The Remains

.... of some of my mother's day flowers which will probably last another couple of days before they need to be tossed.  I received them the Friday before Mother's day so they have had a good run.  

Anyway, here are a few of them, rather mushy and soft, taken with the Lensbaby Velvet 56 for Flower Friday. 

Today was the first time I have seen a flattening of the curve from yesterday.  Let's hope this is the beginning of a flattening and then a downward trend. Surely two months of social distancing and closures in Maryland should start to show an effect.  

Covid 19 as of 5/15/2020 - 
Montgomery County  7548 confirmed cases, 397 deaths 
Maryland  36,986 confirmed cases, 1782 deaths
U.S.   1,,412,121 cases,  85,990 deaths