Three weeks in and nothing is normal. I’ve been getting out every few days to get some air and try to keep a sense of normalcy where none really exists.
Today was a beautiful spring day, if a little cold, too nice to stay inside. What I experienced was surreal, line-ups for food and technology, shops closed and few people out and about.
Safeway has line-ups, not because of a shortage of food, but because they are limiting how many are being let in to the store at any given time. Best Buy also has line-ups, they are only allowing orders to be picked up at the front of the store, one customer at a time.
Small stores, restaurants and coffee shops closed or only offering take-out. 17th Avenue, usually packed on a sunny spring Saturday was a ghost town, downtown streets usually busy on a Saturday were deserted. The trails along the Bow River had exceptionally light traffic.
These are strange days indeed, the new normal for now it seems. It’s hard to imagine that this is how things are going to be for the foreseeable future.
I’ve attached a few photos I grabbed on my phone while I was out walking. I also shot a roll of film while I was out, I think more uplifting than these. I’ll attach some of those in an upcoming post. I’ll be trying to avoid some of the more surreal scenes in my photography where I can.
That’s all for now. Take Care!
Dean.
