Brrrr..

Yesterday I mentioned the thunderstorms rolling through our area, after they were all finished we had some cold air, really cold.   Earlier last week it felt like the low 40"s today temp is trying hard to get over 14*C what a difference.   Walkers were actually wearing their Winter jackets as they went past the house.

Everything looks so fresh and green since the rain, there was almost 1/2 inch in the rain gauge when it was all done raining, maybe not quite enough to do a lot of good as the ground was so dry, but it was better than nothing.

Laundry and housework is on the "to do" list today, both have been neglected during the beautiful weather, as I opted to be outside most of the day, or just laze and soak up the warm air while having our morning coffee and our lunch on the balcony. 

We have a lot of seasonal crops growing here in S.W. Ontario. asparagus, strawberries, watermelon, squash and pumpkins and many more.  To plant, maintain and harvest these crops thousands of  off shore workers are brought in.  With them arriving, so is more cases of the virus, so the workers are put into quarantine for 14 days.  However, that is not as easy as it sounds, because these workers are all housed in bunk houses that hold up to 20 or more people, social distancing is just not possible.  And so it spreads to more and more of these workers, thus putting all these crops in jeopardy of being planted and harvested.   Students that are unable to do the normal jobs they usually do in the Summer, such as food servers in restaurants, being hired by the city to  maintain the flowers beds and councilors for Summer camps for children, etc,  are being hired by the farmers to fill in for the workers that are in isolation.  A win win solution for the student and farmer, however, these students are not experienced as the other workers, so it is taking a lot more time for all the work to be done and time is running out for some farmers crops.  Do you have seasonal off shore workers where you live or are local people hired for these jobs?

 
This month of May is all but over, where does the time go.  Cant believe we have been in isolation since March 15th.  being busy with our home projects has made the time go very quickly.  Slowly things are opening up here, just hope it does not cause more outbreaks of the virus. 

Well that's all for me today, off to do that housework.

Stay safe stay well.