One thing I am glad about. Our cats have handled the move very well, and are clearly liking their new home.
Mama is quite at peace, under the tripod.
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Really?
As if it wasn’t bad enough my husband hasn’t been able to get one of his prescriptions refilled at all…
He gets one drug in two forms – instant release and extended release. He was able to get one version, but not the other.
Today, he was going to open the new bottle of the one he got.
They screwed up the dosage. Each tablet is only 1/3rd the dose it’s supposed to be.
Keep in mind that this is a medication he can only get in 30 day refills, and cannot refill more than a few days in advance of running out. Not only that, but not all pharmacies have it in stock, or if they do, in only limited amounts. They have to order in if they need more.
He phoned them up and they will fix it, but they won’t get the proper dosage tablets until Monday, when I will return the bottle he got with the wrong dosage.
I’m not sure he has enough left for two days.
Thankfully, my brother was a sweetheart and, when I asked about borrowing his van on Wednesday to take my husband to see the doctor, he told me to just take it home again and keep it until then. So I actually have the wheels to go to the next town to take care of the prescription error.
Well, it’ll give me a ch
ance to remember to bring the old prescription we found, from 1984, for proper disposal.
The Re-Farmer
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Four!!
I knew it was a matter of time before the rest showed up!
Our Lady came back with company today.
This deer was at the far end of the garden, and never came any closer. It is most likely a buck.
We could see the fourth one (pictured above) digging in the snow for forage, beyond the wood pile in the garden, before it moved along the line of shrubs to nibble on some branches. It kept close watch in all directions in the process.
She’s keeping a close eye on me through the window! (You can see part of the window frame on the left, where you can also see a tiny bit of the fourth deer in the top corner.)
These are most likely her twins from last spring.
Mama kept a close eye on us in the window, but she seems to be starting to get used to us being there. As long as we don’t move too quickly, she stays. Of course, deer are skittish and it doesn’t take much to send them running, but she was quicker to come back, and her dash away is not quite as abrupt as it was when she first started to visit.
And to think that was just a few days ago!
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Prescription for Pain
When my husband had his first visit with a new doctor, one of the things he was able to get was a renewed prescription for one of his pain meds. It comes in two forms; quick and slow release. Because it’s an opioid, different rules apply. Only hand written prescriptions, on a triplicate pad, are used, and they get signed for when they are picked up. My husband had had a 3 month prescription, but could only get 30 days worth at a time. As his files were to be transferred from his old doctor to the new, he got only a 30 day renewal, and was to book a follow up appointment for a month later. That would be enough time for his files to get out here.
Well, the two versions aren’t in sync. He was able to refill one of them right away, then the second one a couple of weeks later. Yesterday, the first one was one of several refills he called in to the pharmacy. As he’d already used his 30 day renewal and didn’t have anymore refills left, the pharmacy needed to fax the doctor for a refill. So I made arrangements to borrow my brother’s van to pick them all up today.
Except it still wasn’t there. The doctor had never responded to the fax.
Even if he had, they could not fill it without the physical prescription. Previously, the doctor had been able to fax the prescription to the pharmacy, but that’s not good enough, here. They could get a fax and start it, but would not be allowed to give out the medication without the physical prescription. This is one of those things that, once the doctor gives out the prescription, it must be brought to the pharmacy within 3 days. The clinic is close enough that the pharmacy can sometimes just send someone out to get it, though, which is good to know.
However, my husband is to see the doctor in less than a week.
Chances are, he’s not going to get the updated prescription until he sees the doctor.
Meanwhile, he’s out of the medication. It’s one of the primary pain medications he uses. One version of it is not enough.
Theoretically, he could have phoned the doctor and tried to make arrangements, but then I’d have to borrow the vehicle again to pick it up tomorrow, because it wouldn’t be ready by today. Then I would need to borrow the vehicle again for the medical appointment a few days later.
What a pain.
For my husband, literally.
The Re-Farmer
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Testing Macro
Years ago, when we were more able bodied and had more discretionary funds, we were all quite into photography. With changing technology, my husband acquired lenses for his smartphone camera.
The lenses are held in place by a magnet that holds it to a metal ring adhered around the phone camera lens. Last night, he placed a spare on my phone and this morning, I tested the macro lens. This is one of the results.
I later tried to test the larger telephoto lens on the birds at our feed. Unfortunately, the weight of the lens was too much for the adhesive holding the ring in place, and it fell off before I could even zoom in to try for a photo.
I will have to figure something out for that, because I can see myself using at least two of the lenses, regularly.
I rather miss photography. It would be good if we can get back into it, now that we’ve moved. Our old equipment still works fine and is more than adequate.
The Re-farmer
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Abundance
Sir Sour Alot got moved temporarily onto our oven recently. I decided to leave it there after use and feeding, since it is a warmer spot.
What a difference a couple of degrees makes, as it overflowed in abundance.
As I write this, my younger daughter is making some sourdough cookies. Later, I will transfer the starter out, wash the container, then return it.
And this is why I keep a bowl underneath. :-)
The Re-farmer
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Priorities
On bringing the cats food and water this morning, it was clear where their priorities are. One of the food bowls still had lots of food, but when I gave them warm water, that’s where they crowded around.
In these cold temperatures, warm water is more important than food.
From left to right, Squishum, Nasty Crime Boy and Trülbus the Crime Eater.
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Camera set up
This is our new set up to take photos of our feeding area.
Unfortunately, when the deer came this morning, she could see me through the window, taking the lens cap off, etc, and took off.
Also, in case you are wondering, yes those are marker flags in the plant pot. They, and the yarn, are there to protect the avocado plant from the cats. They decided that this pot was a perfect bed and broke one of the branches off before I could rescue it.
The Re-Farmer
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Some updates
So, in between unpacking and rearranging, cooking with sourdough, feeding the critters outside and taking pictures of our deer visitor, other things have been going on.
First update: I did get an email back about our claim to the moving company.
Actually, I got two.
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This Morning’s Critter Visitors
We are going to have to rethink how our living room is laid out again. A bit of adjusting to better suit my husband’s needs, and a bit more shifting around. Our big picture window is currently blocked off completely, and I’d like to open it up again.
Then promptly block it again. With a tripod. :-D
We had many chickadees, as usual, and a third squirrel has joined the two we usually see. Then we got this crowd.
I have been able to find our copy of A Field Guide to the Birds of North America, and was able to identify them as chipping sparrows. [correction: these are redpolls, which were not in my book at all. We get chipping sparrows in the summer.]
Then our beautiful lady came to visit again. We first saw her going through the spruce grove some distance away, but she came back for a quick feed.
What a beauty!
We have a pair of blue jays that regularly visit – likely a mated pair. One of them hung out in the spruces for a while.
I just love their colouring. They’ve always been one of my favourite birds.
