Accident!

Yesterday began well….

The absolute silence, the evocative Summer fragrance of dry grass, the solitude, the wonderful warmth of morning sun that hits horizontally and reveals things often missed when the sun is high, and the wonderfully refreshing coolness of the shade; I love early morning walks with Her Highness.

I watered yesterday morning from 6:30 to 8:30, then we went on our walk. When we returned, we chilled until it was time for me to join my BC stutterers support group on Zoom at 10:00. It thought that it be my last session with them. I’m disgusted with some decisions of CanStutter, the Canadian national stuttering association. They will not help SPACE survey the people on their mailing list. Their decision is illogical, paranoid, and petty. And as out support group is a service of CanStutter, I’m conflicted.

I voiced my discontent and explained at length why, and I found everyone in sympathy with me, so I shall stay in the group and we will work together to change the leadership at CanStutter.

When I finished talking with the group, it was lunchtime for us all, and then I got to raking and toting. I was keen for it. I wanted to get a lot done, so out I went. I got a fair bit done and then decided to have a brief rest in the hammock. What a disaster that turned out to be.

I sat on the hammock, and I was instantly flipped out head over heels, and on my way to the ground, my arm hit the metal frame that supports the hammock, and it peeled a 4” X 2.5” piece of skin off my arm.

My immediate concern was turning off my watch which was trying to call 911 for help. Finally, I got it to stop, but then I wondered how I was going to bandage so big a wound. I had only normal band aids at home and the pharmacy was closed. I wanted something to protect my arm that didn’t stick to the wound, so I drove to the paramedic office and two lovely gentlemen, Arlo and Brent, bandaged me up and showed me how to rebandage myself. They gave me supplies with which to maintain my laceration.

It didn’t really hurt until I got home, then it settled unless I flexed my arm and then I’d get intense pain. The rest of my day was spent on the chaise in the lovely cool of the house. I slept and kept my arm in a sling so that it could rest and not move.

Last night it was not easy to sleep. I couldn’t sleep on my side with the damaged arm, and I’d move in the night and wake myself with pain. But I’m exceptionally happy to report that it feels much, much better this morning.

It’s a beauty of a day, and there is good news in the forecast. Environment Canada is predicting a cloudy day on Thursday, and rain Thursday night and Friday. Oh my God, I hope that proves accurate. Regardless, it looks like I’ll get a break from constant watering come the end of the week.

Blue Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa caerulea)