(weather, garden, health, superstition)

[elainegrey]

Early Monday morning was a frost, 32° for an hour plus. It just hit 32° again. So glad I am not banking on my berries for any cash.

Sunday late afternoon i moved gladiolus and allium bulbs from where the glads were grazed on by deer into what i am calling the dodder triangle, a section inside the orchard where dodder, a creepy parasitic plant, has established. I've seen a time lapse video of a dodder seedling seeking out its prey. This - https://youtu.be/NDMXvwa0D9E - isn't the video i had in mind, as the series i saw showed the dodder selecting the tomato plant from other plants. Well, allium and glads are NOT plants the dodder can parisitize, so the little orange seedlings can hunt all they want, but no complete life cycle with seed set for them this year.

I will eventually dig up all the bulbs from the arc that delimits the border of the mossy glade and replace with a bed of... something. I have planned various collections of azaleas, viburnums, baptista, or monarda. Blueberries! Surely i can get them established enough to be able to tolerate deer. Although with all the cages around the mayhaws, plums, and hazelnuts i think i want to wait for some of those plants to be ready to face the deer and then reuse those cages on the arc.

Meanwhile, UHC has TWO "prior authorizations" in progress, and i did not get news from the nurse last night. The ear that i would like to be the cartilage donor has a bad psoriasis flare. Everything is under control at work, which feels superstitiously bad. I'm ready and prepared (except for my ear). Superstition says, "Yep, this ain't happening this week." (That is, that UHC will NOT grant a "prior approval" in time.) When did i become so superstitious?? I'll admit that the issue with my ear does weigh towards having surgery and them choosing the other ear, leaving me with two messed up ears. My superstition leans towards, yes, i can be more miserable.

So, if the prior authorization doesn't come through ... should i take time off work, anyhow? Wednesday and Thursday look like great yard work days. (Superstition: if i can come up with attractive alternatives....)

Comments

[amaebi]

I admire your planty way of salting the soil for the dodder enemies.

Holding my thumbs for your ears, for the completion of your medical procedure, and for your tranquility.

[elainegrey]

Fingers crossed. I had bought discounted cerulean alliums and finally got around to planting them: the bulbs seemed completely desiccated. We'll see if they have a will to live deep inside.

[tamena]

yes on the days off regardless
and you've been reading my journal for too long - that's where the "wtf is going to happen next" comes from *hugs*

[elainegrey]

I did and other than being so sore (i can't believe i worked that hard and wonder if this is an arthritis flare?) it was delightful.

[tamena]

here's to delightful days and many more to come for both of us!!!
that kind of sore is something I'm looking forward to =)