One of the things I wanted to get back to today, was to work on the garden beds again. It’s getting a bit drier out there, though mowing the lawn is still out of the question, but I want to get at least something done.
Well, that doesn’t seem to be working out.
I did get my morning rounds done, as usual.
There were plenty of kitties coming out for breakfast, though I counted “only” twenty. Shop Towel came around, and his face is looking so beat up!! I did manage to let me get a big wood tick off the side of his head, and a few more around a wound on his side that looks like some fur was pulled out in a fight. No major injuries. His presence does make a few of the other cats very nervous, though.
I did get to visit Broccoli’s babies, straighten out their bedding, and leave food for her. They are getting much more active, which is a bit of a concern. There is a lot of stuff in there they can get into, and they’re getting mobile enough to climb out of their bedding. I’d like to set up some sort of box or bin for them to nest in, but I’m afraid if I do that, she’ll move them away completely.
We’ll figure it out.
The cherry tree near the house is in peak bloom now. It looks so pretty, nestled in between the lilacs and their purple flower buds.
Once the morning rounds were done, I came inside for breakfast, and was planning to head outside. Part of the problem is, I’m just not feeling well. I wasn’t able to get to sleep until past 3am – I can only partially blame cats for that! Butterscotch has finally stopped spending her days hiding under the chair, and is back to sleeping on the bed, though any time she sees Susan or Fenrir, she starts snarling. Mostly, though, she has decided that I am her bed! Which is fine, until she starts wriggling and squirming.
Meanwhile, the high humidity we’re having lately has been brutal on my osteo-arthritis. Usually, that’s not been an issue since we moved back to the prairies. When we were living on the West Coats, I could barely walk. Now, it’s all acting up again. The worst is an old elbow injury. Back in… 2010? 2011? I developed the equivalent of tennis elbow. I actually quit my job as a banquet server at the time, because I was afraid I might drop a plate of food or a pot of hot coffee on someone. It got so bad, I couldn’t even turn a door knob, and had to stop crocheting for a year. With physiotherapy, it did improve, but it’s never healed completely, and flares up every now and then, and has developed into OA. It’s my left elbow, and I’m left handed in a lot of things – like turning door knobs! It’s been flaring up a lot since we’ve had the rains, making some of the simplest actions, painful and difficult. At least it doesn’t really stop me from doing big things; it’s the small motions that are affected the most, but I should still be able to handle a garden fork.
But then I started getting messages and had to make phone calls, and then there were other unexpected tasks to get done. To top it off, my younger daughter is feeling even worse than I am right now. For other reasons, but she’s pretty much out of commission for most things.
We are quite the household of gimps!
I’m really fighting the urge to take more painkillers and take a nap right now.
Well. I can at least take the painkillers!
The frustrating thing is, if we don’t get things done today, it won’t get done tomorrow; tomorrow is our first stock up shopping trip in the city. The day after, we’re supposed to get more rain. Then we’re back in the city again, to meet up with a friend that’s back in Canada. Then another trip to the city to do the second stock up shopping trip… on the weekend? After the weekend? Somewhere in there, we’ll be getting contacted about the flat tire I dropped off at the garage, and if all goes well, we’ll be getting that put back on, and the spare stored again. By the time all that is done, we’ll probably be past our last frost date and need to start planting things!
So those beds have got to get done!
At least we do have some spaces ready to plant in.
I just want to sleep.
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 
I hope you find relief; myself I am experimenting with herbal remedies, mostly tinctures shop-bought as I don’t have the facilities to self-grow. Would you be able to grow gingko in your parts? It seems to help me in a variety of ways. Best wishes,
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No, gingko definitely can’t grow here. I do try to remember to have Golden Milk (with turmeric), but I need to make more of the turmeric paste I use in my preferred recipe. And that’s something else that requires more spoons than I have right now!
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have taken to using Nettle and green tea – as teas, for cost reasons and hoping to encourage myself to drink more – best wishes,
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Thank you!
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Due to my health, I can only work for 20-30 minutes before I have to stop and rest for about that long. I still have several plants to get into the ground. And ,my granddaughter and I are doing a rock garden and that needs to get done. I need to also take out the plants that died from our brutal winter in northern Mn. and plant new ones. My little porch is filled with plants ready to be used in about three different places. I just picked up two ferns today but all I have to do with them is set them in place. Oh to have a healthy body. We will get it all done, taking longer will help us recover from all that work. Blessings.
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Little by little, it’ll get done, is how I like to think about it! It’s amazing how much gets done, when you focus on just that little bit at a time. It adds up!
I love that you’re doing a rock garden!
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So much to do and is being done. You always inspire me to try and do better.
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Thank you! Your encouragement makes me feel so much better!
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