Mid-Week on Wednesday

 

The Stumpery

Thank you, everyone, for your kind comments about the garden posts.  I realized that I had forgotten to post the pictures I took of the stumpery, so, here go you - two for the price of one!

The Stumpery

I wanted to shift the log that is in front a little closer to the stumps, but, then, I noticed that there are osteospermum seedlings starting to sprout in that space and that's what I want to happen.  I want to see the plants growing in and around the stumps, making a habitat of it.  The "scaredy cat" plant cuttings I pushed in among some of the branches are starting to grow, too, and I am looking forward to seeing them and the osteospermum growing among the stumps.

Today, Wednesday, was another gorgeous day with the high being in the low 80s.  I sat outside in the back "patio" area, to say my morning prayers as it was a bit warmer outside than inside.  After I finished my prayers, I wandered around the garden for a bit, and picked a few of the moringa pods I had left on the tree to mature and dry and collected the seeds from them.  I planted four of them in a planter and one in the ground, in the stonery.  I have more seeds that I want to plant in small pots to get them started, but, I don't have anymore potting soil.  When M came to tend to the garden, I gave him some moringa seed pods, too, and asked him to buy me another bag of potting soil.  We'll plant the rest of the seeds when he bring the potting soil.

Later in the afternoon, I called Dancer's pharmacy to order a refill of his thyroid ointment and I called the car service people to book the car in for a routine service.  I also finally unpacked the car trunk of the stuff I had put in earlier, when preparing to evacuate.  I left the box with the six gallons of water in the trunk, though.  

I spent an hour or so relaxing and sewing my fabric scraps together.  I'm just sewing them into squares and rectangles for now without following any quilt patterns.  There are some leftovers from previous quilts, too, that I am incorporating into this project.  I've no idea how it will turn out!  Speaking of fabric, I am so glad that I stocked up on fabric, in December of last year!  The fabric store chain, which declared bankruptcy, will be closing all their stores.  Not sure quite when, but, I assume it will be in the near future.  

Later, I cleaned the bathrooms, chatted with friend R, and then, took a nap on the sofa.

Brunch had been a tiny bit of a very spicy ramen cup noodle that M brought for my daughter to try (I just had a taste of it as it was too spicy for me; it was almost too spicy for my daughter, too!) followed by a bowl of yogurt (I'm trying to get more calcium in my diet, per my doctor's recommendation following my blood test results).  For dinner, I cooked savory rice (with chicken broth added to the rice) and cauliflower, served with leftover salmon.  I shared an apple with my daughter, afterwards, followed by a couple of chocolate truffles leftover from the almsgiving/Christmas.

Today, I am grateful for:

- A sunny, warm day
- M helping with the garden
- Moringa seeds to plant
- Chatting with friend R
- We didn't need to evacuate, after all

Today's joyful activity was playing with fabric.

Plans for tomorrow (Thursday) include:

- Taking the car in for a service
- Maybe picking up Dancer's medication (if ready)
- Cleaning the kitchen
- More playing with fabric.

How was your Wednesday?  What are your plans for Thursday?