Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Plants, and pesky fingers, also brown rabbits

A routine doctor's appointment Tuesday afternoon wiped out my knitting group and Textiles and Tea, though it did show the value of visualizing practice.

As usual my BP was high, then on second try, sitting, a bit lower, but after lying alone a few minutes, when I took the chance to relax and visualize, it dropped clear into healthy numbers. That was a first.

Great health reports all round, and I plan to get my pesky trigger finger fixed at last. It doesn't hurt, just locks then suddenly releases, very awkward for any kind of fiber work. So I'm setting up a hand surgeon visit to see what's what.

Wednesday COVID shot, could have even got in Tuesday evening, but I wasn't up for going out again. 

Then, Gary home again, he showed me a mystery plant that took off in his front yard in his absence.


It has heart shaped leaves and a vining habit like a morning glory, but has groups of small white flowers instead of single blossoms. Does anyone know?

Then neighbor K hauled me across the street to see her marble spider in her web, huge and beautiful. There's another bigger one which doesn't come out in the daytime. She can't clear up her garden for fear of breaking the web! At least that's her story.

Then, home again, I took down the coleus which is looking a bit ragged hanging in the kitchen. It's going on the floor in the living room because it looks much better seen from above.


It needs a bit of pruning but this is better than hanging in the window. So I tried out other ideas for a hanging plant there, most of them too big, get too tangled in the hanging chains. No rush, I expect I'll end up with another philodendron.

And here's some art material drying out.  

Coffeegrounds, to be incorporated into flour and white glue modeling clay. I got this idea from Magpie's Mumblings, Mary Ann's blog and the source of tons of cool art and craft ideas. Go there!

I have to see how this handles,  then decide what to model with it. It might make beads to add to embroidery, or something, we'll see. It will probably be a rich dark color and I wonder if it will smell of coffee. Maybe I can model brown rabbits, instead of the first of the month white ones. 

I like upcycling my breakfast coffee grounds, but there's only so much ground coffee and tea leaves my small area can take. They're good for plants that like acid, but I have very few of them.  Anything's better than the landfill, though, which is quite full enough.

Happy day everyone, watch this space for hats, clay thingies, socks and whatever else happens. It's all good.  Speaking of socks, the convent community where I send the socks and gloves, has acquired a new puppy, Peach! The previous dog died, very old, a few months ago, and the sisters mourned her then urgently needed a new pup.


Here she is, a rescued and upcycled Puerto Rican street dog, who clearly made it big in the world, with an entire community to play with. 



27 comments:

  1. I wonder if the plant is bindweed.
    That is a lovely, sweet little dog for the convent.
    Great reports all round for your health is always good news.

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    1. Not sure about bindweed, since this has multiple flower heads. They're all devoted to Peach!

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    1. So typical of those sisters to rescue a street dog. She'll have a marvelous life, big house, huge property, adoring people all round.

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  3. I am sure the pup has a lovely home and will live to a happy old age with the sisters.

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  4. I love the name Peach. What a lucky little pup to have found such a home.
    My plant ID wouldn't be able to identify from that picture. I'd be curious to know what it is though.
    Good luck with the Covid shot. It's not a party, I'll tell you that.

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    1. It's not a good picture, maybe I can do better. But plants do crossbreed, so it's not always easy to tell. Peach has fallen on her paws! The community and all their visitors to programs and services, she'll have company all the time.

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  5. My aunt had her trigger finger lock up when she was scrubbing surfaces or doing things like that. Annoyed the heck out of her.
    Peach looks like a very alert and cute puppy--to be loved by many. Lucky pup!

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    1. I can't say I do much scrubbing, but it's a pest anyway. I wouldn't mind being adopted by that group -- endless care and company!

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  6. I wonder how the coffee grounds will work. Watching your space. Peach has landed on her paws - sweet.

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    1. She looks like Jenny, her predecessor, whom I met a couple of times, such a contented dog, went everywhere with the sisters, chapel, the lot.
      Yes, we'll see how the coffee works. I'm hoping for a beaded hatband.

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  7. What an alert puppy! She'll be well loved.
    You have trigger finger too?

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    1. She looks happy already. Yes, the finger's been a nuisance for ages and now I'm getting to it.

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  8. That dog is a cutie and lucky too!
    I would worry that the beads would smell like coffee or stain what they touch. Your craftier than I am so you will find out.

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  9. That pup hit the jackpot! Modeling clay and coffee grounds, Whoda thought?

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    1. She personifies a lucky pup! I'm wondering what else can be blended in with homemade clay.

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    1. So good to see you back, Debra. I missed you.

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  11. Our doctor calls the higher BP readings at appointments the 'white coat syndrome' and says it's actually a thing.
    Thank you for the shout out and now I'm looking forward to seeing the results of your coffee modeling experiment.
    Lucky Peach to have so many people all happy to dote on her.

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    1. I hope people come to your blog. I always enjoy seeing what ideas you've found.

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  12. Such a look of wonder on that puppy's face.

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    1. She's been through a lot in her short life, and I think she knows she's in good hands now.

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  13. Our doc advises us to never rely on the first BP reading.

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    1. Yes, when you're checking at home they advise a short rest then a second reading.

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  14. I'd love to see your rabbits! I adore rabbits, count them every year!

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