22 Encouraging Pictures That Prove Some Things Never Change, Even During a Global Pandemic
March 2020
On March 11, Buzzfeed posted an article titled “24 Shocking Pictures Of Famous Places Before And After The Coronavirus Outbreak” displaying images of busy historical sites, holy sites, and theme parks bustling with people until the COVID-19 pandemic forced visitors to shelter in place and many governments banned large gatherings (or any gatherings at all), replacing them with social distancing guidelines.
But even during uncertain times, so much in ourĀ Central Valley continues. The ag industry grows food, wildflowers welcome fresh rain, cows graze, water flows, and fish swim.
Check out these 22 pictures of the Central Valley before and after the coronavirus began and remember #SomeThingsNeverChangeĀ
1. Wildflowers welcome a spring rain in 2017:
2. Yellow wildflowers along the Kings River after recent rain showers:
3. Kings River Fisheries Management Programās Lori Werner checks on the trout fry at the incubator building in Spring 2017:
4. Lori checks trout fry at the incubator building early last week:
5. Work in a local vineyard in 2015:
6. Tending to a vineyard last Thursday:
7. Farmer checks the health of fruit trees in the ā80s:
8. Checking for pests in a peach orchard last week:
9. Cows grazing a few years ago:
10. Cows set a pastoral scene between intermittent rain showers a few days ago:
11. Kneeling in an almond orchard in the ā90ās:
12. Local grower takes a look at the developing almonds at Quist Farms last Friday:
13. Kings River watershed, March 2019:
14. Webcam at Buckrock in the Kings River watershed March 30, 2020: