On the mend with son and family. Started email communication. So far so good... Used

 My Ai to formulate first email. Didn't want anything to be worded wrong. It's been 4 years since I've seen the grandkids. Just can't take it anymore.

Been out of hospital since wed.

 Had to have emergency surgery. Hip replacement. Was doing A.M. walk and fell whilst trying to jump on embankment, out of the way of vehicle coming from behind. Never had so many drugs in my life. Gave me fentanyl AND ketamine in ambulance. Ketamine is now in my records as being allergic to because it made me freak out to the 8th degree... In hospital they gave me whatever pain killer , different each med pass, all nice. None I'd ever heard of.  For fun may post pic of surgery wound which is just taped together. 

My youngest sister gave me a retirement present.. A guide to foraging north american mushrooms.

 I guess the big prizes are Lions Mane and the Indian Ghost Pipe. So I guess I'm looking for those two mushrooms for her, as she is a serious tincturer! In the meanwhile my first day into it, I can identify a few fungi that pop up right in my back yard:    

Deer mushroom

deer mushroom upside down & a few others that I haven't been able to identify, yet

Hydnellum Concrescens

Christmas wreath lichen.

Cortinarius bottom

Top

Experiments with moss

 

Started walking again. Early mornings for one hour..

My dad's house.

one of my aunt's ponds.

 

Bats are victims of bad PR.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/beneficial/attracting-bats-to-garden.htm

New cat in town. Pale orange Tom cat.

 

Best pic this year so far! The Princess Stumperina Pumpkin

 

Still spring

 

Turned mattress last night, woke without back pain. Wth? Is it the cortisone? I had to take the opportunity

 To do a tiny tiny bit of raking. Such perfect weather. Time for lunch ...arugula  & avocado salad. 

Start receiving SS and medicare this july. Not really enough to live on.

My Oasis. May 2025

 

Wow, this blows my mind..what in the heck?! "Fighting To Save My Son From Becoming a Girl-Harrison"

Book of Nina: YOUR LINES.. (i guess this was for mr. m) forgot about it.

Book of Nina: YOUR LINES..: strewn across my bed ~ I could be trying to sleep under a ceiling made of bark, branch and leaf; freedom vents allowing the body to finally ...

Glad this winter is almost over.

 The Guest House

" This being human is a guest

house. Every morning a new arrival:

A joy, a depression, a meanness,

some momentary awareness comes

as an unexpected visitor. Welcome

and entertain them all!

Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,

who violently sweep your house

empty of its furniture, still treat

each guest honorably. He may be

clearing you out for some new

delight. The dark thought, the

shame, the malice, meet them at

the door laughing and invite

them in."

 Rumi

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Winter 2025