Just after the country rapidly shut down, I left an already eerie NYC and came home to Virginia, thinking I would be home for a month or so. (Oh, how wrong I was.) I hadn’t packed too much, mostly the most comfortable clothes, books, and what I needed to work from home. I also brought my camera, though, and a couple of random rolls of film I had lying around. Throughout the spring, I periodically took photos on a roll of Kodak Gold 200. Unsurprisingly, there was not much to photograph during a stressful, scary time when I was barely leaving the house or doing anything exciting inside, so this roll was mostly a few outdoor moments and a handful of stray, random photos at home.

Between Christmas and New Years, my mom, brother, and I spent three days in Norfolk, Virginia, where my brother’s basketball team was participating in a tournament. My mom and I were left with plenty of free time around the game times, so while my brother stayed with his team for practice and team activities, we went out to eat, read, saw a movie (Little Women!), drove in circles on highways crossing the water to travel around Norfolk and Hampton. Before one of the games, we stopped at Fort Monroe, now a national monument.

My mom and I can’t resist a trip to the beach, even a quick one in the winter. However, the weather was unseasonably warm throughout the trip - sunny and 60 degrees - allowing us to take off our heavier coats until nighttime, and it was a nice bonus that we were able to walk along the beach for a bit while we were there. I took some film photos while there. Shot on Kodak Gold 200.