outside of the windows here a Valentine's message!
Hey, Porch Peeps, Happy Fastnacht Day!
It's hard to believe it's time for Lent to begin. Time has a way of getting away from us here in COVID land. Guessing Mardi Gras will be a little different this year down in NOLA after the super spreader last year.
Our rain came last night, and luckily we avoided the ice that stayed north of us. Ice has been a real terror for parts of the country. Poor folks in Texas!
We have another accumulating snow coming in the next couple of days.
@RosemaryF433825 , @wvgirlforever ...I second the vote on the electric blanket. Not sure how I'd be able to sleep without mine.
Please stay safe you all...from COVID and from nasty weather.
@DaveMcK ...love the message in the snow! 😻
Now I'm hungry after looking at these treats!
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