Out and about

Today we had to take some greenware back to the store, and the little dog went along. Later, it was time for Wolfie's regular park walk so we stopped in at this little park. When I got out of the car to look around, I was hit by this huge wall of sound from a busy freeway that I'd never heard from the vantage point of this once quiet park.

We used to go there after dark, just at twilight, to sit and wait for the owls to come swoop down the hill towards the canyon and the small creek that were there. Owls feathers are built for silent flying, so what you feel is a rush of air and then the bird glides out over one's head and into the glowing sky where it's body is dark against the sky. This experience was very mysterious, perhaps it could be called a spiritual experience, but now has been changed forever by a freeway, ripping through the heart of that beautiful place.

 Here is a real leaf, sporting it's real color, and it was gathered today at the park.  It's adorned with bogus butterflies after being scanned.  We have trees going into Fall color and trees trying to bloom for Spring.  This leaf is from a Fruitless Mulberry.

This is a very old tree. I think it had to be relocated when a freeway went through the heart of this small urban park.

A memorial bench created by the community by hand painting tiles which were then fired in a kiln. I'm not sure if this is from the Montessori School that used to reside on the hill that was destroyed when a freeway was built or not. We donated a pretty nifty fire engine built of wood by DH for our twins who were truly obsessed with fire men and the big trucks. They even had little fireman hats that they wore in Pre-School.

Knitting pits,  Meds whining, and Some little things about the garden.

The new socks will be the odd ball socks. I want to have some fun! This did not stop me from ordering more sock yarn yesterday, and it's on it's way. Berroco 100 gram balls of delicious and unusual sorts of patterns.

I've run out of a major source of herbal anti-inflammatory, and I'm started to be HYPER alert to many things. It will be weeks before I can get any more, so one thing I am watching is how my brain is changing. It isn't easy to stay calm or patient now. Oddly I have more energy though I'm hurting more. This can make me a little bit crabby,too. I can understand why people get desperate when their pain medicine is gone and they have no access to it. Awful!

The roses were finally pruned to face the rest of winter and start them gearing up to bloom in Spring. We only have two now, though I'm still determined to have more of them - Honor, Peace, and Angel Face. I'm ready to garden!