(health, garden, f&f, procrastination)

[elainegrey]

Yesterday's irritability rather spun me all afternoon. I blame the prednisone. But no coughing, yay! Also blaming prednisone for less snacking control.

Thanks to a link to shopping for pretty blank books i found myself thinking about journaling and planning tools. I just broke down and ordered 3x5 planner cards and colored pens. This is ... unnecessary ... because i am actually doing pretty well with airtable in keeping track of things. But this could be a creative push? I dunno. Not too much money spent, since the calendar cards are deeply discounted.

After work i met up with Dad at "The Plant," an old industrial site that has been converted to a business incubator that is currently thriving with beverages: a distillery, a brewery, a meadery, a coffee roaster. A bit precious for Dad, who is price sensitive and prefers his Bud Light, but pleasant - -mainly, my goal was getting a walk for Carrie which may have slipped through his attention in my invitation.

I guess i need to decide about buying strawberry plugs. I'm imagining trying them under the blackberries and interspersed in the native low growing grass. https://chathamfarmsupply.com/seasonal-orders/now-taking-strawberry-plug-orders I guess i should wait to order until after i have my discussion with the surgeon so i know whether i will want to be planting strawberries in late September. If i can plant them, i think i will order them.

Comments

[tamena]

ulterior dad motives are great! I do the same with mine
pred makes me insane too - no coughing helps I'm sure
and in the same boat with plantings.
I WANT to plant and garden, I feel an intrinsic need to plant and garden, I feel depressed and discouraged not planting and gardening - my hip however has different plans and I guess I need to listen to it for a while longer
*hugs*
hoping your surgeon gives you good news and you can do your thing =)

[elainegrey]

I understand that intrinsic need -- you also nurture so many animals too! I continue to hold a vision of your life back in your control.

[tamena]

thank you, I really do appreciate that

[amaebi]

Yay, berries!

I have been meaning to tell you: Mara des Bois strawberries are in fact extra lovely to eat.

[elainegrey]

I did not realize Fragaria vesca was native to North America; i'd though only F virginiana would be native here. But Mara des Bois apparently are F vesca and therefore a native.

Has it made a nice ground cover for you?

I may still go with the commercial garden strawberry given our local vendor who sells flats of locally well tested plants.

[amaebi]

I have it planted in a bed. Where I need to keep pulling bindweed in its defense. But it seems to bounce back well.

[amaebi]

Also, prednisone is a strange, chancy, rather monstrous traveling companion.

[elainegrey]

The first few times i took it, it was the most wonderful thing ever: i felt so very healthy and able.

Looking forward to the end of this course on Sunday.

[amaebi]

I'm glad it's worked well for you! Sheeyun was on high dose prednisone for most of over a year-- and gave himself a splendid background in real analysis that he hadn't got through his engineering degrees, which were very maths-as-tools-oriented.