Kid did NOT want to log onto school this morning. He eventually did, but he …

Kid did NOT want to log onto school this morning. He eventually did, but he was really mad about it. I just walked by his room and he’s taken the cardboard stand-up of Spark that he & his mom made for Pokemon Go fest and set it up to block the door like he’s guarding the entrance.

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Fortunately, Spark is considerate enough to wear a face mask per pandemic recommendations.

Head and shoulders of a cardboard cutout of Spark (Pokemon Go) with a pennant covering his mouth and nose like a bandana.

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I don’t have a clever caption for this one, but thought it was cool that …

I don’t have a clever caption for this one, but thought it was cool that I caught the Croagunk *right there* while trying to decide what to do with the frog statue.

Incidentally, the frog statue is a Pokestop. And so is the historical cabin in the Sneasel picture.

#Pokemon

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Thinking back to the last “normal” weekend in southern California

Thinking back to the last “normal” weekend in southern California before it became clear that covid-19 was spreading locally & closures started.

After a busy Saturday & Sunday morning, I went out for a calming photo walk at the beach.

Not many people were there. I’m not sure if it was just not warm enough yet, or people were starting to keep their distance already, or if they were just all at the other end where there was a kite festival.

#photo #beach #SocialDistancing #california

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Wild and Domestic Mallards

Mallards, Pintails, and Allies

While some cities have only closed playgrounds and sports facilities at their parks, Manhattan Beach has closed them all outright. Polliwog Park has a large pond year-round that attracts ducks, geese and coots, plus gulls and pigeons stopping in. The park has been literally wrapped in caution tape for a month, and the ducks that normally stay in and around the pond have come out to the edges by the sidewalks where people can still walk by and feed them.

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I’ve seen several discarded face #masks by the side of the road while walking around the neighborhood.

I don’t understand: They’re not easy enough to find that you can just toss one and replace it on a whim. What’s the story? Did someone rip another person’s mask off and throw it in the dirt as a form of bullying? Throw their own mask away in frustration?

More observations on mask trends in my neighborhood (including banks!) at Where Everyone Wears a Mask

A face mask discarded on the ground.

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Seeing a lot of these signs in front of restaurants

Seeing a lot of these signs in front of restaurants when I go walking in the neighborhood.

Most people have been really good at maintaining social distancing while out. The group in the distance seemed to all be one family.

Except for runners. Runners passing me from behind (where I can’t see them to move out of the way myself) have a 50/50 track record of dodging around vs. just zooming past at a distance of a foot.

kelsonv: Seeing a lot of thes

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