Shelter in Place Extended

Today the Shelter in Place in the Bay Area was extended through the end of May.

November Roses, Fall Color, Rose Bushes, Tropicana RoseThis will mean more time working from home and preparing for the new normal.

Altamont Crash, Parking on the Altamont, Accident, Commute Nightmare, Altamont, Motorcycle crashIt will mean another month of not commuting over the Altamont. Although I hear that it is a much easier commute now. To be honest I would rather have a bad commute than for everyone to be going through what we are going through.

Rice Maker, Butter Rice, Rice SteamerIt will mean another month of trying to eat healthy at home and keeping active enough to not gain weight.

Actually, I lost a good amount of weight the first two weeks and then have been maintaining the loss. I think that the relief of working from home and not worrying about what was going on really helped.

Ankerstein NF10 - Building Blocks - Manufactured stones - Anchor Stones - Boxes of BlocksIt will mean more time building with Ankerstein. I am building all the structures in each plan book. It will be interesting to see how many boxes I get through before I start working from the office again.

zoom, communion, Lord's Supper, church, covid-19It will mean more Zooming to Church before we are able to meet again in person.

grocery shoping, small trunk, bags, hyveeIt will mean a few more essential trips to the grocery store and trying to figure out how to best optimize my purchases to keep those trips to a minimum.

Mister LIncoln rose, red rose, fragrant rose, first red roses, rose gardenIt will also mean more time to spend in my yard each day during breaks and lunch.

I have been trying to make sure I get a lot of Vitamin D as studies have shown a corelation between Vitamin D levels and the severity of viruses.

Now for some sleep before piloting a new distance learning presentation tomorrow morning.

Steven

 

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The Curse of Oak Island Season Finale

I had been looking forward to the season finale of The Curse of Oak Island. However, I was a bit disappointed. I really thought that they were holding onto a sensational discovery that would definitely reveal more of the mystery.

Curse of Oak Island, History Channel, Did they find anything?They did show a couple of discoveries though. Oak Island, Money Pit, National Geographic, Curse of Oak Island

First, they had definite evidence of a void in the Money Pit area but felt it was too dangerous to continue going deeper. Related to this they found a modern coin way below ground. This coin had been intentionally dropped in an earlier bole hole several years ago and had migrated a significant distance over time. This showed that the subterranean area is very unstable.

Curse of Oak Island, Mahone Bay, Nova ScotiaSecond, they received information on how old the paved area in the swamp was. The date was a bit surprising as it showed that the human influence in the swamp area may date back 800 years.

Nova Scotia, Oak Island, AcadiansThe most time tonight was taken up by recapping the season and showing a timeline of the objects that were found.

Near the end of the show they also talked about possible projects for the future. It looks like more work will be done in the swamp and maybe what is known as “The Big Dig” where they would undergo a major excavation in the Money Pit area instead of just digging bore holes.

From what was said, it looks like The Curse of Oak Island will continue for at least another season.

The finale ended with a tribute to one of the long time searchers, Dan Blankenship.

It will be interesting to see how the pandemic will affect the exploration at Oak Island. This is the time of year when they would be getting started again.

Will they ever find any treasure?

Steven

 

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