Art leaving home, other friends, too.

After what was starting to look like a penpal correspondence with one freecycler, who asked many questions but didn't commit, another one came in, selected four artworks, count them, and wants to pick up Thursday morning. That's better.

So once I had disentangled his choices, selected from two different posts, I set them aside for him, and we'll see. He definitely picked well, if I understood his choices correctly.

This morning I set up the official hearing-aid fitting ready to get the aids built for me. Mid July. Good thing I'm not in a mad rush. After the fitting and order, another month to get them.  So by fall I hope to hear leaves falling!

This afternoon the ficus leaves for her new home, speaking of leaves.

Library crew in action 

Off to her new home. I told her to be a good tree, and make me proud. Gary has been loudly campaigning against this move for months, but he was out when the Big Lift happened. Came home about five minutes later! Phew.

It's all go, this simplifying life. I'm tired out making things easier. I did get a sort of picture of a pleated pocket, hard to see with a printed fabric. But for people wondering, this is more or less the idea.

Once it's in action, I may add another pleat. If it flops with stuff in the pocket. As you see, just a simple unpressed mini pleat. It hangs pretty well now, in a nice shape. Easy, really.

Happy day, everyone, keep cool if you're in the heat dome. Currently my screen reads "feels like 99°f". Probably better if I don't know that.

Ready with my suntea

 

Hearing journey, still in the garage, Misfits box

Misfits arrived today.   Jeff picked up my freezer block and insulated bag, left a box of great food.

And I'm all set for June fruit, meaning cherries.

They're all about June to me, more than strawberries. Fresh apricots, blackberries. Doesn't get much better than this.

The cherries are perfectly sweet, and the apricots need a day or two.

Since the bread arrived, I was able to make a salmon salad sandwich for lunch, with an apricot. Using my all star mayo, but who's counting.

I need to make a new supply of yogurt, to go with all this fruit.

Then the afternoon was spent improving my health outlook, and torpedoing my bank account.  Nice audiologist, Dr H, said I was  not a candidate for over the counter aids, because they're geared for mild to moderate loss. My loss falls off a cliff in the upper register. 

Oh. So it's a Rx version then. She installed a pair, had to change out the hearing tip, because it turns out that not only are my ear canals tiny, they're L shaped. 

NoShe established that because I'm doing fiberarts, I have the dexterity to insert these tiny things round a corner. Most ear canals are straight into the inner ear parts.

If my Mom were living, I know what she'd say. Whenever I did anything different, which was often, she'd exclaim "You were born elbow first, and you've been awkward ever since!" Awkward meaning not the usual way of doing things. It wouldn't surprise her that I've been hearing round corners all my life.

Anyway the trial pair were geared up to 80% sound, and the difference in hearing was terrific. She then muted them and I was back to hearing fuzz around her words, and tinnitus was back.  That was clever, persuading me that this hearing journey was a really good idea. 

When I get my own aids, she would step up the volume  in stages to get to 100%, apparently to give the brain time to relearn the missing frequencies.

And there's a Bluetooth thing about it, which I'll worry about when I get there. I have it installed on my phone anyway. I think I also need the app for these aids, to function with Bluetooth.

Sooo I came home with a bunch of material, and sticker shock.  But I think I'll go for it. I'm so nosy I don't like to miss anything.

Anyone wanting to comment on this, especially if I got things wrong, lot of information coming at me, please do. There are blogistas with much more knowledge on this than I. 

Happy day, everyone,  summer has definitely icumen in now. Near 90°f.