Yellow Bells

Forsythia is blooming. I remember Sonny's mother calling it "Yellow Bells". To this day, Sonny still calls it that. I just love the cheery yellow.

Our daffodils and hyacinths have finished their bloom. My friends came out and dug up all the tulips that had been in our iris bed. They still have a few iris to dig. 

Our bush cherries have also finished their bloom.

I believe the world has gone crazy. Sonny and I have decided to go ahead and stay home for a few weeks. Even our church has shut their doors for 2 weeks and maybe longer. The schools here in Arkansas are closed until April 17 and probably longer. States are closing down, the economy is dropping and there doesn't seem to be an end to it. We already were kind of prepared. We freeze our garden veggies and I can some things. Sonny is an avid hunter. And the Good Lord was looking out for us a couple of weeks ago. I had doctor appointment in Hot Springs and we decided to stop by Sam's. We were almost out of bleach and rubbing alcohol but Sam's was out. We did pick up another large package of toilet paper. We probably had enough at home to last a month but thinking we may not make it back over to Hot Springs for over a month, we purchased it. Then we went to Atwoods and they had bleach $1.19 per gallon. Much cheaper than Sam's. We found alcohol at the Dollar store much cheaper as well. So we got 3 jugs of each. It has made me rethink why we have a Sam's card. Now that we are staying home, we feel we are more prepared than most folks. I told my friends not to come visit. Sonny and I are both over 65 so don't want to take chances. I will miss my family and friends but this is life sometimes. I hope everyone I know is staying safe, warm, dry and has enough food and goods to last them. I feel like this isn't the end of this and it is just getting started. We are not preppers but so glad we do stock up. That is the beauty of having lived a long life in the country and not being able to just jump in our vehicle and go get what we need for the day. We have always prepared to not going to shop for a month at least at a time. It has paid to prepare. I do have mixed feelings about the churches shutting their doors. I feel this is the time we need to pray more and open up for those who are stressing over this. 

Please all take this serious and I'll be praying for each and everyone of you.