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avevale_intelligencerYesterday we dredged the pond. We got a sort of pump thing from a garden centre which was supposed to do it easily, but it turned out less easy or effective than we thought, so it was out with the little shrimping net and that worked a lot better.
In the process we rescued a couple of stones, including a round paving slab, that had been knocked in at some point by cats or small people jumping across, I think. There are other lumps down there that were originally meant to support plants or the defunct fountain, but I'll rescue them when (a) the water's settled a bit and I can see what I'm going for and (b) I have some long gloves. I've mentioned my orror of having dirty wet hands before, I think.
The frogs came up to witness the phenomenon. Eyeballs in the sky they can cope with, great big square things vooming through their habitat and dragging it up less so. I've named them Montmorency, Big Arthur and Hysterical Jimmy (because he alternated frantic scrabblings at the side of the pond and total immobility). In the end I scooped him out and put him on the rescued paving slab, and he sat there panting for a while and then hid in the dead leaves beside it. I hope they aren't too traumatised; I didn't hear any party-squeaker noises of terror, but they might be too scared to scream. I also hope I've made at least one mistake with the sexing, or the next generation is going to be problematic. :) But Jan says a clearer pond will be better for them, so hopefully all shall be well in Frogworld.
Today is Jan's appointment at the hospital for a diabetic check-up. The blood sugars have been all over the place, but just yesterday we got back to single figures for the first time in ages. It's hard fighting on three fronts at once; blood sugars, weight and pain management. The medicines for one all seem to have adverse effects on the other two. I don't actually think it's possible to win on all three at once, but that is what we have to do. It really is no wonder we lose the will to live from time to time, is it?
And now I am going to evict Jelly from my lap, pick up my guitar and see how much I've forgotten. Gardening takes up energy, and I haven't done any serious writing or music for days. So it goes.
In the process we rescued a couple of stones, including a round paving slab, that had been knocked in at some point by cats or small people jumping across, I think. There are other lumps down there that were originally meant to support plants or the defunct fountain, but I'll rescue them when (a) the water's settled a bit and I can see what I'm going for and (b) I have some long gloves. I've mentioned my orror of having dirty wet hands before, I think.
The frogs came up to witness the phenomenon. Eyeballs in the sky they can cope with, great big square things vooming through their habitat and dragging it up less so. I've named them Montmorency, Big Arthur and Hysterical Jimmy (because he alternated frantic scrabblings at the side of the pond and total immobility). In the end I scooped him out and put him on the rescued paving slab, and he sat there panting for a while and then hid in the dead leaves beside it. I hope they aren't too traumatised; I didn't hear any party-squeaker noises of terror, but they might be too scared to scream. I also hope I've made at least one mistake with the sexing, or the next generation is going to be problematic. :) But Jan says a clearer pond will be better for them, so hopefully all shall be well in Frogworld.
Today is Jan's appointment at the hospital for a diabetic check-up. The blood sugars have been all over the place, but just yesterday we got back to single figures for the first time in ages. It's hard fighting on three fronts at once; blood sugars, weight and pain management. The medicines for one all seem to have adverse effects on the other two. I don't actually think it's possible to win on all three at once, but that is what we have to do. It really is no wonder we lose the will to live from time to time, is it?
And now I am going to evict Jelly from my lap, pick up my guitar and see how much I've forgotten. Gardening takes up energy, and I haven't done any serious writing or music for days. So it goes.
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Date: 2011-04-20 09:38 am (UTC)Oh, and please tell Jan that having read the latest Kniva I think it's probably my favourite. I think I want to read Bookwalk and then Kniva as a unit, though, and I may just decide that I like them all the same. Thanks to you and AM for the editing and proffreadnig as well, of course.
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