Two friends sitting chatting on a bench; no masks and no social distancing. This sculpture was at an art exhibition we attended in February, just a few days before the news of Covid-19 broke on the unsuspecting world.
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I almost remember those days when we did without the masks.
Yes me too, but the memory is fading fast.😳
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Argh back in the days before Social distancing rules invented.. Though there is nothing social about distancing… Beautiful sculpture … Sending thoughts your way Sylvia and well wishes ❤ We shall overcome!! ❤
Yes, we shall. This can’t go on for ever.
Kinda sad they have skware heads, Ad 😦 😦 Hope you’re coping.
Haha I rather like those flat heads. They are different though. Yes, we are coping well. Thanks for asking. 😘
These statues are a tribute to what is to come. For those who will not put away the masks even when they can, fear is their god. For those who will get back to be human again, love is their God. I truly know what camp I am in now! SMILE!! xo
Thanks AmyRose. I hope we can get back to our normal lives again. It will be wonderful. 😘
Right now this kind of camaraderie is a thing of the past. 🙂
You’re so right, Lavinia. It seems that everyone is suspicious of everyone else. I’ve never avoided being close to people before. It’s so bizarre.
Oh how the world has changed, we need to come back to each other.
I love this art work, Sylvia.
Thanks, Ally. Hasten the day when we can get back to ‘normal’. 🙏🏻
Absolutely. Have a good weekend Sylvia. 🙂
It will be like this again, patience is the cure
Marina beat me to my comment 🙂
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They are a cute couple. I am sure they are safe to be together 🙂
Yes they are. They look very comfortable so close together. 😃
That is a stunning sculpture, Sylvia!
I really liked it too.
Strangely, I don’t miss the social occasions with friends, but I do miss not being able to entertain my family each week as I normally do and seeing the grandchildren run around together. It wasn’t too bad in the summer because we could meet up in the garden and easily social distance.
It must be awful for you being so far away from yours. Does this pandemic make you want to pack up and come back home?
We are so missing seeing our family in England and in South Africa as well as those up in New Jersey. I guess that’s the penalty one pays for living so far apart from one another. It hasn’t seemed a problem until this virus happened. We often feel like packing up and going back to South Africa and it could well happen one day. We’ll see. 🙂
And then the world changed….. Oh, Sylvia, we are living history and learning what it means to be friends within a virtual existence. When I shop for groceries – such a simple task in the past – I are confronted by masks and protocols. What hasn’t changed is the beauty of kindness, generosity, hope and resilience. These are the things I feel when I come to your place, read your post, enjoy your photos and relish the delicious conversations. Thank you, my dear friend, for creating a space with hope flourishes.
Always so lovely to read your positive comments, dear Rebecca. We mustn’t get downhearted, must we? It’s not the people who have changed, it’s just the situation and this too shall pass. 🙂 xxx
I LOVE your mother!!!! She understood that life was in constant change and transition. I have kept her thought “this too shall pass” with me over the past months. She and Marcus Aurelius are kindred spirits: “Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Rebecca, you certainly would have loved my mom. She would have loved this quote too. It was the way she lived her life. 🤗
Great for the theme, and what a fascinating sculpture. I’d love to see it in person.
Thanks so much, Debbie. Glad you liked this sculpture.
I am going to be very happy when we can sit and chat like that again. Who knew back in Feb that we would be missing such simple pleasures.
Me too, Lynette. The situation seems so bizarre. I miss the intimacy of close encounters with friends.
Magnificent
Thanks, Marylou.
Be good when we can start to move around more. I hope you are keeping well in Florida.
Thanks, Jude. We’re doing fine but just itching to travel to see family again.
Ah, the good old days, eh, Sylvia. 🙂 I hope you’re both well and happy.
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Definitely the good old days, Janet. I’m reminded of the words from Joni Mitchell’s song, “Don’t it always seem to be, you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?” 😳
So true!
Memories of times past. Let’s hope we’re all able to sit with a friend again one day.
Yes you’re so right, Carol. It seems so long ago now.
beautiful sculpture, Sylvia. i miss those days… 🙂
Thanks, Lola. So do I. 😳
I get an anxious feeling whenever I see art or advertising that depicts people who are not wearing masks and social distancing. It is an involuntary reaction from deep in my fear.
When I looked at your very interesting photo and sculpture, my first thought was that they are sitting so close together! Hopefully we will go back to normal one day!
Happy Wednesday Sylvia
Thanks, Gerrie. I also hope so. Patience is a virtue, I guess.
Seems like a different lifetime, doesn’t it? Thanks for sharing, Sylvia. xo
Yes it does, Jill. I almost said as much in my post. 😱
“…no masks and no social distancing”… sounds like so long ago!!! Happy Wednesday, my dear Sylvia! xoxoxo
A lifetime ago, dear Marina and so much has happened since then. 😘🤗
…indeed! xoxoxoxo