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I'm a mother of four grandmother of seven and great grandmother of three. I live with my husband in the house that we built with the help of my brothers and will have been married for 57 years this February.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

♬♫ ♪ BLACK FINGERS♪♪

When I came in  from my yard and garden work this evening it was already dark at 9:00PM. My fingers were all black from harvesting my sweet basil. I harvested a huge  garbage bag of basil  by the light of the street light and this is my second significant harvest this summer. I can't show you a picture because my camera's batteries are dead and need recharging. I used some lemon juice to remove some of the black off my fingers and by tomorrow it will all be worn off anyway. I finished cutting my lawn after the sun hid behind the clouds but it still was very muggy. I pulled my pea fence out of the garden and weeded some purslane that grew overnight... just kidding, I just can't do yard work in the heat anymore and morning and late afternoon are spent at the farm so my gardens suffer a bit of neglect.

My sick calf is doing better today. He drank half a bottle this morning and almost a full bottle this afternoon. The other two are drinking from the pail now but one sucks on my fingers in the pail and gets upset if I pull my fingers away. He'll get over it in a day or so.

Tomorrow I have a dentist appointment for a partial fitting with two teeth. This is my second one as the staff at the hospital hostel  threw my first one in the garbage by accident when I was called an hour earlier than my appointment for radiation as they wanted to send patients  and staff home for the long weekend.  This hospital was in another city and I had a ride home to catch and never notice them missing until half way home. $525.00 in the garbage. I'm sure that the price has gone up quite a bit since then. We'll see.

No time to work on my rug binding tonight. I would have to sacrifice blog time for whipping time. Sounds sadistic to those who don't hook rugs....   JB

2 comments:

  1. So glad the babies are better. Glad you chose to blog instead of bind - I'm selfish!! I had a gum infection last fall, didn't know it; my two front teeth were separating, so I had actually four teeth replaced ($7k) - I just don't believe it should cost that much. They don't come out, thank goodness. But, I do have hearing aids, another 7k - and the fear of death comes over me if I think I have misplaced one. Enough about all that. Hope all goes good at your appt. You are a very busy person with good things though. You know I thought Canada was always rather cold - the misconceptions, where do they come from. Later/deb

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  2. Hi Julia,
    I just discovered your new blog while poking around RHD. Congratulations. I'm looking forward to reading more.
    Kim

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