Photos from Before Stay-at-Home Orders

Like most other humans these days, we’re spending our time mostly indoors at home, or out walking with a 6-foot buffer between us and others. Friday was the last day of work in the plant before shuttering the business for a two-week furlough. Thankfully, all my family and all my employees remain healthy. So for us, at this point, it’s mostly an exercise in avoiding cabin fever and figuring out how to handle the financial crunch in the business.

Before Rhode Island started official social-distancing directives (and before the panic managing the business as sales stopped) I snapped more photos with the Fuji XT-30.

Board Games and Music

Izzy is home from school after the University closed campus. As a family, we’ve always enjoyed board games, and Carcassonne is a fun one. Having both girls at home, they have played a duet once or twice which is a treat!

Evening in Rhode Island

The light in the early evening is pretty. Here’s some shots from around Providence and the East Bay.

Birthday!

Violet’s birthday plans had to change because of the virus concerns. Rather than crowding her friends into a Lush party at the mall, we spruced up our deck with some hastily hung lights, and invited a few neighborhood friends over to enjoy the backyard with cupcakes and smores. Looking at these photos just a couple weeks later, those kids were too close together…