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| Taking a walk in my neighborhood, I noticed a hammock hanging high in a tree. We're all in isolation these days, but if someone is sleeping up there, they have taken isolation to an extreme! I've seen people using similar hammocks in parks and various remote places, but this seems to be a novel location. |
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| I wonder how they get up to the hammock. Here's the other side of the tree. No ladder here now. Maybe it's in the house. |
Collectively, the motive to maintain our isolation is powerful. We talk to other people only at a distance. Many of us are wearing masks or bandanas over our faces. We are avoiding all public spaces, and most of them are closed down in any case. Here in a tree, I thought, is another way to be isolated.
Isolation -- my word of the day for Wordy Wednesday!
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No fear of heights, obviously!
ReplyDeleteThey are obviously very brave! You would not want to fall asleep up there.
ReplyDeleteI would have a problem to even climb up to the tree :-))
ReplyDeleteThat hammock placement is really unusual. Really. I ike Tana French a lot, but that's my least favorite of her books. I'm OK with unrealistic plots, but found this one a bit much. Still, she handles characters so well I'll read anything she writes.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few hammocks in the park in our neighborhood right now but they're low and people are using them to relax and/or read during the day. I'm not sure I could sleep in one all night.
ReplyDeleteTana French’s book Witch Elm was our book this week. Doug and I made our own Bookclub as I had two copies. I’ll read anything she writes. We liked Broken Harbor and I know many people say that’s their least favorite. The writing was good. My favorite is probably The Likeness. I will preorder any of Tana’s books or Jane Harpers.
ReplyDeleteLove your street view, how I miss sidewalks.
Hi Mae,
ReplyDeleteA lot of the healthcare workers here in the UK, are living apart from their families, so that they don't run the risk of taking the virus home, or catching the virus themselves, from another family member. I have to admit that most of them are living in caravans or mobile homes in the family garden, but I wonder if your healthcare professionals are a bit more daring and enterprising and use hammocks instead? :)
I used to read quite a lot of Tana French books, however I can't remember the last time I picked one up. This series does sound quite good and has piqued my interest in her writing again and I might well be adding the books to my list, so thanks for sharing!
Your chosen word was also very appropriate and I hope that you are staying safe :)
Yvonne
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Your days sound like mine, but I have to add in work. That is quite the hammock height. But isn't it good to get outside and walk? I haven't read that series but I like mysteries set in far off places. Thanks for your kind words. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteThat's definitely away from others!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog! The murals are found all over the Taranaki area and you need to travel around to see them.
Oh I’d love to be in that hammock. 😊
ReplyDeleteThat hammock certainly looks like it was placed there. I am finding the social distancing with friends quite strange. But with strangers, quite a relief. Stay safe!
ReplyDeleteI'd hesitate to walk under that if someone were sleeping there.
ReplyDeleteYes, the vast majority of people are careful and respectful. The ones who aren't, though, are a real hazard.