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      What do you when you hear you are going to be laid off? I panicked. The same day I got that news, my husband and I had made a firm offer on our first home, a lucky find well below our max (and low) budget in this small town locked …

      Several of the organizations I am involved with have started using technology to have group online meetings. They have used Skype for Business, and Zoom. I have been thoroughly frustrated at the meetings by Skype for business and Zoom- not being able to see all participants, pictures cutting in ...

      Did some research to make masks for family.

      Mask made from a bandanna.

      During the pandemic the construction of a 90 unit addition to Adelaide Place Senior Living Community in Lindsay continued apace. This is the sign showing the protocols in place for workers.

      I have been bringing out my inner artist! With all the free online paint nights, I have been painting away at home. I also created a baking group. We bake a recipe every week and share our pictures with the group.

      As spring arrived, community gardens were included in the list of mandatory closures. This is the notice and yellow tape at the entrance to the gardens at Fleming College. To the gardeners' great relief, on April 25th, the government lifted the order and allowed community gardens to open!

      Helen Scott on Twitter shared what they miss about the library during the COVID-19 pandemic

      My cat "co-worker" demanding we go out for a meal break instead of letting me work on adding the library's Vital Statistics indexes to the Digital Archive.

      A stream of honking, balloon-festooned cars full of grandkids and their parents circled round the parking lot of Adelaide Place on the morning of Mother's Day. At River Mill a family bearing large posters called up to a grandmother on a balcony.

      With parks closed and kids restless and bored, more backyard--and front yard play sets and equipment are appearing. This one was installed in a front yard on Adelaide St. in Lindsay, April 25th.

      While under a 14-day quarantine my wife and I made much use of library resources. For me, the web-link to Cornell Lab's live "Birdcam" (included in "Home for Coronovirus") was particularly valuable. This photo is of me watching the live-Cam of bird-feeders near a marsh. On the screen are a …