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A Tough Time

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I hit the wall today.

With a gall bladder attack, a blocked bile duct, hospitalization, lack of food, dealing with a strange and not very filling diet, frustration that I don’t have more strength by now, worry about my Mom who is failing rapidly, worry about Riley who has been having problems for 2 weeks now, worry about our finances –  Don is looking for any kind of work and I would like to as well but can’t until I get my gall bladder removed… I walked outside to see that the deer had eaten the tops off of my David Phlox. It was just about ready to bloom.

I wanted to cry. Then I saw this:

The deer apparently decided to deadhead my Black-Eyed Susan before it could bloom. I’ve been lucky for the past 5 years. The main garden bed always remained undisturbed by deer. That luck just ran out.

There are those times in life where everything seems overwhelming and it just takes one little, or not so little thing, to set you off. This was it for me. Tears of frustration.

I did some weed-whacking today and was tuckered out pretty quickly. One trip with the filled wheel barrow to our ‘dumping grounds’ and I was trembling. I do not like this. I’m used to doing a lot in the garden and believe me, it needs lots of work. I’ve been resting and reading (I’ve read 3 books) but I get frustrated sitting around.

I don’t mean for this to be a pity me post. I’m just being honest. It’s a tough time for me right now.

Entertaining is Exhausting

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So say these two. I’m inclined to agree. The week has been about clean-up outside and clean-up inside. And a party. Now I need to rest.

Don thanks you for all your lovely birthday greetings. He was truly surprised and amazed as he read them all. You are the best!

We had a lovely day yesterday culminating in a wonderful evening with a group of musician friends. Stir-fry, salad, munchies and sugar-free Julian apple-raspberry pie. Though we tried to steer our guests to the other sugary pie we had on hand, it didn’t work. They know a good thing when they see it. Delicious! A good time was had by all and I think Don really had a great day. We have declared this the birthday weekend. Maybe it will be the birthday month…

Since it has been incessantly raining for the last 3 days, I was scrambling to find some roses that still had petals.

This is the simple jar of roses that sat on the table.

The sun is out, though more storms are forecast for later in the day. I may mosey on outdoors and pull a few weeds. Perhaps I can persuade the birthday boy to move the stuff off the porch and onto the side of the road where we will add a big FREE sign. I want my porch back.

Have a great weekend.

Birdbath & Would You Do Me a Favor?

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Every birdie needs a bath. This little one came back several times, especially after I changed the water just for him.

I had 2 days of work in the garden and then the rains came. Yesterday morning we had a doozy of a thunderstorm. It seemed to go on for hours. With it came humidity and I’m afraid more of the same is due today. I’ve been cleaning and unpacking and worrying about Riley. He’s really had a hard time of it with an injury to his right hip. We don’t know how it happened…sometimes this sort of thing just takes over for several days and we worry and help him as best we can. In the middle of a “Should we take him to the Vet?” discussion, as if he knew just what we were suggesting and wanted no part of it, he started to show little signs of improvement.  We’re exercising him as often as we can and he seems find getting up and down a bit easier today. Our sweet boy – we sure love him.

May I give you a little heads up? Don has a big birthday tomorrow. One that he has been dreading. Hint: it starts with a 6 and ends with an 0. He wants to keep the day low-key, so we are having a couple of friends over for dinner and an evening of music with guitars and beautiful songs and the creative expression that makes Don happy. A little gift giving will be done, (the big gift, if you remember, is our trip to Fenway Park in September for a Red Sox vs. Yankees game) some sugar-free apple raspberry pie (from the Julian bakery in Julian, CA) will be eaten and hopefully, the day will be a happy one.

I’m going to write a Happy Birthday post for him later today. Would you all be so kind as to wish him a Happy Birthday? It would be such a wonderful surprise. I plan on showing him all the birthday greetings at the end of the day on Friday.

Thank you, my friends. My guy needs a little cheering up!

Lambs Like to Party

Lambs Like to Party

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