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Virtual Tours: My plans to lessen the stress of quarantine. Yours?
Hi I am 81 and have a decent diagnosis of PMR and I am currently on a very high dosage of Prednisone I have a very old degree in Pharmacy , and I am very grateful that my memory is still quite good I do know stress is a function that involves our adrenal glands. I know with the current dosage of Prednisone, I do not want to add any additional impact on my adrenal glands So I needed a plan to deal width the issues of social isolation.
Here is the start of my daily routine:
- Spend some time just seating in my garden on any warmish day . That is a special escape for me , I can sit in a chair and clean one pot at a day Or Not!
- Phone a minimum of two friends a day
- Because as a group we are blessed to know how to use the Internet, I am going to visit one place a day One popped instantly to my mind was Switzerland I am not sure why, but I have driven through there twice I know it us stunning beautiful I will revisit the places I saw and see what I missed. So it is an expensive country to visit , but I will have a free trip.
Tomorrow, I will visit Bali ,which was always on my List , but never got there . I can amuse myself for weeks learning new things and enjoying the trip
I will connect with my family in Denmark in a daily basis , even some I have never met , but know through my DNA testing on Ancestry
I want to hear any new suggestions any one has for not feeling isolated, but in fact knowing that we are doing the best thing possible for all of us to avoid exposure
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Hey @thumperguy, what a great idea. I love the "top my fantasy" concept. Let's share our dreams of places to go and thrills to experience. I've merged your post with this discussion that @bridgegoddess started in the COVID-19 group.
While we might safe in place, it doesn't limit our mind's explorations and we can even use technology to explore places we've yet to travel to. I like that you've added the tactile to the visual. Yes, I've traveled on "washboard" rutted unpaved road. Not a journey one wants to make at high-speed that's for sure. You brought to mind a memory that a tour guide painted for a group of us visiting Utah when she showed us the well worn ruts of the oxen carts and covered wagons that the early settlers left when moving west. That was certainly not the luxury travel that we have come to expect today.
Where does your next fantasy or exploration of the unknown take you?
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2 ReactionsAs usual the forum is full of good ideas.
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2 ReactionsBridgegoddess. What a great idea!! Just visiting those places we’ve always wanted to explore reminded me of a wonderful Christmas gift I received when I was young. A stereopticon of sorts ... I think it was called a “view master”. You looked into it and inserted slides on a wheel and turned the lever to see new and exciting pictures of other countries and cultures. The view master created a 3D image that made you feel like you were actually there. I spent many enjoyable hours looking at snow capped peaks and waterfalls as well as native Indian reservations of the northwest and meadows of tulips and sunflowers. What wonderful memories that you brought up for me. Thank you
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2 Reactions@sounder27 Do you remember the old merry go round and carousel . At the park I went to we had a arcade also the view master and fishing Lots of memories
Lioness. I do indeed remember the old merry go round. It was a thrill to ride. It seemed to go so fast that my hair would blow behind me and I imagined that I was a regal princess. When I got old enough to reach out for the gold ring it was quite an act of bravery to hold onto the leather strap with one hand. When I was just a young thing my father would ride the horse with me in front of him And he would reach for the ring. What a lovely memory of my father.
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3 ReactionsI loved (and still do) carousels, but don't remember ever seeing a ring available for grabbing.
Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY had one on their carousel 65 years ago.
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1 ReactionZep. My carousel was in Cresent Park and is an historical carousel. The wood carved horses were really works of art and they had real horse hair tails. They were decoratively painted with gold gilt and some in pastel colors. The horses on the outside rim went up and down on brass poles that looked braided. The music was wonderful and the center of the carousel had hand paintings of beautiful scenes like English gardens and rolling meadows. We always went in summer of course. The park was down by the shore and there was a dinner hall where they served clam cakes and fragrant delicious chowder and water melon.
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3 ReactionsI could have said that what you described sounded just like what I experienced. Where is Crescent Park?
I looked it up and is this the one in Rhode Island? My second choice for college was Pembroke - at the time - it was the women's part of Brown. Jane