We made it through the opening bell of Daylight Savings Time and the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. The DST will last a whole lot longer than the joy of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. We will have to put our “greens” back into storage for next year. There is talk of making DST a permanent thing and in this day and age, it should not come as a shock as just about everything else is being affected by changes. Often times it is not the will of the majority that makes or wants these changes.

Our social conversation skills will probably have to sharpen up as we hopefully creep into more social times. Translated, that is speaking in person to another person without a mask to cover up our faces. What will it be like to speak to a real person’s face and not have to guess who is saying “Hi, How are you”? I so appreciated people who walked up to me and said “Hi Bea, this is Lori”, or whatever their name was. I did not have to guess, as most times the regular voice would be muffled by the mask and of course, facial recognition was hindered. The plus part of the mask wearing is that I felt I never had to think about a bad hair day. If the hair was bad, it was totally due to the mask!

Being able to do more face to face time might also help the new problem of “Zoom Fatigue”. It appears that extensive time of watching and concentrating on Zoom events, leaves one very tired, restless and unable to move on to do other things. I was not a heavy “Zoomer” so I got the good parts of it by taking some on-line classes and also meetings for places like the Potomac Fiber Arts Guild monthly meetings. I learned how to make amazing German window stars for Christmas and how to make Hot Chocolate Bombs. I am moving on to making Easter Hot Chocolate Bombs using white chocolate and spring colored food items. I actually purchased some Peeps to use in the bombs. It has been years since I brought some of them into the household. Truly the years of changes! Thank You ZOOM from Bea.

Speaking of changes, the one thing I wish would change would be the use of the blue headlights on cars. I am one of those people that have a few issues with seeing the world a bit different than most people, for real. At night all headlights have rays that come out of the main headlight and make a big halo. I have gotten used to that as it has been my whole life time experience. The blue lights (some more than others) are a different story. Oncoming blue lights are like someone kicks me in the tummy and I get an instant headache that can stay for a number of minutes. I have just about given up driving at night because I need to keep my eyes open to drive. As a nighttime passenger I spend most of the time with my eyes closed and head looking down. I still do get some affects of the lights but it is a whole lot less than a direct look. Sometimes wearing sun glasses at night does help but a few of those “strong” blue lights still can kick me. I am also the same person who can’t look at flashing/moving Christmas displays or strobe lights because I really get very ill from them. So I really will not feel bad if you do not ask me to go along for the nighttime Christmas tours.

How many of you have been out there raking those lawns like crazy except for places that still have snow banks? The lawn police are not going to come and arrest you but please think of holding off doing that until the lawn is frost free and dried out. Raking at this time pulls up and/or breaks up the grass roots. I do understand the need to break out of our winter caves and hit the outdoor clean up. Let your lawn get over winter and get itself ready for spring and the warmer days to come. You don’t want to pack down a wet, cold lawn with serious foot traffic or extensive wheel barrow use. Mother Nature most likely still has a few snow events to hurl at us to show who is in charge