2020: The Year that Wasn't

typical summer rainstorm

2020 seems to be lost/disappearing before my eyes and although I could give you a long list of what I have accomplished, somehow it all feels like a mirage.  So 2020 the Year that Wasn't (as my neighbour said)! July and August have seemed particularly tough for those of us still in our own social bubble and disinfecting everything we bring into the home; maybe it's partly the heat and needing to stay closed up with AC. I feel like 'suzy homemaker' with all the baking, cooking, crafting and cleaning!

In case you are wondering - Suzy Homemaker was a line of miniature functional toy household appliances produced by Topper Toys, and launched in 1966. In the USA this term is used as a derisive reference to any woman with habits linked to stereotypical domestic activities traditionally done by women. 21st century update would be Martha Stewart homemaker!

Maybe all this is because History is Repeating: Letters from the 1918 'Spanish flu' outbreak make interesting reading -- independence vs indifference - see this article from The Guardian. More new meaningless phrases:  'half-maskers'(or as hubby says pointless maskers, ie those who cover mouth but not nose increasing one's coronavirus risk as the virus tends to first & most penetrate and infect the nasal cavity) and twin-demic (coming of the flu in the autumn on top of COVID-19).

My fingers are going numb from crafting, so guess I will soon have to just read, in the meantime, I notice the cold water from my tap is hot enough to take a bath (a Florida issue in the heat and humidity).

washed up by Hurricane Laura
could they be sea squirts?

This week's beach sights:

Sea Squirts

Man with fruit - melons or coconut

look closely - swimmers with fishing pelicans 

aftermath of summer thunderstorms