On Sunday we "went to church" in the warmth and comfort of our family room, an experience which will likely change for us as a result of yesterday's announcement of some reopening in Ontario. We are blessed to live in an area where there only three active cases of COVID-19, so next Sunday we may be sitting in a pew, once again.
We did venture out for a walk in the afternoon, this time at the Bleasdell Boulder trail north of Trenton, home to an enormous glacial erratic Because of the low incidence of COVID we interpret "stay home" as "stay apart," which we do wherever we roam in the area. The small parking lot was packed with vehicles although we didn't actually encounter many humans on the trail. We may have "accidentally on purpose" come across our Trenton family with the two grandlads. They are well-trained, so extremely cautious about physical proximity. Just the same, they ran and explored in the woods and along a frozen creek. It was a tonic for us, a rambunctiously holy hour and a half.
Photo: Ruth Mundy
Despite some briskly cold days during the past two weeks we have noticed more people out in Conservation Areas and Provincial Parks and even on the Bay of Quinte than in any other Winter of the eight we've lived in Belleville. That has actually been the case since the coronavirus became a threat nearly a year ago, through all the seasons. It was next to impossible to book campsites last Summer and Fall and people have taken up paddling, birding, hiking, in record numbers across the province.
We're hoping that we get more snow than the meagre amount which has fallen locally this Winter, and the opportunity to enjoy the season more fully. We are convinced that getting our there is good for body and soul, and there is a sense of reverence and wonder of God the Creator which is worshipful in the best way.
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