Social Distancing: Remembering What We Have

We took time to honor our military service members who gave their lives serving this country this week.
Things looked different because of the pandemic. In-person memorial services were cancelled or cut way back, but with the change we could see the birth of a new tradition to honor those service members this morning.

Peter Thiel is a band teacher at Carl Ben Eielson Middle School in Fargo.
He posted a video of him playing taps, a solitary salute to fallen heroes for Memorial Day.
He wrote , “Really cool way to honor those who have fallen. I hope this becomes a tradition that lives on.”
I think a lot of people around here agree. The video has more than four thousand views between Facebook and Twitter this morning.

The long weekend is a good chance to get out and enjoy Mother Nature as we finally can rely on warm weather.

My girlfriend and I took a nice walk through a local park. I posted this selfie with my awful windswept hair seeing if people could guess what bridge I was on.

A few people tried but no one got it. We were at Oak Grove Park.

I don’t know if I’ve been taking it for granted before, but this year Mother Nature seemed to step up her game pretty much overnight.
The trees and flowers are popping a lot more than they were even a week or two ago. We took some beautiful pictures.

I think with social distancing, I’m appreciating more of what I can do.
Restaurants or movies or bars have been a pipe dream the last couple month.
But COVID-19 can’t take away a simple stroll through the park.
And everyone who was there was respectful of social distancing. No one got within 15 feet of me.
It’s a nice reminder that we’re still pretty lucky even as we cope with strange new times.

Are you enjoying nature now that we’ve finally got some consistent nice weather? Show us!
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