While some countries began the summer with hope as vaccines started to roll out, most others were still going through lockdowns due to the increasing coronavirus cases. And with the beginning of August, the nightmare started to get real as the hospitalizations and deaths started to creep up in many parts of the world. But life rolled on as usual or so it seemed with the seasons leading the way. In the Northern Hemisphere, the weather was hot and sultry while in the Southern Hemisphere, the winter was coming to an end. The farmers began harvesting their crops as always. In countries with vaccines, life was returning to the pre-pandemic days. But in others, there was nothing resembling normalcy.
Blue skies, beautiful
sunshine, birds chirping around
freshness of summer
Frank J. Tassone
A riveting contrast in countries facing the pandemic! And how you evoke the pastoral ordinariness of August’s transitional time. Great write!
transitionofthoughts
Thanks Frank :).
Beverly Crawford
The spectre of Covid still looms and numbers are creeping up again. Still there are those who refuse to get the vaccine, and declare Covid a hoax. Unbelievable!
transitionofthoughts
That’s a sad reality :(.
Ken / rivrvlogr
There are many sides to transition — in either direction.
Well done.
transitionofthoughts
Thanks Ken :).
rothpoetry
A very unusual August around the world this year. You have said it well! Well done.
transitionofthoughts
Thank you :).
Amrita Basu
Hoping and praying things become better.God does help people who help themselves.
Neha Sharma
Very well said. We can only hope that population around the world get the vaccines soon so that the life can get back to normal.
Suchita
It’s interesting how some things change – like how we have been moving – and yet some things – blue skies – don’t. Such is the transitory nature of humans.
richamina
Fingers crossed towards the life of normalcy in the COVID era.
mahekg
Indeed its a paradox. Things are still grim I feel, hoping for better times.
Madhu Bindra
Quite a paradox. It is said that Fall is when the pandemic would resurface. We just need to hope that does not happen.
Ritu
Quite true. We can only hope for an end to this but it does not seem anytime soon.