Hi Folks,
Well, another week has passed as summer
slips away. K's knee is making great progress. She no longer uses the
walker and the cane is not always in use either.
Is it sad that it
has taken a full knee replacement for us to get some relaxing time
together? We all tend to lead busy lives these days and her job is a
high stress treadmill. We'd actually forgotten how much we enjoy just
hanging out together.
The garden:
This is the coldest summer since
somewhere in the 1970's. All gardens have suffered. Mine is
struggling, but slowly starting to show some promise. Many of the
warm loving plants are a write off, but what can you do? On the
brighter side I have learned a ton of useful things and will be
applying them to see if I can salvage anything from this year.
The lettuces are starting to look good.
(The first crop nearly froze to death and refused to grow higher than
my thumb.) The potatoes are flourishing and the rhubarb plans to take
over the world. I'll have lots more pictures in the weeks to come.
ROW80:
On the writing front I have barely
managed 1500 words, but I have done some tidying up of several
different things I'm working on. I have also had new ideas for
several new novels. I need to find a way to increase my output by several thousand words per day. Sigh
My publisher tells me Lady Blue is
still selling well and that a sequel would be nice. I have a few
ideas running through my head right now. Once the snows fall again I
expect to be a busy girl at the keyboard.
So, that's it for this week. I hope
everything is going well for all of you and that you are surrounded
by smiling faces and happy hearts in the coming week.
Bless
Pru
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Glad the mending is going well and you are enjoying some serendipitous quality time together. And woohoo for thriving rhubarb and good book sales!
ReplyDeleteHi Kassandra, yep, it's an ill wind that blows nobody some good or however that saying goes. :)
DeleteIt good that you were able to spend time together and glad to hear her knee is doing much better. And sorry yo hear that your garden suffered. It was certainly a strange summer of cool and wet. Just the way it goes sometimes.
ReplyDeleteHope you week is more productive!!
Hey Cindy, it sure is a crazy summer, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. K and I have been given a chance to reconnect in so many ways. It's worth it all for that.
DeleteI think it would be a lot sadder if the knee replacement didn't trigger you to spend quality time together. May you enjoy every second you can, especially as healing progresses and more is possible.
ReplyDeleteYour rhubarb comment made me chuckle. Here, it's been the opposite - hot and dry in May, wet in June, hot and dry in July....we got a downpour yesterday, and my wilitng beans and flowers perked right up!
Yeah, it has taken these past couple of weeks for me to truly see how much I have missed this lady. These high stress jobs like hers truly ruin a person. We're working on a way for her to retire early now.
DeleteFor the garden, it was so cold in June and July that most seed just rotted in the ground or didn't germinate until late. What has managed to grow is starting to take hold now though.