Happiness Explosion

girolamomarotta (77)in GEMS • 5 years ago

Today was a really nice day.

After almost two months, we took the children back to their grandparents' house and it was an incredibly happy moment.

They were preparing for this great day, living it as a liberation, because they could not wait to welcome their grandchildren back to their home.

During this period of quarantine, we have adhered to all the rules in order to preserve the safety of our children, but above all of our parents.

I clarify that they are not elderly and are in good health, but out of a sense of responsibility and prudence, together we have agreed to limit the meetings to a minimum, without ever letting the children out and always using all the necessary safeguards and distances.

In Campania, my region of origin, the situation seems to be quite under control, thanks also to the extraordinary work of the Governor Vincenzo De Luca, in Italy the absolute positive protagonist in this emergency situation. Today's bulletin records 20 infections in a population of about 6 million inhabitants, with areas of very high population density, in some municipalities even the highest in Europe.

And so, given that the possibility to go out has taken place today, we have had no more excuses or hesitations.

Unlike us who live in an apartment, my parents have a spacious single-family house with a large garden, in which my son Leonardo loves to play.

And in fact he didn't let himself be prayed...he immediately started running, exploring, driving his electric quad, turning around with his grandfather...in short, he let loose.

It was also a great joy for me to be able to go back to my parents' home, to finally breathe the air of normalcy (or almost) that I missed a lot and above all to experience the greatest satisfaction in seeing both my parents and my happy children.

While they were playing, I noticed that spring has exploded in all its immense beauty and so I took some pictures.

My father is very attentive in taking care of the garden, for him it's a real passion. He mows the grass, takes care of cutting the hedges and the treatment of all the plants.
In addition, he set up a small vegetable garden in which he grows many excellent vegetables and planted several fruit plants, the majority of which are citrus fruits.

In fact, the scents that are felt are heady and it seems to be very far from the city which is not distant at all.

There are also a lot of flowers and some have attracted my attention for their bright beauty.

First of all, roses...a truly wonderful sight. The flower of love par excellence, of important occasions...today it fit perfectly.

_{Roses of my parents' garden}

I was also struck by this plant, which I was told to call Anturium...don't ask me for news or information on flowers and plants because I have not inherited the "green thumb", in fact, I am a complete landslide and I would even dry out a cactus.

_{Anturium Plant}

And then the Strelizia, also called Bird of Paradise, I imagine for its flower that effectively looks like the crest of a bird.

_{Strelizia (Bird of Paradise)}

The photographic tour didn't last long, since I too was involved in wild play activities, which ended only when the sun started to set and the fresh and pungent evening air made its way.

Before returning, however, I wanted to take another photo, in which I see a light of poetry and which I took rigorously with a sincere smile on my face.