CINCINNATI (AP) — Olivia Hinerfeld’s dog Lincoln and Kate Hilts’ cat Potato have something in common: They both like to interrupt Zoom calls as their owners work from home.

“Sometimes it’s better to preemptively put him on your lap so he can fall asleep,” says Hilts, a digital consultant in the Washington, D.C., area.

Jealous of the attention that Hinerfeld is paying to her video conference call, Lincoln, a golden retriever, will fetch “the most disgusting” tennis ball he can find from his toy crate to drop into the lap of the Georgetown University Law School student.

For many dogs, this is life as it was meant to be: humans around 24/7, walks and treats on demand, sneaking onto beds at night without resistance. Cats — many of whom, let’s be honest, were already socially distancing before humans knew what that was — are more affectionate than ever, some now even acting hungry for attention.

BANGOR – As of this moment, we here in Bangor – along with people across the globe – continue to deal with the circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic. That said, as difficult as it might be to comprehend right now, it will eventually end. Even now, we are getting glimpses of hope, hints at a possible light at the end of this long tunnel. COVID-19 will become a tragic memory.

And we should remember.

That’s what Sean Faircloth has tried to do with “Pandemic Strolls Bangor: One City in the Year of Covid.” From the early, confusing days of March through the long summer and into the autumn, Faircloth walked the streets of Bangor every day, taking pictures of what he saw. The end result is a visual documentation of some of what our city experienced over these too-long months.

Every photo in this book was taken within the city limits of Bangor. There was no specific intent initially; Faircloth was simply walking around town in an effort to escape the confines of home, to get out into the open air and engage in a little exercise. Along the way, he started taking photos; gradually, these photos coalesced into something more – this project.