A Boy and his dog

Art in the Time of Corona Part IV

Kuba needed to create a rainbow based on the color wheel for art class.  Here's what he did. 

Art in the Time of Corona Part III

 

We decided to do a remake of Wayne Thiebaud's painting - Candies.

All of us colored sheets on 16 rolls of toilet paper.  

Then we photographed it.
It's amazing.  

Art in the time of Corona Part II

We had a pizza and painting party the other night with 2 other families.

All done on Zoom.  We had 2 ipads running so we were hooked up and online.

Then we ate pizza and we painted.

Our family painted 4 square pieces for an art show coming up.

The theme was water.

Here we are! 

The Ants are Coming One by One- Hurrah!

Anders wants to be an ant keeper.  He's been watching videos on a channel called, Ants Canada, and has decided this hobby is for him.  He's slowly gathering up what he needs, including building an inner terrarium and ant habitat -- using old coca-cola bottles and a lot of tubing.  He's waiting on some necessary things to come in the mail and then he is getting a small starter ant colony - with a queen.   Stay tuned for more.  This is a view of the beginning of his project. 

Coronavirus Part III - Keeping Busy

Today was the 5th Sunday of the corona virus lock-down.  The 1st Sunday of our Spring break.  We worked hard all day yesterday, cleaning out our barn, setting up our barn studio, and doing yard work at home - all day - just us.  We needed a play day.  And play we did.  We rode our bikes and our picnic down to the Intervale.  It was really fun to get out.  And - we saw about 200 other people who had the same idea.  So much for the stay at home orders!

Art in the Time of Corona Part I

 Kuba's art assignment for the week was to make a paper bag mask - with extra points for a photo of the whole family wearing a paper bag on their heads.  As the art teacher who assigned this, of course I had to make my own.  And there you have it - our gorgeous brown paper bag headed family.

The Amazing Corona Race

Easter Sunday Scavenger Hunt

Along with 10 other families, we set off wildly enthusiastic about a scavenger hunt we cooked up as a result of the coronavirus lock down. Eleven sites were chosen around town and we scrambled to be the first one back after taking family selfies at each site. We did not win, we were third from last. But we followed the order of the clues and had so much fun anyway.

Team Name:  Jailbreak Jackrabbits

Lake view's Most Famous Resident -Lakeview Cemetery

A 19th Century Country Home - Shelburne Farms 

“Thea’s Arch”  - St. Michael's College

"File Under So.Co...Waiting for..." Sculpture on Flynn Ave

"Kindred Spirits" - Fleming Museum 

Oakledge Tree House 

Boys of Summer - Centennial Field 

Catamount Statue, UVM

Church Street - Leapfrog Statue

Oakledge Park - Sundial

Symbol of a Fragile Planet    The Whale Tails


and the winning team got the Bunny Trophy made by Anna and I

 the winners were: 

The Munson-Warnken Family

Easter Sunday

Two golden eggs filled with jellybeans and the first clue.

The  hunt is on.  

 

Easter Baskets full of good stuff.

April Fool

There's always a bit of pressure to have some good pranks on April Fools day.

This year I tried harder.

I came up with the two above. 

A dummy laying on the bathroom floor.

An ipad wrapped in rubberbands.

The boys also came up with some good pranks.
They stole all the toilet paper.

They put shredded paper on top of the ceiling fan.

They changed the screens on iphones.

Baking in the Time of Corona

bread

pancakes

banana bread

kanel bullar

croissants 

cornbread 

reads a little bit like a haiku right?

let's try that again

bread kanel bullar

warm croissants pancakes cornbread

yum banana bread

Coronavirus Part II - Our New Vocabulary and Life

Covid-19
Definition of Covid-19
:a mild to severe respiratory illness that is caused by a coronavirus, is transmitted chiefly by contact with infectious material and is characterized especially by fever, cough, and shortness of breath and may progress to pheumonia and respiratory failure.  Covid-19 was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019.
KLIMA-THELEMARCK definition: This crazy and highly contagious respiratory disease that WE DO NOT WANT TO GET! 

Super Spreader 
Definition of Super Spreader
:an individual who is highly contagious and capable of transmitting a communicable disease to an unusually large number of uninfected individuals.  
KLIMA-THELEMARCK definition: We are trying to avoid contact with any sick highly contagious people who are, so we are staying home. 

Social Distance  
Definition of Social Distance 
:the avoidance of close contact with other people during the outbreak of a contagious disease in order to minimize exposure and reduce the transmission of infection.  Social Distancing measures often entail canceling big gatherings (such as school, conferences, concerts, sporting events, etc.)
KLIMA-THELEMARCK definition: Like we alluded to above, we are staying away from pretty much everyone so we do not get this CRAZY virus!  

Physical Distance  
Definition of Physical Distance  
:an alternative term for social distancing.  Its use is being increasingly encouraged by some health professionals because the term emphasizes the importance of maintaining physical distance between people to help stop the spread of the disease.  The term also emphasizes that people should still socialize using digital technology and social media while they are separated physically. 
KLIMA-THELEMARCK definition: We are keeping at least 6 feet away from all other people, doing biweekly zoom meetings with our family, using google hangouts, facetime, and our iphones as much as we can.   

Shelter in Place   
Definition of Shelter in Place   
:orders for people to stay at home and not leave unless absolutely necessary.  They are put into place to prevent the further spread of the disease and allow health professionals to more effectively treat patients. 
KLIMA-THELEMARCK definition: The governor of Vermont put these in place on March 19th.  We put them in place on March 16th.  Home Sweet Home.  There's no place like home.  We've only gone out for dog walks and to the grocery store.  

Self-Isolation    
Definition of Self-Isolation    
:the act of isolating or separating oneself from others.
KLIMA-THELEMARCK definition: We've been doing this really well with people outside of our home, and sometimes when we need to, with those inside our home too.  

Fomite    
Definition of Fomite     
:an object (such as a dish or a doorknob that may be contaminated with infectious organisms and serve in their transmission. 
KLIMA-THELEMARCK definition: We are doing such a good job keeping our house clean and free from germs.  We regularly disinfect all of our doorknobs, door handles, handles, counters, and keep our mail and groceries out for a day before unpacking them or opening them so we don't get the CORONAVIRUS.  

Pandemic    
Definition of Pandemic      
:an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population.
KLIMA-THELEMARCK definition: We are glued to the news to get updates of this out of control VIRUS that has spread all over the planet and that we DO NOT WANT TO GET.  

Community Spread     
Definition of Community Spread       
:the spread of a contagious disease within a community.  Specifically the spread of a contagious disease to individuals in a particular geographic location who have no known contact with other infected individuals or who have not recently traveled to an area where the disease has any documented cases. 
KLIMA-THELEMARCK definition: The infection has spread in our community from 1 known case on March 9 to over 293 on March 31, with 13 deaths.  

Flatten the Curve     
Definition of Flatten the Curve       
:slowing the spread of an epidemic disease so that the capacity of the healthcare system doesn't become overwhelmed.  The curve represents the number of cases over time, and flattening that curve means preventing a huge surge of new cases in a very short period of time.  
KLIMA-THELEMARCK definition: We are doing our part to flatten the curve by socially distancing, sheltering in place, and self-isolating. 

Zoontoic      
Definition of Zoonotic        
:"relating to any disease of animals communicable to humans." The noun form is zoonosis.  The source of COVID-19 is believed to be an animal, which makes it a zoonotic disease.   
KLIMA-THELEMARCK definition: As much as we love animals in this house, WE DO NOT LIKE the animal that was the host to this virus that mutated and became highly contagious to humans.