Iris Day on May 8th
It's now day 5 of easing up on lockdown restrictions enforced since March 10th, but the reality of it all is that while some people get to return to work, others may not even have a job to go back to. My husband continues to smart-work from home (down to 2 days a week with the other 3 paid in Italy's version of unemployment benefits) and will do so until his employer has jumped through every single hoop to make the workplace environment as safe as possible. If all goes according to plan, he returns to a sterile office at the end of the month.
But enough of Covid-19 woes. As I said, restrictions have eased a bit, and now we can venture beyond the 150 meter limit from our home! I know, that edict was so maddening and frustrating for the past 2 months, but now we've got the go ahead to walk about as long as we're within the confines of our municipality. We make sure to have our masks ready as a precaution, in the (unlikely) event that a bunch of neighbors might get out for a stroll themselves.
It was a beautiful full moon the other night and having moon on the brain, I took some photos of white and violet lunaria annua (common name, honesty). They grow like weeds on the side of the road; can't believe my favorite garden catalog actually sells seeds. I was aware that the Latin name had something to do with the moon, but I had no idea that in other countries, the plant is associated with moola. Silver dollars? Money plant? Coins of Judas? Wikipedia: Lunaria_annua
Lunaria annua, known as honesty or annual honesty in English
Lunaria annua in the 1st week of May
2 comments:
wow I had no idea how strict you guys had it! makes me wonder how far 150 meters is...
It's just under 500 feet so try marking a path out to your nearest grocery store or park and see how far that gets you. I felt for those folks in Milan/big cities that basically live on top of each other in apartments; it must've been like habitating in one big jail.
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