One Bad Cherry

Yesterday was the opposite of the day before. I was a busy beaver yesterday, working all day outside except for a short nap in the sunshine after lunch. We walked in the morning, but Her Highness was not up for our afternoon sojourn through the 707. We had to turn back. 

I focused on cleaning the last of the beds needing cone and needle removal and I added soil to all the beds where there was a need. I don’t think Pinecone Park has every looked so good. It was such a great day, I got a lot done. I could have done more, but for dessert at lunchtime I ate some cherries. I was typing as I ate and I was not paying attention to the condition of the cherries. When I ate one, I regretted it. It tasted off.

Twenty minutes later, I was feeling so sick in my stomach, I couldn’t walk. The next half-hour was spent in the bathroom. Once my body had emptied itself, I got back to work again, watering everywhere and attending to the many little things a garden always needs doing. I cut all the dead little twigs off all my woody plants, and it makes a marvellous difference. All my beds look incredibly tidy now.

Today, for the second time this Spring, I’m expanding the fence around the Italian Plumb tree. When that is done, I will have completed everything I have wanted to do in the garde. I have a list of things I want done in the Fall, but I am going to hire someone to do them. I want to move things, and digging is a challenge I don’t want. I’m planning to hire Sandi’s gardener to do all the transplanting chores.

Now I just water and putter until the wood comes. Then I’ll be busy stacking it all in the shed. I feel up to the challenge. I like having things to do to keep me busy and outdoors in the fine weather. It’s getting warmer, but Sunday is predicted to be cloudy and Sunday night and Monday may be wet. My fingers are crossed.

Aidan is in Japan. SPACE is making a presentation at a university there and Aidan is leading several workshops in various locations. I have some SPACE homework to do, but that will happen on Sunday when the weather has me wanting to stay indoors. The CBC program, On the Coast, is going to interview me. I’m excited to know that listeners will be hearing a stutterer on the radio!!

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