A New Normal
This Patrick's Day marks a two year anniversary. Two years ago I and hundreds of my colleagues fled an oncoming threat. Our email notifications beeped. Leave the building. Get out. People made for the door. They bundled equipment under their arms. Cars revved up to the main door. Screens, chairs, everything imaginable was thrown into them. Come back when we call you. The office has not been seen since. That call never came. Those first couple of weeks were the most surreal. Shelves, empty in supermarkets. Families cloistered at home together, before gradually finding a routine. For two years now I've lived a life undreamed of. A crusty, bearded hermit, alone by the lake with his dog and a laptop. And I've loved every minute of it. What's not to love. Many birders out there took the opportunity to do lists at 2km/5km from home etc. The nature of birding here in Finland, the ability to focus on Viz-mig meant I never needed to go beyond the garden. Birds came to us.