Done This Week

[scrubjayspeaks]

Another absolutely brutal heat wave. The air quality has been terrible as well, such that I’ve been having asthma-like symptoms off and on all week. It’s supposed to cool off sharply this week, so I’m holding out hope that things will be a bit less taxing.

I got bloodwork done for my upcoming rheumatologist appointment (which has already been rescheduled by them once, because they’re always like this). Thus begins what will be a full month of endless doctor appointments, which I am broadly dreading.

I saw a flock of rental goats out cleaning a hillside on my way into town. While I don’t particularly want to have more animals to look after, the prospect of a few goats does sound fun. Maybe someday.

Lewisia: 3 new pieces written, June posts queued up

Day job: 33.25 hours with the short holiday week and coming in late one day

Gardening: against my will but at mum’s request, I mowed in the wildflower field, pruned the big operculicarya into a more respectable shape and moved it to a spot outside of the cold frame

Reading: Strangers in Paradise #8, 9, & 10 (oh, I love my little soap opera, I’ve hit the section where it is overtly playing with the idea of alternate timelines)

Watching: more Murderbot TV :3, finally watched Jurassic World 3 (hm, it’s not good, even if it’s nice seeing the old team back together)

Listening: Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay (saw the video below of them performing Bowie’s “Ashes to Ashes” and liked their sound enough to pick up an album)

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Clock Mouse: 1630 words, a third named character, and picking up some kind of momentum

Comments

[scrubjayspeaks]

In fairness to her, a) the areas I mowed were mostly dry grasses and weeds because b) I focused my seed distribution last fall around the trees and shrubs, therefore c) the few still surviving flowers were left alone. My objection to mowing is that I'm trying to leave the area undisturbed for insect life, which use dry grasses as habitat.

We continue to butt heads (goat joke!) over some of the more progressive (or traditional, if you think about it right) gardening philosophies. She's getting into the concept of no-till now, but it was kind of a hard sell to someone who was a very conventional western gardener. And I get that fire prevention and county laws require us to clear more land than I would if left to my own devices. But I was annoyed that my little quarter acre patch was subject to the same treatment as the rest of the acrage.

[trepkos]

Doesn't seem fair! People don't see the big picture - without insects, we have nothing.