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helwenHey, getting in a post before the end of the month :D
Most of the plants are still alive. I think I killed 3 out of 4 of the Foxglove -- sunlight is fine but soil drains too well. I need to move them because pretty much everything else in that garden bed is happy. I'll ask Jeni M if she has some more left -- their garden is going away but I think it still exists at this point in time.
I ended up lifting or mostly lifting two of the six grape transplants. Turns out we didn't get all of the Comfrey roots out from next to the grapes so they went sideway and came up underneath two of the plants. Much digging and clearing happened and now we'll see if they have enough life in them to make it. Still, considering they'd all been somewhere else for a decade or two, four out of six isn't bad.
The new strawberries that supposedly weren't going to fruit this year decided otherwise. I think I need to buy some straw for mulching so that maybe I can water them just a tad less...
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Getting a little sewing done this month. Mostly mending but I made a skirt and a couple of pouches and am currently working on making a top to go with the skirt. Oh, and some dish towels! There was some linen towel yardage for sale at some point in the past year and I finally cut it up and made towels. The two pouches were from the last bid of that, so no scraps hanging about from that project, at least... Oh, and sewed up two of three new sets of pillowcases. One more set to go.
My old sewing machine rose briefly from the dead with Lyle's help but came up with another problem - one he can't repair. We have to get it to a repair shop at some point. Meanwhile, I'm sewing some things by hand (including the skirt and now the top), either because they're from knit material or because I'm away from the house. The working sewing machine does straight stitch and that's it -- all I need most of the time, and in particular for quilting.
Yes, I have away time again -- every Tuesday when I get my allergy shots. I have to stay there for 30 minutes after the shots, to make sure there isn't an immediate bad reaction.
Need to work on making the iron palm bags next -- before I finish the matching top, I think... They're for the school so I want them done before I can lose the fabric or something. Also, getting them done means all the boxes of mung beans will be gotten out of the house as well. Every time I try to make space, something comes along to fill it...
Ordering the beans was interesting... Jess Laoshi did that -- first order was short so she had to straighten that out and have them correct it -- I think they overshipped by a little in the correction. The next order was fine... but the software did something weird and in her efforts to get it to work she ended up with everything we needed shipping to us, PLUS another box went to her place. Eh. Better too much than too little. I'm recommending her and Phil Laoshi get a logo stamp made so we can stamp some future bags for sale in the school.
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I've started doing some exercises that are specific to helping strengthen and stretch muscles in the pelvic region. Actually works all the connected muscles too. Neither easy nor fast for results, but I am seeing results. Strength really isn't an issue for me -- having knee tendons track correctly, dealing with sciatica, and overall mobility issues are, however, so it's worth it.
On the TMI side of things, certain intimacies are once again becoming possible. For friends who don't know, I have mild scoliosis. It's caused all sorts of problems for most of my life and there's no question it would be worse if I weren't always working to maintain as much as I'm able. The TMI bit is just the latest addition to the list. Life could have been very different without it -- I might have even been a professional dancer, among other things....
At any rate, the new exercises/stretches are helpful, are reducing some of the pain load and, if I'm really persistent, I might even regain a little of my lost height. I have to keep on top of the whole plan though, which includes CBD, tiny amounts of actual MJ, turmeric, eating more healthy foods, and the ongoing challenge of getting enough sleep.
Oh, I tried a puff last week -- amazingly it helped my hips feel and work better for a few hours. I'm not a fan of smoking anything, but... in the rolled form it actually didn't burn my throat. A friend and I did it outdoors so the house stays clear. There was some yellow dock nearby which we rubbed our fingers on afterward -- took the smell away completely. Nature's pretty cool.
Most of the plants are still alive. I think I killed 3 out of 4 of the Foxglove -- sunlight is fine but soil drains too well. I need to move them because pretty much everything else in that garden bed is happy. I'll ask Jeni M if she has some more left -- their garden is going away but I think it still exists at this point in time.
I ended up lifting or mostly lifting two of the six grape transplants. Turns out we didn't get all of the Comfrey roots out from next to the grapes so they went sideway and came up underneath two of the plants. Much digging and clearing happened and now we'll see if they have enough life in them to make it. Still, considering they'd all been somewhere else for a decade or two, four out of six isn't bad.
The new strawberries that supposedly weren't going to fruit this year decided otherwise. I think I need to buy some straw for mulching so that maybe I can water them just a tad less...
***
Getting a little sewing done this month. Mostly mending but I made a skirt and a couple of pouches and am currently working on making a top to go with the skirt. Oh, and some dish towels! There was some linen towel yardage for sale at some point in the past year and I finally cut it up and made towels. The two pouches were from the last bid of that, so no scraps hanging about from that project, at least... Oh, and sewed up two of three new sets of pillowcases. One more set to go.
My old sewing machine rose briefly from the dead with Lyle's help but came up with another problem - one he can't repair. We have to get it to a repair shop at some point. Meanwhile, I'm sewing some things by hand (including the skirt and now the top), either because they're from knit material or because I'm away from the house. The working sewing machine does straight stitch and that's it -- all I need most of the time, and in particular for quilting.
Yes, I have away time again -- every Tuesday when I get my allergy shots. I have to stay there for 30 minutes after the shots, to make sure there isn't an immediate bad reaction.
Need to work on making the iron palm bags next -- before I finish the matching top, I think... They're for the school so I want them done before I can lose the fabric or something. Also, getting them done means all the boxes of mung beans will be gotten out of the house as well. Every time I try to make space, something comes along to fill it...
Ordering the beans was interesting... Jess Laoshi did that -- first order was short so she had to straighten that out and have them correct it -- I think they overshipped by a little in the correction. The next order was fine... but the software did something weird and in her efforts to get it to work she ended up with everything we needed shipping to us, PLUS another box went to her place. Eh. Better too much than too little. I'm recommending her and Phil Laoshi get a logo stamp made so we can stamp some future bags for sale in the school.
***
I've started doing some exercises that are specific to helping strengthen and stretch muscles in the pelvic region. Actually works all the connected muscles too. Neither easy nor fast for results, but I am seeing results. Strength really isn't an issue for me -- having knee tendons track correctly, dealing with sciatica, and overall mobility issues are, however, so it's worth it.
On the TMI side of things, certain intimacies are once again becoming possible. For friends who don't know, I have mild scoliosis. It's caused all sorts of problems for most of my life and there's no question it would be worse if I weren't always working to maintain as much as I'm able. The TMI bit is just the latest addition to the list. Life could have been very different without it -- I might have even been a professional dancer, among other things....
At any rate, the new exercises/stretches are helpful, are reducing some of the pain load and, if I'm really persistent, I might even regain a little of my lost height. I have to keep on top of the whole plan though, which includes CBD, tiny amounts of actual MJ, turmeric, eating more healthy foods, and the ongoing challenge of getting enough sleep.
Oh, I tried a puff last week -- amazingly it helped my hips feel and work better for a few hours. I'm not a fan of smoking anything, but... in the rolled form it actually didn't burn my throat. A friend and I did it outdoors so the house stays clear. There was some yellow dock nearby which we rubbed our fingers on afterward -- took the smell away completely. Nature's pretty cool.
