This Week

Ladybug on Rose Leaves

This week started well two visits from friends on Monday.  Monday morning, I did two loads of laundry and did a little house cleaning and tidying.  In the  afternoon, friend R visited and we spent the rest of the afternoon chatting and having tea and cake.  Around 6:30 p.m., I drove her home and after I came home, I took the trash cans to the curb.  I had planned to water the back garden, but, it was too late to do so by then.  A little later, my late friend A's daughter stopped by to bring me some dinner.  

On Tuesday, I brought the emptied trash cans in, watered the back garden, washed my bed sheets and remade my bed, unraveled a sock I was knitting as it was turning out to be too big (I was trying to knit with two strands of yarn to prevent the heel from tearing), cooked a shrimp curry (had some of it with rice for dinner and froze the rest), and watched some videos online.  I also called the temple and spoke with the monks.

Wednesday was chilly and grey.  I felt cold and unmotivated to do much of anything.  So, I spent the majority of the day knitting on my sock, catching up on my blog reading, and watching online videos.  I did break down some boxes to recycle them, deadheaded some of the rose bushes, and when M came to tend to the garden in the afternoon, helped him to transplant the tangerine tree, out of its planter and into the ground.  M brought me two more rescued plants another client had tossed because they were both not looking their best - a pink double flowered kalanchoe (nothing wrong with it that a good watering wouldn't fix) and a pot of freesias with dried up flowers (he will share the freesia bulbs with me).  

Friend S called to ask if I had some items from Sri Lanka and if so, could she borrow them for a friend of hers to use for a cultural display; I told her she's welcome to borrow anything and she said she'll come over on Sunday to pick up the items.  I have some items I had already picked out to declutter and I can offer them to her to keep if she wants them, as well.

Later in the evening, I spent some time preparing 5 cups of rose petals to make a batch of jam, washing the petals and tearing off the white part at the base of each petal as that part is bitter.

So far this week, I've been grateful for:

- Visits and phone calls from friends
- A gift of a meal from one of them
- M sharing rescued plants with me

- M's help with the garden
- Working appliances

Joyful activities have included visiting with friends, spending time in the garden, and knitting.

It is early Thursday morning as I write this.  My plans for the day include a quick shopping trip to buy a box of 4 oz. canning jars for the rose petal jam I am planning to make.  

How is your week coming along?  What are your plans for Thursday?

Ladybug

Did you know that a ladybug (also known as a ladybird in some parts of the world) is actually a beetle and not a bug?