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How are you holding up? I hope you’re safe and healthy! 🤗 Good grief, can you believe another week of this madness has passed? 🗓 It’s my final weekend of spring break. 🌿  I haven’t used my time very wisely. ⏱ In fact I’ve been easily distracted, 👀 cleaning things that haven’t been cleaned, in some cases, ever. 🧹Has this happened to you? The first 10 days after a friend died of coronavirus🦠 I could scarcely eat. 😦 I’ve been reducing anxiety by cooking and baking 🍛🥧  which is therapeutic and my family has enjoyed it. 👌 I’ve told myself it’s OK to do these things instead making progress on my book. 📝 Not good. 🙁 Five people I’ve contacted haven’t yet responded🖐, so that’s been part of my excuse. I had an emergency last week ⚠️ and missed my weekly call with my editor 📞 so I feel guilty about that. But I’ve been making progress! It’s just not ready for prime time. 🔏 A friend, Deliane, volunteered to make masks for a local hospital 🏩 but a local manufacturer stepped up, making tens of thousands. So she wanted to do something to help and asked friends if she could make some for us? 👭🧍🏻👫🧍🏻‍♂️ She bought the materials and made hundreds 😷 (even including the little metal piece that forms around your nose) and had another friend deliver them. They’re in the final shot of my series.  🎞 Have you been connecting with friends? 👥Yesterday I had a great chat with my BFF, Paula, and today caught up with @dianebrogan and @stephenbrogan on Facetime. 💻 How are you coping? Are you able to #WorkFromHome? 🏠 Are you starting to feel like this is never going to END? 🛑  The news says it’s still going to get worse before it gets better. 😱 #Stayhome and wishing you and your significant others to stay safe and well. 💪     #Camellias #flowers #Flowersofinstagram #flowerstagram #tuliptree #magnolia #tulipmagnolia #springinSeattle #centraldistrict #facemasks #coronavirus #covid19 #seattle #washingtonstate #wfh #Keepitclean #washyourhands #stayhomestaysafe https://www.instagram.com/p/B-jOdmGArZh/?igshid=1r7mkbauek80e

#Reminder stop by #HIDMO #CypherCafe for #Coffee Atmosphere and #GoodPeople #Art #Music #Apparel #FreeWiFi and High Fives All Around!! at our New Home in Washington Hall CYPHER CAFE Hidmo at Washington Hall #COOLPLACES in #Seattle #CoffeeShop #CentralDistrict #WhatToDoInSeattle #Support #LocalBusiness and #RespectTheCulture (at Washington Hall)

photograph by nick dewolf https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/3057299680

Seattle enjoyed glorious Friday sunshine 🌞and blue skies. Too bad my happy day was darkened by chaos!⁣ 👹 ⁣ Last night I was so focused on schoolwork that I didn't look at my phone all evening. 🌘 I use the Pixel2xl for Instagram but for calls and texts I use my iPhone.⁣ ⁣ I missed an important message last night 🌌 and didn't find it until 1 pm this afternoon. Suddenly I was swept into a vortex of phone calls, 📞 emails and text messages that would've been completely unnecessary if only I'd checked my messages last night!⁣ ⁣ I've been on a self-imposed "digital detox" since school started, and go for hours without picking up my phone. It actually feels liberating!⁣ 💃 ⁣ Earlier this week I took a bus downtown 🚎 and sat in a row aligned with the front side windows. Four of us faced the four on the other side of the aisle, and everyone but me was on their phones for the entire journey. 📱📱📱📱📱📱📱 ⁣ Standing outside my classroom yesterday were 10 or more people waiting for students in the previous course to empty. Again, everyone but me had their noses buried in their phones!⁣ 👃 It's actually kinda scary! ⁣ Do you need your phone within sight at all times? 👀 Do you have a constant need to check it? 🔎 Maybe it's time to try a digital detox? Go outside and notice the trees and flowers. 🌲🌳🌴🌷🌸🌺🌼Greet a neighborhood cat. 🐈 Stop and talk with your neighbor.⁣ 🏃🏃‍♀️ ⁣ When you get used to it, it will harken back to a simpler time when our lives belonged to us instead of to our phones.⁣🕺 ⁣ Just remember to occasionally check for messages!⁣ 📧 ⁣ Photos: grand tree on 35th; another hellebore; a profusion of crocuses.⁣ ⁣ #inthemoment #digitaldetox #liveyourlife #evergreen #hellebore #crocus #crocuses #madrona #centraldistrict #seattle #pixel2xl #pixelperfect #pixel2xlphotography #pixelphoto #flowers #flowersofinstagram #lonetree⁣ (at Central District, Seattle) https://www.instagram.com/p/Buf1peTFWxn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1d2d45t6oechs

Compared to other parts of the U.S. and the world, Seattle's snow is not a biggie❄️❄️❄️ . . But seven inches (17+ cm) 📏 is deep enough to stop everything: school and offices closed, and it was harder than heck to get an Uber! 🚘 It's hilly here 🏞️ and it can be scary to get around. . . We took the guys outside and the first thing Hunter did was make a beeline for the old apple tree 🍎🌳. It's been months since he's been outdoors but he remembers bolting up the tree trunk and jumping onto the shed roof, nearly making a getaway. 😸🐾 . . All week we've been hearing about "Snowmageddon" or 🌨️☃️❄️ "Snowpocalypse"--a huge snowfall that was expected today. It DID snow, and it wreaked all sorts of havoc. But it has been much less than I imagined . . Earlier today the roads were mostly bare so I thought I'd go to the grocery store to pick up some supplies. 🏪 When I arrived, it looked like the neighborhood Safeway had been looted! . . Store shelves were empty; refrigerator cases were bare; there was one carton of eggs 🥚 and very little fresh meat or poultry (no fish). Entire produce categories were nowhere to be seen. 🥔 It was just bizarre. . . An employee told me deliveries didn't make it. 😦 . . Traffic was unreal everwhere. Apparently the entire city left work at noon 🚗🚘🚙🚎🚕🚃 and headed straight for the store to stock up. . . People wouldn't freak out as much if there was an understanding that the city will clear the roads. 🛣️ But because the length of time we can find ourselves snowbound is unpredictable, no one wants to take a chance 🎲 . . Are there snow plows or are roads salted where you live? Or do people "chill out" and enjoy the downtime? . . Photos: Hunter trying to climb a tree; snow on the roof; icicles ☄️ . . #snowmageddon #snow #icicles #seattlesnow #seattlesnowpocalypse #CentralDistrict #CentralArea #mainecoon #catsofinstagram #catstagram #caturday #pixelphoto #pixel2xlphotography #pixel2xl (at Central District, Seattle) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btp1o9flHxg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gdwpsrv02c5l

At last, Christmas day is at an end here in Seattle. 🎄 It doesn't get better than having our family all here, safe, happy and well. ❤️ . . To my friends on Instagram--Thank you for allowing me a view into your lives wherever you are in the world. 🌍🌎🌏 I'm grateful to live in a time where I have the chance to meet so many interesting, kind, funny, talented and unique people, and see them woven in with real-life friends. . . Here's hoping the holiday season continues to offer you moments of happiness and gratitude as the year comes to a close. ❄️ . . Thank you again! Love, Terri 🙋 . . #christmastree #christmascat #christmasgifts2018 #christmas2018Seattle #christmasinseattle #madrona #CentralDistrict #CentralArea #seattle #westseattle . . Thanks to #verizon for a great year, including great service no matter where I am. #bettermatters #googlepixel2xl #pixel2xl #pixel2xlphotography . . Photos: Grey the cat in front of the tree; a few ornaments; a tiny sample of the exterior lights at the Menasche house in West Seattle. . . (at Menashe Family Christmas Lights Display) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br113jQF9qu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jra0x5atvicn

How do you feel about changing back and forth, to and from daylight savings time? 🕐🕑🕒🕓🕔🕕🕖 . . Someone told me daylight savings time ends this weekend, but -- at least here in the states -- it's next weekend. I wish that we could abolish these silly time changes. ⏳⌛ It probably made sense long ago when farmers were reliant on maximum daylight ☀️. But now it seems like much of the world goes 24 hours a day and we're needlessly subjected to jetlag twice a year. Ugh. . . In Seattle, autumn is in full force right now. 🍂🍃🍁 The colors are at their peaks. Gotta enjoy Mother Nature's parting gift as we head into a much less colorful winter. ❄️ . . These pictures are from a walk in the neighborhood after a recent rain. 🌧️🌧️ Please ➡️ swipe ➡️ to ➡️ the ➡️ right ➡️! There are so many beautiful trees right now! The final shot is my beloved 2002 framed by a gingko bough. 🍂 . . #japanesemaple #gingko #maple #gingkotree #mapletree #autumn #fall #autumncolors #fallcolors #leaves #madrona #CentralArea #CentralDistrict #cd #seattle #daylightsavings . . Would love to try a #pixel3 , but for now, these were shot with #verizon #pixel2xl #googlepixel2xl #pixel2xlphotography #pixelart #pixelperfect #pixelphotography #bettermatters . (at Central District, Seattle) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpgjO_QFl_m/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=92gg2sb3495r