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petrea_mitchell ([personal profile] petrea_mitchell) wrote2021-05-02 06:04 pm
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The upswing, week 15

The weather has settled down to 60s and 70s F, with occasional rain. We run the heat in the morning for a bit, turn it off, and then wait to see whether we need more heat or air conditioning in the evening.

The daffodils and tulips have wilted at last, and the last of the cherry blossoms are falling. Now I see lilacs and azaleas and a bunch of things I don't recognize when walking around the neighborhood. No roses yet, they don't usually start blooming until late May at the earliest.

Oregon's covid surge continues. Hospitals are looking at numbers of patients approaching what they saw in the winter. And vaccination rates are slowing, like most everywhere else in the country. Indoor dining has been shut down again in 15 counties, including most of the Portland area (though not in my county yet).