You know what’s worse than a neighbor whose car alarm just won’t stop? When it’s their home security system instead.
Dose Number One
Thanks to what’s known as a Closed Point Of Dispensing, I was able to receive the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine this morning, via my employer.
I’m grateful for the opportunity to be vaccinated… but there are so many others much more at risk than myself who should, by all rights, be getting this protection before me. My husband, an “essential worker” in the shipping industry, has been working as usual throughout the pandemic, and he’s unlikely to get vaccinated for weeks or months yet.
I’m scheduled to receive my second dose in four weeks, at which point I should only have a 6% chance of contracting and exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19.
(My birth control pill only had a 3% chance of failure back in 2011, though. Just sayin’.)
Birdwatching
I was working from home yesterday when a movement outside the window caught my attention. This little guy looked to be eating something on the Japanese maple by the office window.
According to my bird identification app, he’s likely a Tufted Titmouse — and it was already flagged as a “favorite,” so I’ve identified one at least once before.
Perhaps I should put a feeder or a birdhouse in the Japanese maple… I hadn’t thought of that before.
Driving to School
I glanced in the rear-view mirror as we pulled up to the stoplight, and had to grab my phone out of its dashboard mount to capture this slice of life.
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: January 2021
It’s been a mild winter so far in Northwest Ohio (Zone 6). Even so, the only blooms in sight are indoors: an African violet and two colors of kalanchoe.
I’m glad to have a few spots of color during the winter! As always, thanks to Carol Michel for hosting Garden Bloggers Bloom Day on the 15th of each month.