And Then There Was Covid -19

Greetings and salutations! I hope this posting finds you well. Here at Just Off Pine, we are hoping that you are coping as well as can be expected and that you have hope that the next few weeks and perhaps months will allow us to return to our former lives.

Coming into May here on the Southern Tier of New York is customarily a very exciting time. Spring arrives with all it's natural glory, bringing with it the sun and warm breezes. The birds and bees return to the season's newly developing and blossoming landscape. The beautiful foothills that surround us seem to turn a vibrant and lush green overnight. My gardens here on Pine Street wake up from their long winter slumber, shake themselves awake, and get busy at becoming. Each day, once this miracle begins, I enjoy the evidence of this becoming.

I decided just this morning that there was an incredibly relevant lesson for me to learn from this Spring miracle that surrounds me. It is time for me to get busy with becoming. It's time to pick myself up, shake myself off, and blossom into something new. All my plans for this season will be reimagined. Just Off Pine, LLC will need to change direction. I will have to find new and creative ways to develop and grow. That is actually exciting to me - getting creative, learning and exploring new ways, revisiting and reimaging the old ways. What ever the perspective - It's time to get busy!!!

I hope you will join me on this reimaging adventure. Please visit me on Instagram and Facebook. And- And- And- please watch for the launching of my YouTube channel- coming in June.

In closing- I would like to encourage everyone to try to make the best of this truly tragic time the entire world is suffering through. My heartfelt condolences to anyone who has lost a loved one, friend or acquaintance. All lives are precious and all loss is painful. Continue to practice safe and healthy behavior, to protect yourself and your loved ones. Hold on to the hope that tomorrow brings and I wish for better days for us all.