Labor Day weekend, here already?

 Mutts observes the day

Seems only fair.

Yesterday because of the unexpected free afternoon, I roasted the chicken and the rest of the yellow potatoes. 

Chicken stuffed with fresh sage, thyme and lemon balm. Butter and olive oil, coarse seasalt outside, you see it here after I did the leg test for doneness. That was a fine supper last night.

Now I'm set. Sliced with pasta salad, chicken salad, curried chicken, ending in soup. I made mayo again, just a cup, enough for now.

I've been spinning with the spurtzleur again.

This waiting period may involve quite a bit of production, one way and another. Last evening's audio pod with friends was very helpful and supportive. They didn't quite understand how it's easier for me to go in alone, for the retest of,  better than with company. It's how I roll.  I'm a solitary person in some ways. 

But I did promise them to  recruit Handsome Son to come if we find I need treatment, to the first appointment, to make notes, because I won't be able to listen and think. The hearing aids are a blessing right now! At least I'm catching much more of what's being said. So there's that.

Today's walk yielded evidence of recent wind and rain bringing down white oak foliage 

And a berried plant that might be sumac or not 

And, at the pond a flock of wild ducks swimming in formation, about a dozen, here's the front group 

One of the males gave a few warning quacks and right after this shot, the flock flew away, wheeling around the trees to land further away on the course.

Speaking of production, as  I was before I rudely interrupted myself, here's a couple of the many, some prizewinning, images I created in my early-adopter computer assisted art period, waaaaay back.  

I had to program, using early software, two screens,a keyboard and a stylus, not just click here and there. This was cutting edge stuff then, I think in the mid-eighties. Uphill both ways, you kids. 

Only two printers in the country could print this, one in Colorado, one in California, not available to the likes of me.  So I worked with a camera set into the computer system, and fed in 35mm film for photo processing. The processing staff at the shop were intrigued and baffled by how I made the images, and became fans! Too funny.

Full credit to the two art professors who set up this complex station, Frank Rivera and Rudy name escapes me, and who signed off on letting me work in the computer lab any hours, way beyond those assigned to my class. 

Happy day, everyone! Enjoy whatever displacement activity you get caught up in. Pro tip: everything is displacement activity. Unless you're running for office.

Labor day, snake plant surprise and other musings

Yesterday was a very good day. Handsome Son spent the afternoon, did great justice to the Bad Food, 

and aside from being great company, did Good Things.

He rescued me from the Chinese language I'd got into while setting up the DVD player, took out the old TV to be picked up, using the old transport wheelchair I still have around, just in case. And while unwrapping the chair from the bag I stored it in, found an ADA approved cane I'd forgotten we had. 

This is good because lately my knee gives way slightly now and then and I may start carrying it with me out walking, just in case. So this saves me from shopping for one. And I can wave it angrily at my friends if I want. Don't annoy Grandma.. this idea amused HS quite a bit. 

The chair is now back in the closet with the walker and portable ramp. Anyone who needs them can borrow them. 

And Gary and little granddaughter came over to get my opinion later, on whether the container with the peanut plant was ready to harvest. 

It looked like it to me, as we unearthed a couple of nuts looking exactly like Mr Peanut only not dressed up. I reminded Gary to check on what's needed, because I think you may have to process them to eat. Whereupon he decided to delegate that to his daughter!

And here's a surprise discovery

I didn't realize snake plants flower, since I've only seen them with foliage. Watch this space for baby pictures. I'd been talking about donating this one to the library since I have another coming along nicely. She must have heard me.  I better do something to keep my place here, I know, flowers!

Knitting is moving along and my neck buzzing this morning reminds me not so fast, missy.

On the subject of self care, I noticed my plugin nightlights, the dusk to dawn type, were dimming a lot, not very useful. 

So, muttering about these LEDs, don't last long, five minutes since I installed them, I ordered new ones and my account tells me I last did this in 2017. Oh.  Time flies, I guess.

Happy day everyone, keep cool. I postponed a routine doctor appointment for today because it's going to be hotter than I can handle, driving to the next town, all that. I  had joked to HS that it would probably be December before they could fit me in, and, sure enough, mid December it is. 

Tomorrow there's lab work earlier in the day and much closer, much less exposure to heat. Different doctor, but  the results will be shared with my primary, all the docs in one group. So I guess that's okay. 

We have excessive heat warnings this week, in the  feels like 100+°f  range, hence my caution. I was out very early watering my flowers. 

Enjoy your day, not so hot in the southern hemisphere today I hear.

Happy Labor Day, and other important issues

If you wonder why we celebrate the labor movement, and workers today

Brought to you by a daughter and mother of Union members, and a former member herself.

Yesterday the new DVD player arrived, exciting unboxing ensued

And, aside from accidentally getting the language choice into Chinese, I managed to charge it, find the buttons, make the remote work,  and get it going for a couple of episodes of Suits.

I also broke out some more yarn for gloves. 

This is a bit elastic, and will work nicely for fitting.

Then a lovely spout, on Spoutible, my social media home, early adopter, from the lady who explained about the FCC and Fox. I mentioned to her I'd talked about it here, to  interest people in making comments on the FCC website.

Whereupon she evidently went to my bio, and she got back with

 

There was a message to warm the old cockles! Someone who thinks I'm normal, yay!

Happy Labor day, if it's a thing where you are, and here's a very suitable puzzle for this blog.

On nights when I have the bedroom window open, the scent of the butterfly bush blossoms drifts in.

Celebrate everyone today!