2020

 

As we all know the year of 2020 was less than to be desired. With all the heartbreak in varied degrees I wanted to carve a train car with a bit of fun to offset how helpless and tired most of us felt and still feel.

Since we were advised to stay in our own personal family bubbles I wanted to take the idea of a “snowglobe” to create our “family bubble”. Inside our bubble the four of us did what we had to to stay safe and live as normally as possible.

In our bubble you can see the many toilet rolls that sent society in a buying frenzy when we just had to ask ourselves “why are people going to the bathroom so much more during this pandemic. Either way we bought our share in case the zombie apocalypse needed more quilted softness.

You will also notice a loaf of Sourdough bread. A baking hobby that engulphed every bored household in need of something else to eat. My Mona made the yummiest!

As you might notice, our dog Maisie is laying in front with a massive smile on her face. She has never had so much time with her family to play with her and keep her company since we got her.

I am holding a mask. Not that I’ll ever forget wearing that crucial but uncomfortable thing day in and day out.

My son Oliver, a day before summer vacation, fell awkwardly on the trampoline and fractured his ankle, hence the cast and crutches. Our other son Charlie is holding a very tiny version of the gigantic trailer we bought at the end of summer to replace our little tent trailer. We can’t wait to use it this summer!

Outside of the bubble on the front of the car is a sign “Year of the Covid”. Not that we need to be reminded but when Oliver was doing his home schooling he was asked by his teacher to keep a journal and date each submission. On one of the submissions he wrote the date and beside it wrote “Year of the Covid”. A little something that made his teacher and us laugh!

I have a bell on the side with the time of 7:00 on it. As most of us know at 7:00 each day communities everywhere would cheer our frontline workers with a noise making applause and big thank you. I would ring the bell I have in my garage that used to hang in my dad’s old home bar when I was a kid.

On the other end is the logo for the mighty Van Halen. On October 6th my hero Eddie Van Halen succumbed to his decade long battle with cancer. His death was a big impact on me as he showed how much fun you can have doing what you love and be wildly successful while doing it. He will be missed by millions!

Lastly to finish off my “whoville” themed Xmas car is the Grinch , or in this case Covid-19. Instead of stealing presents, decorations and the last can of Who hash, Covid ruined a lot of things for a lot of people worldwide. I have just some of the notable inconveniences that we encountered due too Covid on his long list but on the Grand scheme of things we’ve been very lucky and have a lot of things to be thankful for.