Around the City in Pictures

Just some pictures I took around the city before everything was like how it is now. But first, a quick update. They extended our stay at home order through April 30. I thought they would wind up doing that so I wasn’t surprised when they announced it yesterday. By that point it will have been about 6 weeks staying at home. Actually closer to 8 weeks with most things being shut down. I wonder if a month from now they will extend this even longer. Time will tell.

My state is taking this pretty seriously. No funerals, nothing. Of course you see very few people out, only people heading to grocery stores or a pharmacy, maybe trying to get a walk in. And here in Chicago the police are now driving around saying over loudspeakers from their cars, “SOCIAL DISTANCE. KEEP YOUR SOCIAL DISTANCE. 6 FEET APART, PEOPLE. SOCIAL DISTANCE.” If you DO happen to be out and see someone else on the sidewalk you are totally like, “Don’t try to walk anywhere near me cuz I don’t want that cop to say anything to us!”

That’s better than seeing military vehicles patrolling the streets though. I keep thinking of that movie “Outbreak”. Out of curiosity I looked it up on Netflix and yes, they have it right now. And not only that it is in the top ten of things being watched on Netflix right now! And lots of other pandemic type movies and shows are popular on both Netflix and Amazon Prime right now. Not really what I personally am in the mood for at the moment.

Well, my update went on longer than I thought it would. And now, pictures from normal times....

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