It has been a long week, but it's finally over, and I even successfully went to Walmart, where I picked up Cody's Italian Parsley and some Lemon Balm for me.
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Chronicling the arts of my life
Friday, April 26, 2024
Long Week
Thursday, April 25, 2024
I’ll Have My Crown Now
Did you ever watch the movie Dances With Wolves? Do you remember the koo koo bird Major who assigned that post on the frontier to John Dunbar? And how he flipped out and stood there demanding his crown?
Well, I'll have my crown now.
Yep, my long awaited dental appointment was this afternoon. My dentist was a bit concerned at first, because the filling was pretty large and it had been replaced at least once. What can I say? I was cursed with soft teeth.
The dentist was concerned that the cavity was so deep that we'd get into the nerve and I'd end up having to have a root canal. But after getting the old filling out and my tooth all cleaned out, he took an X-Ray and said, "We're close to the nerve, but not there yet, so we're going to go with our original plan of putting a crown on it." He cautioned me to be aware that the tooth could still abscess and I might need a root canal anyway, and I said, "We'll deal with that when it happens."
We got the tooth prepped and impressions taken, and he seriously pumped me full of whatever it was he uses to numb teeth, because my appointment was at 1:00 and it was after 5:00 PM before it all wore off.
I'd planned on stopping by Walmart on the way home and buying soil for my new planter, which arrived while I was at the dentist, but after laying on my head for all that time, I was pretty wobbly for a while, so I decided to just skip it for today. I'll probably be tomorrow or even Saturday before I get the thing put together anyway.
My supervisor is ready to oversee the project.
You'd think...huh?
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
It's That Time
While I was doing all of this gardening, I got Marty Mac out and trimmed all of his dead leaves and traps.
Laters.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Winter? Is that you?
I don't know if it's something with the specific variety of cosmos, but they are thin and leggy as if they weren't getting enough light. So, out into the sunshine they go. Also, I still haven't figured out why some of the plant cells dry out so much faster than others. I'm thinking I might get some of those grow sponges and try them -- along with different varieties of seeds to see if they do any better under these grow lights. I don't know. This little system got really good reviews on Amazon, but I'm not having much luck with it.
Monday, April 22, 2024
Earth Day 2024
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Sunday, April 21, 2024
San Jacinto Day
After the fall of the Alamo, on March 6, 1836, the Texas Army, led by General Sam Houston, spent 6 weeks running from the relentless pursuit of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana. On April 21, on the banks of the San Jacinto River, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution was fought.
It lasted just 18 minutes, and culminated with the capture -- and surrender -- of Santa Ana. Against all odds, the Texas Revolution was won, and Texas became an independent republic, until they joined the United States by treaty in 1845.
And this is the song those soldiers played as they marched into battle:
Saturday, April 20, 2024
It's Alive!
Life! Life! I have given my creation liiiiiife!
I probably won't do too many scarves, as the hats knit up so much faster, but I've been wanting to do at least one for a while now. It's a very simple pattern, good for mindless knitting.
Friday, April 19, 2024
Patriot's Day
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Salad
If this doesn't work, I don't know what else I'll do. The slugs are why I stopped trying to grow marigolds, after all. They kept eating them. Shame, because I love marigolds.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Dinosaurs!!
I didn't intend to include a person in this photo, but I'm kind of glad she was there, so you can get some perspective on how big this thing really is.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Done!
Yep, me with my old crazy self got out after work and mowed the front and side yards. Only now I'm too tired to even lift my arms, but the list is done!
Monday, April 15, 2024
And With That
I'm really enjoying them, even though I'd never like growing sunflowers. This afternoon, I went to Walmart and picked up some stakes and got them secured.
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Busy Saturday
The second thing I did was decide not to mow today, mainly because the yard is still a bit soggy from all the recent rains, but also because I didn't want to, so I got out and got the rest of the firewood moved into the back.
I think I'm still going to get some stakes for them, even though most websites say they can stand on their own. What with our spring storms and all, it won't hurt to give them a little extra support.