By now, I have figured out how to shower safely and anyway, wounds are healing, generally that's their job. There are wobbly moments but all in all, it's a pleasure to notice improvements, something that's not part of my usual chronic disease experience.
We are testing friends and family on their anatomical knowledge, looking for novel ways to incorporate the word duodenum into day to day parlance and watching reactions.
I am experiencing the first twitching moments of boredom and plans of a walk down to the river are being formulated - against some resistance but working on it.
On one of the extremely hot days recently, the builders down the road, a poor sweating crew from Poland, cut through a cable which resulted in a power outage for a couple of hours. We just found out today in conversation with a neighbour, because with a the solar battery in our basement we didn't notice a thing. Now we feel ready for the end of the world as we know it. Also stocked up on coffee.
I should expand on all the important stuff we are debating, the way some of our own politicians are starting to play being trumpish and how is doesn't seem to matter at all to some. May the best liar win etc.
Greetings from the garden:
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| we don't mind the crocosimia |
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| this is waiting for the wasp attacks |
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| one of many beauties |
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| the day lilies are coming up everywhere |
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| only a small sample of a massive tomato harvest |
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| sharing with a stink bug |
The quiet momentum of abundance. Good to hear of improvements since your surgery. I'm waiting for the fuschia on my porch to bloom. It was gifted to me last year by the 50-year-old daughter of my 1st cousin and it wintered over inside one of my kitchen cupboards. The buds seem unusually late, but I'm simply happy they appeared in the last few days.
ReplyDeleteIn the midst of everything that is happening, I keep thinking about these words that were brought to my attention:
“When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.”
― Lin Yutang
“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
Thank for your very reliable supply of wonderful quotes and links.
DeleteI hear you on the boredom. Last summer for me was boredom with a capital B but I'll pass along what everyone told me...rest and heal. Can't tell you how tired I got from hearing that. I'm glad to hear you are already feeling positive results. I'm sorry to hear Trumpism is infecting Germany.
ReplyDeleteDo stink bugs affect grapes the way they do tomatoes?
I hear you on the capital B.
DeleteThe bugs only stink when you happen to touch them, they sit on the raspberries as well but not on the tomatoes. If left alone, they just come and go. I only chase and kill them if they happen to come inside.
"There are wobbly moments but all in all, it's a pleasure to notice improvements, something that's not part of my usual chronic disease experience."
ReplyDeleteThat is worth celebrating!
Getting there, not celebrating anything quite yet.
DeleteCodex: Good to hear. I have garden envy, neither talent nor patience.
ReplyDeleteLiving with a dedicated gardener helps massively.
DeleteI'm glad you're improving! Yes, "duodenum" is not a word we hear every day. :)
ReplyDeleteThankfully most people never have to hear it.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you are healing steadily and taking pleasure in the noticing. Contemplating a walk to the river, even with resistance, is a spectacularly good sign of how you are feeling.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're healing well and I imagine by now (I'm late to commenting) you're walking and biking to the river. Your garden is beautiful and abundant. Trying to work duodenum in to the conversation, as one does:)
ReplyDeleteCodex: wondering how you are. What was the post you had to remove?
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