Don’t Let Rainy Days and Mondays Get You Down – Smile Your Own Sunshine!

Today is another light rain day for sure – clearing out overnight and staying clear tomorrow. The winds will remain light today, picking up a bit overnight. This is not weather that stimulates positive mental health – we need a wee bit more sun to lift our spirits. So we have to dig a bit deeper today with our own sunshine and keep moving forward in whatever we are doing. The week ahead keeps it warm enough to continue the melt, but cool enough to leave the shorts in the closet. So March will slip out the door without big heat during the month.
We have grass on which to walk ourselves, but the frost is coming out, and the lack of warm as not kicked the grass into growing so the top 3” of surface are very soft right now. We will try to resist the temptation to test out the playing surfaces to ensure they are properly maintained. We are not missing the geese which have made their Spring return. Our daily walks include passing through the hordes of them, moving them to a new location – which is often and adjacent fairway. Hence our walks are nomadic.
But we are missing you even though you might not have been able to safely wander about responsibly chasing the white ball due to the wet conditions. We worry about your mental health and we hope you will be able to withstand the pressure of the next couple of weeks (or longer) within your own property. Neighbours – you will see us doing necessary maintenance. This is grass, not concrete. This needs maintenance and cannot be left for any period of time, or it will be beyond our control.

Remain committed to self-isolation with a reasonable edge. We are blessed that there is lots of room in PSM for walking and other activities. Maintain your mental health. Help others keep theirs. Keep an eye on your neighbour – especially if they are elderly (remember – there are more Canadians over 65 than under 16).

Golf courses are a nature preserve where we get all sorts of animals cruising about. You never know what you will see – keep the camera ready! That little white blob is the best pic we could get of an albino groundhog – will try for a better one soon!

Hendrik is quite content to be around us more than ever in this isolating time. He is loyal and stays around home. We do go fore walks on the course – and he thought he would try the pond….did not go so well…..