🚂🚂🚂 approaching the Ides

🚂🚂🚂 of August which is not famous for much

sunny day [ rain last night cuz the ground looked wet
small chance of precipitation today and next

August 14 is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 139 days remain until the end of the year.

start your Xmas shopping [ 132 days til Santa comes to town ]

actually, since Covid 19 arrived, our holiday planning has been pared down
laziness ? we didn't put up the big tree [ 6 ft ]
haven't [ gathered ? ] w/ others
and according to some epidemiologists, a new variant is due [ as has happened in Australia ? ] 
the variant is not aligned w/ previous Covid strains thus is not amenable to current vaccines