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2022 Frozen Tundra Farm Report
lighter:
I'm relieved to see B's medical situation is moving along and in a good direction. YES!
Wonderful update, (((Amber and Buck.)))
Lighter
sKePTiKal:
Still waiting to hear what date surgery might be scheduled. B's gone back home with instructions to try to gain body fat... which is difficult when he's currently managing pain by concentration of his mind & movement of his body. He also can't eat large amounts at any given time without causing issues. The protein shakes upset his stomach.
He's also got a one-minded fire to get as much packed up to move as possible next trip. He'll need at least a month of carefully enforced "light duty" during recovery, so I'm stocking up on 2x4s to keep him still enough for the incisions to heal and the pump to firmly implant itself.
Spring is trying to sproing! The scattered clumps of Daffodils are up (I really need to order & plant more bulbs.) Helga the Beast of a Jeep has been reborn, and had a facelift. That's been B's project. She now sports a big winch on a new bumper and will have a reminder posted on the dash for Hol: trees don't move. LOLOLOLOLLOL.
Busy days around here, so I'm not "in my head" so much. Feeling good - although I still need to work on strength. Hol's got her weights set up in the Hut garage.... and has proposed I accept her offer of "personal training" advice. :rolleyes: There's a reason I would've been a really bad fit for the military; to wit, her brand of "encouragement" often has the opposite effect on me. I dunno if she'll have time though; greenhouse gets delivered this month.
New kitty Black Jack, is starting to settle in. Freddy still isn't impressed with him, but so far there haven't been any scuffles. Stinks & Jack are thick as thieves... and Stinks is over the moon to have a younger playmate. Being feral, Jack bonded to B - who can pet him and pick him up. So far, the closest Jack will get to me is a few feet away when I feed him - or playing with my feet under the covers of the bed. He can't go outside until he's neutered - and I can't make the appt until I know I can pick him up and get him in a crate.
And I just heard I'm dogsitting today for Knuckles.
Hopalong:
Awww, the menagerie sounds wonderful, Amber. Woofs and purrs (not to mention quacks and clucks...)
SO glad B is moving forward toward a new pain pump. He deserves that miracle. It's incomprehensible what he's had to go through to get it, but the tunnel light seems to be glowing brighter.
He is so very very lucky to have you tracking, supporting, planning. I hope he tells you so!
hugs
Hops
sKePTiKal:
If I don't post - you should assume No News = Good News.
Just been readjusting to being solo again, getting seeds started, thinking ahead... even though our priorities and "next things" are already mapped out and just "doing" - with plenty of downtime right now waiting on better weather on days I'm not committed to something else. It's still too wet to start digging dirt in the garden.
Life is good here - MOSTLY because none of us take the "stories with agendas or opinions and viewponts" as actual news anymore. And we aren't emotionally manipulated by most of those things either. We know human nature is the same as it ever was - no matter how effectively we try to grow and change for the better. It's a quieter life but we're used to making our own entertainment. Got Buck a chess set this year for his birthday.
I haven't had a lot of contact with B this week. He went home to a sewer disaster that was created by the county - who also tried to fine him for the situation. He's just been one foot in front of the other since getting home. I don't tug at him all day because my job is to get the shop finished and make room in the house for what he's bringing. I'm still trying to create trust between Jack kitty and myself - and I have been able to quickly pet him before he realizes it's me. LOLOL. I can also pick him up but I mostly just respect his space and talk to him all day. He's a very chatty kitty.
Hol & S are working on the foundation prep for the greenhouse and getting garden beds ready. She's still painting in the hut & garage... trying to get back into weight training... and looking forward to planting the trees outside that have been in her house all winter. Rick, my backhoe guy, plans to move south in June. He's been shoring up our miles of road and the backhoe has gotten a lot of maintenance done, courtesy of him and Buck. More to come - and it highlights the need for some kind of equipment shed storage for that investment. As much as we're doing around here the bobcat & hoe are absolutely necessary - and B is bringing more equipment.
Fickle March weather - today feels like another good day for a fire. But I will need to clean out the stove first.
Hopalong:
This sounds wise to me, Amber:
--- Quote ---Life is good here - MOSTLY because none of us take the "stories with agendas or opinions and viewponts" as actual news anymore.
--- End quote ---
I do have the capacity to trust some people with well-earned perspective or wisdom that I know I do not have; nor do I have the experience or expertise to. I don't feel humiliated or devalued by that, just humbled in a positive way. I am willing to learn from ethical and educated (via common sense or "book learnin'") sources I scrutinize fairly well, I believe. Nobody's taking "authority" over my own mind and reasoning, but that doesn't make me unwilling to learn from others' reasoning. I learn a lot from YOU, for example, even where we differ.
This article gave me new insight about extremes on either end today: https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/the-third-rail/6234aa276c90860020516e75/republican-conspiracy-russia-ukraine/
Every time I think about your life on the mountain (and your plans with Buck) I feel a glow in my chest, a whiff of vicarious happiness, and a sense that good things are happening in a beautiful, sheltered part of the world. I visit you in my imagination every time you report on the busy, productive things you are immersed in, and I love it! Thank you for sharing your plans and accomplishments so generously.
hugs
Hops
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