Song of the day: “Don’t worry, be happy” by…gawd, I always forget his name. What was it again…well, you know the one I mean, right? If you don’t…well, you’re obviously too young to remember. Look it up, it’s great!
So yeah, I’ve been feeling a little under the weather for the past couple of days, if you must know. Everything just appears to be…whatever. I haven’t done all that much, all things considered, seeing as the weather was, most of the time abysmal.
Yep, we’ve had flooding all over the place, in particular last night while we were all asleep and some massive rainstorm swept over the mountain. When I came to the house the corridor had two inches of water in it, the living room a couple of inches too. Then, when I got to the carport grandpa complained that water went every which way, and he told in detail how much friggin’ water came down during the night, we had a river streaming down the main path at one point. Added to that the garden pit beside our greenhouse was filled with water right up to the door of the greenhouse, and water had also streamed inside the basement apartment down by the basin.
But let’s try to do this in a bit of the original sequence, okay?
First off, I wasn’t late getting up for a chance, yesterday morning, so after chores and such (the laundry lines are filled to full capacity. Couldn’t do any laundry today) I settled behind my computer and wrote some odd 4 pages of the new book. Got that up to 60 pages now, thank you very much, and at the moment my heroine is trying to understand why she if covering for a complete stranger. All very confusing, seeing as this isn’t a romance novel and he doesn’t make her “hot”. Hah.
Oh, and before that, we were up at the Opel, putting the new side mirror in place so mom and little sister could head on out to the vet to have both Djoti III and Manni II neutered. Luckily this was in a momentary dry spell, seeing as we were up there at the top of our mountain ridge with the full wind pulling at us from all sides.
The writing done for the day, and the dogs fed (Knight ate a full bowl, my big lug.) cousin Ed and I hauled the recently painted beams back up to the storage area right before the rain started coming down again. Since we had the plastic open to store it away safely from the storm, grandpa immediately took out dry firewood.
The bad weather, me feeling a tad unsettled, I wasn’t going to be worth much, so instead of allowing myself to slide into a bad mood, I went to bed and napped for a bit. It was wonderfully warm, what with most of my dogs clustered around me, and I was sorry to get up again. Do you know that feeling on a cold wet day, when you suddenly fully understand why some animals hibernate? Hah.
There was tree planting in the past couple of days. A total of six, if my calculations are correct. Eucalypti, mostly, which are now standing proudly amongst the small woods we’re creating at the top of the property.
Seeing as Sally and tenant did the cutting of yesterday’s vegetables, I cooked supper late in the day, after big brother and I returned from picking up a donation. Supper was a noisy affair, in particular since the storm had picked back up when we were gone, and thunder tumbled right on top of us. Was seriously startling, I’ll tell you. The power stayed on, though, which was a good thing since we spent the majority of the past couple of days without it. Turns out that there was some major damage to the main line, meaning that the power people were up in the mast most of those days. Luckily they fixed it before nightfall.
Which brings us today, doesn’t it?
Woke in the dot, of course, and went through the usual rituals, despite still not feeling all that well. I wonder if it’s the weather. It does seriously cramp my style, so to speak. But anyway, grandpa and I went to the village this morning. I dropped him off at the supermarket and continued on to the vet where Knight II had to be for his bandage change.
There was a screaming puppy in the back, and I just couldn’t resist. I took Knight with me to the back and spent a solid ten minutes petting and cuddling the little screamer. Knight didn’t like it at all, and promptly turned his back on us. Hah. The little one reminded me of Moekti, a halfbreed husky we once had. Sweet though, and not at all happy. Turns out he was found inside a garbage can, but luckily the person who found it, was keeping it.
While I was there, mom and little sister also arrived because Panni, little sister’s Cocker Spaniel, was feeling poorly. His stomach hurt, and he had a fever, so they had been sorry to have missed me by ten minutes, since that would have saved on a trip. Ah well, stuff like that happens. The vet couldn’t find anything wrong, but she’s doing a blood test to see. Regretfully she thinks it has something to do with the pancreas.
Once back big brother and I went into the yard to look in on the visiting dogs. Played with them a little, petting them and just keeping them company for a bit. Next it was down to check how everything was going with the new veggie seedlings (alive and kicking despite the gutters being so saturated that they’re filled with water) and hunting the remainder of this year’s pumpkins.
We also put the hose into the garden pit, to drain the over abundance of water and let it run down the mountain where it won’t drown our potted plants. Jeez.
That done we went up to paint the last of Liane’s beams (the big one of more than fifteen feet) and to work on the wind fence behind Sally’s cabin. We’ve been working toward it for weeks, but until today, when the rain finally stopped and the sky broke open, we didn’t get to it. It’s there now, in place and sturdy, and looking rather nice, if I do say so myself. A relief that it’s done now, in particular since we worried every time the wind picked up, that it would damage the cabin. No more. The barrier of wood is there, breaking the worst of the wind when it needs to. Didn’t finish until twilight, and by then it was time to start on supper.
Rather than something new, I used yesterday’s leftovers to make veggie burgers, which went down rather well with mustard on bread. Which brings us to the end of the day, where I am desperately trying to finish this blog, so I can still do some writing on the book.
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Throw me the ball
Song of the day: “Only the horses” by the Scissor sisters. I know. Don’t ask me why. I can find thought nor rhyme behind these ear worms that bother me every single day. *sigh*
Except for this morning the last couple of days were wonderfully relaxed. Garden stuff ruled, of course, which is only natural, considering it is that time of the year, but okay, let’s see if I can find some order in this gray mass I call my brain. Hah.
Yesterday…well, there was no workout. There simply wasn’t time for it, because I had grand plans for the day. I woke at the normal time, and immediately headed down to the main house to start on the days chores and laundry. As usual big brother reads up on the news, sharing the outrageous bits and pieces about world politics, which causes fierce discussions without fail. What can I say, politics get us riled big time, and at some time we had to tone it down, lest we wake the sibs. Hah.
Once we fed the dogs and went to get our own breakfast. Chatted with tenant, who slept good for a chance, now that we put a fan in her room to keep the mosquitoes at bay. She looked much better, with that good night after two bad ones. During breakfast I gathered stuff for the field kitchen, which I fully intended to set up during the course of the day. Food, utensils and pans and such. All got stacked in creates and bags, and soon we were on our way down.
First thing I did, while big brother started in the yard, was attach last year’s counters to their tables. Then the cleaning started. Both cousin Ed and I worked on that, while tenant spent the majority of the morning with mom, who’s trying to teach her some about the internet. She’s doing some reading of newspapers and such, but I sometimes doubt that she really enjoys it. I think that she rather read her Konsalik novels.
Built a couple of constructions of reed. One for our cucumber plants (plucked out first cucumber yesterday afternoon. Big brother basically swallowed it whole) and the other for the melons in the lower field. Both are different from usual, so we’re going to have to see how they work out.
What with summer so close now, big brother and I decided to change our routine again, and take our three to four hours of editing in the afternoon again. It will take some getting used to , of course, but since the edit is almost over and done with, it’s not bad to do it now. Soon, after putting a synopsis together, and a query letter, I’m going to start with the new book anyway. Let the writing commence. Hah. I am getting to be so very impatient, darn it.
As to the dogs. Fortuyn is getting crazier every day. Remember that terrier (mutt?) in Dr. Doolittle? The one that wants to learn not to go after the ball.
Mutt: “Throw me the ball.”
Dr.: “Think of something else.
Mutt: Throw me the ball, throw the ball.”
Dr.: “Think of something equally nice.”
Mutt: “Throw me the ball, throw me the ball, throw the ball.”
Dr. throws the ball in exasperation, mutt goes in pursuit.
Mutt: “He threw me the ball. He threw the ball!!!”
Remember that part? Well, there you’ve got Fortuyn. Only instead of a ball, he wants rocks, and once he gets the idea in his head, he will keep waiting for it, dancing for it, jumping for it (tail going a mile a minute) and basically making himself a nuisance for it. Sometimes I wonder how long he would keep it up. Hah.
I don’t remember the time, but there was a short trip to the construction company to get some building bricks, which meant hauling around loads of bricks from the car, of course. Which made for a nice workout, in particular since we had to go uphill, most of the time. Hah.
But anyway, the end of the day was spent doing some messages online, and chatting on the fora. Then blissful bedtime had arrived and I was happy for it…but then, I always am happy about that. Slept well, and got up in time to (not early enough for a workout, but what the heck, did carry the bricks yesterday)
Did a nice experiment cooking yesterday. Made onion cheese patties, and boy did they go well with the veggie mix I made for dinner in the afternoon. Had in fact a couple left today, so we had them as a snack during today’s edit. (Only 14 pages to go, yay!)
There were of course two harvests, with today red beets, which made an awesome supper. They were huge, I tell ya. The size of a small pumpkin, or a good sized honey melon. *sigh* Had to eat them immediately, and yes, with boiled potatoes, onions, fresh herbs and some cheese and pannier it was absolutely divine. Wish I’d made enough for tomorrow, but it’ll be a snack at most. But anyway. Got a big load of beets out, along with broccoli and zucchinis. Boy are we getting a lot of the latter. Harvested five today. Yay.
Watered plants, but frugally. Considering today was a cloudy one, big brother decided that it would be smart to save on water, rather than hose everything down. It was rather wonderful time of the day, since the sun shone some at the very least, and cast everything in a rather magical gold. Seriously, nothing beats working in the yard at the end of the day. The light is beautiful.
But anyway, we didn’t get to that edit down by the basin terrace until late today. Had to leave early to go to the bank to get my tax papers. To my regret the director was at the verge of leaving, so I was left to the mercy of the other staff, who don’t speak a word of English. There was some confusion, but luckily there was a lady there who was kind enough to translate for me. Everything had bee arranged so I thanked the nice lady, and returned to the car. Continued on to town to go past the insurance company. The renewal for the Land Rover had arrived and we had to fork that over…just as at the end of the month the Opel needs the same. Gawd, that makes me wanna sigh again.
Had to do some groceries, get glass, and dropped Cousin Ed off (she came along) before heading back home.
The day ended unloading the car, preparing tomorrow’s dog food, and then settling down with the computer and writing today’s blog, of course. Well, it’s past midnight now, so I’m heading out.
Except for this morning the last couple of days were wonderfully relaxed. Garden stuff ruled, of course, which is only natural, considering it is that time of the year, but okay, let’s see if I can find some order in this gray mass I call my brain. Hah.
Yesterday…well, there was no workout. There simply wasn’t time for it, because I had grand plans for the day. I woke at the normal time, and immediately headed down to the main house to start on the days chores and laundry. As usual big brother reads up on the news, sharing the outrageous bits and pieces about world politics, which causes fierce discussions without fail. What can I say, politics get us riled big time, and at some time we had to tone it down, lest we wake the sibs. Hah.
Once we fed the dogs and went to get our own breakfast. Chatted with tenant, who slept good for a chance, now that we put a fan in her room to keep the mosquitoes at bay. She looked much better, with that good night after two bad ones. During breakfast I gathered stuff for the field kitchen, which I fully intended to set up during the course of the day. Food, utensils and pans and such. All got stacked in creates and bags, and soon we were on our way down.
First thing I did, while big brother started in the yard, was attach last year’s counters to their tables. Then the cleaning started. Both cousin Ed and I worked on that, while tenant spent the majority of the morning with mom, who’s trying to teach her some about the internet. She’s doing some reading of newspapers and such, but I sometimes doubt that she really enjoys it. I think that she rather read her Konsalik novels.
Built a couple of constructions of reed. One for our cucumber plants (plucked out first cucumber yesterday afternoon. Big brother basically swallowed it whole) and the other for the melons in the lower field. Both are different from usual, so we’re going to have to see how they work out.
What with summer so close now, big brother and I decided to change our routine again, and take our three to four hours of editing in the afternoon again. It will take some getting used to , of course, but since the edit is almost over and done with, it’s not bad to do it now. Soon, after putting a synopsis together, and a query letter, I’m going to start with the new book anyway. Let the writing commence. Hah. I am getting to be so very impatient, darn it.
As to the dogs. Fortuyn is getting crazier every day. Remember that terrier (mutt?) in Dr. Doolittle? The one that wants to learn not to go after the ball.
Mutt: “Throw me the ball.”
Dr.: “Think of something else.
Mutt: Throw me the ball, throw the ball.”
Dr.: “Think of something equally nice.”
Mutt: “Throw me the ball, throw me the ball, throw the ball.”
Dr. throws the ball in exasperation, mutt goes in pursuit.
Mutt: “He threw me the ball. He threw the ball!!!”
Remember that part? Well, there you’ve got Fortuyn. Only instead of a ball, he wants rocks, and once he gets the idea in his head, he will keep waiting for it, dancing for it, jumping for it (tail going a mile a minute) and basically making himself a nuisance for it. Sometimes I wonder how long he would keep it up. Hah.
I don’t remember the time, but there was a short trip to the construction company to get some building bricks, which meant hauling around loads of bricks from the car, of course. Which made for a nice workout, in particular since we had to go uphill, most of the time. Hah.
But anyway, the end of the day was spent doing some messages online, and chatting on the fora. Then blissful bedtime had arrived and I was happy for it…but then, I always am happy about that. Slept well, and got up in time to (not early enough for a workout, but what the heck, did carry the bricks yesterday)
Did a nice experiment cooking yesterday. Made onion cheese patties, and boy did they go well with the veggie mix I made for dinner in the afternoon. Had in fact a couple left today, so we had them as a snack during today’s edit. (Only 14 pages to go, yay!)
There were of course two harvests, with today red beets, which made an awesome supper. They were huge, I tell ya. The size of a small pumpkin, or a good sized honey melon. *sigh* Had to eat them immediately, and yes, with boiled potatoes, onions, fresh herbs and some cheese and pannier it was absolutely divine. Wish I’d made enough for tomorrow, but it’ll be a snack at most. But anyway. Got a big load of beets out, along with broccoli and zucchinis. Boy are we getting a lot of the latter. Harvested five today. Yay.
Watered plants, but frugally. Considering today was a cloudy one, big brother decided that it would be smart to save on water, rather than hose everything down. It was rather wonderful time of the day, since the sun shone some at the very least, and cast everything in a rather magical gold. Seriously, nothing beats working in the yard at the end of the day. The light is beautiful.
But anyway, we didn’t get to that edit down by the basin terrace until late today. Had to leave early to go to the bank to get my tax papers. To my regret the director was at the verge of leaving, so I was left to the mercy of the other staff, who don’t speak a word of English. There was some confusion, but luckily there was a lady there who was kind enough to translate for me. Everything had bee arranged so I thanked the nice lady, and returned to the car. Continued on to town to go past the insurance company. The renewal for the Land Rover had arrived and we had to fork that over…just as at the end of the month the Opel needs the same. Gawd, that makes me wanna sigh again.
Had to do some groceries, get glass, and dropped Cousin Ed off (she came along) before heading back home.
The day ended unloading the car, preparing tomorrow’s dog food, and then settling down with the computer and writing today’s blog, of course. Well, it’s past midnight now, so I’m heading out.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Socializing
Song of the day: “A happy place” by Katie Melua. Considering I was a tad under the weather today, it was an appropriate song. Do you know that feeling, that everything seems to be going a little too fast and that your head just can’t keep up. Well, that’s what today was like for me. Hah.
Be that as it may, I had a little nap, and that improved my “state of being” considerably, so all is well again. I think it was partly due to all the excitement going on the past couple of days.
First off yesterday morning, I headed out to the vacation cottage to pay the owner for the week’s use. Was a nice little visit, talking about how she ended up in Spain and how she built her home there with her ex, and how she now spent her life. Sometimes I wonder if I should start writing about real life. Seriously, sometimes the stories I hear are just better than fiction. Hah. Lovely woman, though. Friendly, chatty and all the good stuff.
While I was there, tenant’s daughter phoned because they needed the exact address for the car rental, so there was some confusion about that. The connection wasn’t all that grand, so the owner gave the phone to me so I could explain, then son-in-law couldn’t hear me properly and gave me to the car rental agent, whom I had to tell to hand be back to son-in-law, who could finally hear me so we could sort out the mess. That dealt with, I departed and went back home.
There was still tenant’s place to mop the floor and sort through the last bit of the mess together with cousin Ed before we helped tenant outside to the table we had rearranged to welcome the visitors. It looked so nice, and thankfully, despite being occasionally cloudy the weather was very accommodating.
Tennant was out there under the umbrella since noon, watching every car pass with grave impatience. She firs decline supper which we had there with her, but then, after seeing us eat, asked for “a nibble” anyway. Hah. She always changes her mind afterward. She was positively psyched when they called that they were coming, and then promptly arrived. Tenant’s daughter of course asked for a moment alone with her mom. The question made me laugh a little seeing as that was what we’d planned to do just as soon as we’d supplied everyone with drinks. Hah.
For the next half hour or so we went down to my terrace where we prepared the dog food for the next day. As for the rest of the day…well, didn’t get a lot done, really. Later we were invited to join the reunion, so I got a taste of what it was like to sit for an afternoon, petting Knight II and listening to stories of the past. It was a cozy and sociable occasion. The relatives were friendly and tenant’s granddaughter a sweet little thing that was definitely on the shy side. The most important thing of the day was that tenant loved every minute of it.
I did, at some point notice that all the adult stuff was boring the kid, so I offered to give her and her dad a tour of the premises, leaving tenant and daughter a moment of privacy. Always a pleasure to show off the yard, of course. All the trees that weren’t there when we got here, the yard, the greenhouse, the paths. You never realize all the work you’ve done until you see it through the eyes of others, so in that regard I really liked giving the tour.
The dogs were at their best. Not a single one threatened to bite, and even Tadaika behaved wonderfully as we walked down through the majority of the pack. There was some barking (Chaos in particular) from the scared ones, but on the overall they were just curious and sniffed “the strangers” with wild abandon. Guess all the years of taking in new dogs, the occasional visitor, and just easy living has mellowed the darlings enough to have this be such a pleasant experience.
So after the day came to an end. Presents presented (licorice for Ed and me, lots of cute little doodads for tenant with pictures and everything on it) cookies eaten, drinks drunk and the usual chitchat exchanged, the relatives departed for the vacation cottage…oh, before I forget, that was a success for sure. They love the place, so yay!...where they were going to unwind, have a dip in the pool and generally enjoy their vacation prior to returning the next day.
The aftermath talks followed, asking tenant how she felt and if she was happy (yes, of course) and then eating a snack before heading down to start up the fire for the dog food and turning on the computers for the day’s edit. Got the prologue done, thank you very much, and we were both pretty satisfied with the end result. Definitely improved lots after the last edit.
Were in bed on time for a change. Seriously, it was five past one in the morning when I pulled the blankets up to my chin and turned off the light. *blissful sigh*
Which brings us to this morning. I was running a little behind, but since Cousin Ed had things well in hand with taking care of tenant until her relatives arrived to take her out on the town for a day, I took my time. It was raining when I got up, which is splendid for the yard, mind you. Added half an inch to the basin during the course of the day, so YAY!
I had a shower prior to getting started on the morning chores such as laundry, chatting to the birds, chinchilla and rabbits for a bit. The new bird is adjusting nicely, though he doesn’t like dogs at all. He will move to his biggest perch as soon as he sees a dog. Hah. Poor fellow. He’ll have to be more like Tika, who has taken a liking to giving the dogs “the eye”.
What followed was preparing the dog food and starting the feeding frenzy. They loved the meal, of course, seeing as we had bread again and they do love that so. Even Knight II ate slightly more than his usual half of the bowl. But anyway, the dogs fed, I was just in time to help tenant settle in the rental and wish her a good day.
The remainder of today was spent in the yard where we hunted bugs in the greenhouse, planted pumpkins, broccoli and herbs, while yanking weeds, harvesting our own supper. In one word: Wonderful. Despite the clouds still being there, while we were in the yard we didn’t have rain and could even occasionally enjoy the sunshine. Of course there was the interruption of Sally, who had missed her bus and who needed to be brought to her job, so I headed back up the mountain (all the way) and drove her. I was back in the yard within 20 minutes, though.
But like I said, I was feeling a bit off today, so I took a nap after supper of fresh veggies with patties and then got to work on preparing tomorrow’s dog food. Grandpa made a deal with the local vegetable store who gives us all the “bad” stuff he can’t sell, for the dogs and today he got a rather nice batch to supplement the small amount I’d gathered in the yard. They do love those mushy tomatoes. Hah.
Okay. I better get to work on the edit, big brother is getting a mite impatient with me, I’m sure.
Be that as it may, I had a little nap, and that improved my “state of being” considerably, so all is well again. I think it was partly due to all the excitement going on the past couple of days.
First off yesterday morning, I headed out to the vacation cottage to pay the owner for the week’s use. Was a nice little visit, talking about how she ended up in Spain and how she built her home there with her ex, and how she now spent her life. Sometimes I wonder if I should start writing about real life. Seriously, sometimes the stories I hear are just better than fiction. Hah. Lovely woman, though. Friendly, chatty and all the good stuff.
While I was there, tenant’s daughter phoned because they needed the exact address for the car rental, so there was some confusion about that. The connection wasn’t all that grand, so the owner gave the phone to me so I could explain, then son-in-law couldn’t hear me properly and gave me to the car rental agent, whom I had to tell to hand be back to son-in-law, who could finally hear me so we could sort out the mess. That dealt with, I departed and went back home.
There was still tenant’s place to mop the floor and sort through the last bit of the mess together with cousin Ed before we helped tenant outside to the table we had rearranged to welcome the visitors. It looked so nice, and thankfully, despite being occasionally cloudy the weather was very accommodating.
Tennant was out there under the umbrella since noon, watching every car pass with grave impatience. She firs decline supper which we had there with her, but then, after seeing us eat, asked for “a nibble” anyway. Hah. She always changes her mind afterward. She was positively psyched when they called that they were coming, and then promptly arrived. Tenant’s daughter of course asked for a moment alone with her mom. The question made me laugh a little seeing as that was what we’d planned to do just as soon as we’d supplied everyone with drinks. Hah.
For the next half hour or so we went down to my terrace where we prepared the dog food for the next day. As for the rest of the day…well, didn’t get a lot done, really. Later we were invited to join the reunion, so I got a taste of what it was like to sit for an afternoon, petting Knight II and listening to stories of the past. It was a cozy and sociable occasion. The relatives were friendly and tenant’s granddaughter a sweet little thing that was definitely on the shy side. The most important thing of the day was that tenant loved every minute of it.
I did, at some point notice that all the adult stuff was boring the kid, so I offered to give her and her dad a tour of the premises, leaving tenant and daughter a moment of privacy. Always a pleasure to show off the yard, of course. All the trees that weren’t there when we got here, the yard, the greenhouse, the paths. You never realize all the work you’ve done until you see it through the eyes of others, so in that regard I really liked giving the tour.
The dogs were at their best. Not a single one threatened to bite, and even Tadaika behaved wonderfully as we walked down through the majority of the pack. There was some barking (Chaos in particular) from the scared ones, but on the overall they were just curious and sniffed “the strangers” with wild abandon. Guess all the years of taking in new dogs, the occasional visitor, and just easy living has mellowed the darlings enough to have this be such a pleasant experience.
So after the day came to an end. Presents presented (licorice for Ed and me, lots of cute little doodads for tenant with pictures and everything on it) cookies eaten, drinks drunk and the usual chitchat exchanged, the relatives departed for the vacation cottage…oh, before I forget, that was a success for sure. They love the place, so yay!...where they were going to unwind, have a dip in the pool and generally enjoy their vacation prior to returning the next day.
The aftermath talks followed, asking tenant how she felt and if she was happy (yes, of course) and then eating a snack before heading down to start up the fire for the dog food and turning on the computers for the day’s edit. Got the prologue done, thank you very much, and we were both pretty satisfied with the end result. Definitely improved lots after the last edit.
Were in bed on time for a change. Seriously, it was five past one in the morning when I pulled the blankets up to my chin and turned off the light. *blissful sigh*
Which brings us to this morning. I was running a little behind, but since Cousin Ed had things well in hand with taking care of tenant until her relatives arrived to take her out on the town for a day, I took my time. It was raining when I got up, which is splendid for the yard, mind you. Added half an inch to the basin during the course of the day, so YAY!
I had a shower prior to getting started on the morning chores such as laundry, chatting to the birds, chinchilla and rabbits for a bit. The new bird is adjusting nicely, though he doesn’t like dogs at all. He will move to his biggest perch as soon as he sees a dog. Hah. Poor fellow. He’ll have to be more like Tika, who has taken a liking to giving the dogs “the eye”.
What followed was preparing the dog food and starting the feeding frenzy. They loved the meal, of course, seeing as we had bread again and they do love that so. Even Knight II ate slightly more than his usual half of the bowl. But anyway, the dogs fed, I was just in time to help tenant settle in the rental and wish her a good day.
The remainder of today was spent in the yard where we hunted bugs in the greenhouse, planted pumpkins, broccoli and herbs, while yanking weeds, harvesting our own supper. In one word: Wonderful. Despite the clouds still being there, while we were in the yard we didn’t have rain and could even occasionally enjoy the sunshine. Of course there was the interruption of Sally, who had missed her bus and who needed to be brought to her job, so I headed back up the mountain (all the way) and drove her. I was back in the yard within 20 minutes, though.
But like I said, I was feeling a bit off today, so I took a nap after supper of fresh veggies with patties and then got to work on preparing tomorrow’s dog food. Grandpa made a deal with the local vegetable store who gives us all the “bad” stuff he can’t sell, for the dogs and today he got a rather nice batch to supplement the small amount I’d gathered in the yard. They do love those mushy tomatoes. Hah.
Okay. I better get to work on the edit, big brother is getting a mite impatient with me, I’m sure.
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