Covid Masks

I wonder if we think about the masks we wear?  This is not about whether to wear one.  I mean, I do and virtually everyone around HERE wears one.  But that's not my post today.  It is that there are a LOT of designs available, and we seldom really look at the designs people choose.  I have been doing that recently.

You can probably tell a lot about a persons interests by the designs on their mask.  I've seen everything from "question marks" to cartoon characters to fake mouths to smiley faces to plain surgical ones.  

This came to mind after I got compliments from several random fellow-shoppers and 1 cashier (who showed me the kitty paw tattoo on her wrist) recently.  I've been able to give most of them my blog address.  It never hurts to recruit new readers (and possible new cat-bloggers).

I need kitty-ears to go with it,  LOL!  Actually, I could probably fashion a passable set to attach to a plain matching black baseball hat I have.  I have a LOT of hats...

Another thought on masks.  You know how we tend to just smile briefly at other people in minor shopping or other social interactions with strangers?  They do a small thing like move a cart out of the way in a store, say "sorry", and you smile in return to acknowledge the action.  

Can't really do that very well wearing a mask. ;)  :(  But we do it anyway; the gesture is so automatic.  So I've been learning to actually say "thank you" out loud instead of just smiling.