Well, it’s been a little more than two weeks, and, while the rib is better, it’s still bothering me. I did finally get into the car and go to hospice a couple of days ago. There was SO much to do. I only got half way done with it before my rib (and back) said to quit. I’ll have to hope that next week there won’t be so many newly bereaved, so I can ( Read more... )

In the last 48 hours, it has poured rain, had sideways snow, hail, wind that’s thrashed the plants, little lightweight white pellets that look like packing peanuts but tiny, and brilliant sunshine. No tornados yet, but time will tell. A couple *have* come right through our yard in the past! Little tiny ones, but enough to uproot some pretty massive ( Read more... )

Because of the endless monotony of my days (not much of that is due to COVID; it's pretty much how my life goes all the time, with occasionally bouts of either terror or ridiculousness), I sort of forgot to post. Not that I'm ever great at posting, but I'm not even getting to book reviews any more ( Read more... )

OMG my wisteria is FINALLY, after 10 years at least in the ground, is blooming! It's beautiful! Sadly, my allergies are so bad I can't smell it, but still. And Tim still wants to cut it down ( Read more... )

Made a list of things I need to do today or tomorrow. Have been busy ever since, but have not done one damn thing on the list. And the list is long. It's not like it would be hard to find something on it that I might feel like doing; it's just that other things get in the way. Like going outside and working for two hours, weeding one bed for the * ( Read more... )

I feel funny posting this. I had a mammogram the other day- Thursday afternoon- and they have requested I come in for more images and an ultrasound. I feel funny because a friend also had one on Thursday- morning- and is now going to have to go back, too. Except I'm lucky- I'm not having pain other than the usual after-mammo-soreness. This isn't my ( Read more... )

Woke up this morning to about 3" of snow. And it's snowed off and on since then. Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny, so perhaps it will melt. So far it's sticking ( Read more... )

Life hasn't changed much for me- I spend most every day home anyway, and when work season comes, it's out in people's yards so it's no problem. Tim works one day a week, but it's in a place with a high risk of contagion. A lot of people aren't paying any attention to social distancing; there seems to be a thought that the government can't tell them ( Read more... )

Welp. Snow, snow, snow, rain, rain, rain, snow, rain. That's a pretty good summary of our weather. All garden seed orders are in now; as usual, last year Tim said we'd ordered enough we wouldn't have to order any in 2020, and we ordered even more than usual. What can I say, we have more time to spend in the garden ( Read more... )

Well, we're not in a couple of feet of snow- yet. We're probably safe from that by this point. Yesterday there were really strong winds and snowflakes tornado-ing around in the wind, but nothing stuck on the ground. It snowed and stuck pretty close to here, but so far, so good. But it's going to be cold from here on out, so all the outside things ( Read more... )