For a while I had serious doubts any of the seedlings would survive the "loop" phase especially since I only had four of them to begin with. I had a fifth, but . . . it appears to have died ( Read more... )

There is movement! One of the seedlings is pulling itself from the plug. I may have a true seedling at last ( Read more... )

It has been five days since I last posted about the Amarylis seed I have tried to germinate. So far there are but two that have sprouted. Those I have doubts about. They have not "broken ground" so to speak and appear as green loops barely topping the seed plugs. The worst part is that I have not seen any progress in growth. Neither, the first ( Read more... )

Back in the holiday season, I got a couiple of gift Amarylis. You know, the big stalk of flowers in a decorative pot. I was not impressed with the flowers or colors but tis the thought that counts it is said. I decided to do a little pollination experiment just out of curiosity. I got out my pollination kit(small paint brushes and the ( Read more... )

This last week has been strange if not a bit scary. I think, in all honesty, this year is a medical year . . . if I can have a problem, it happens. If one looks back over my posts one can see that the medical problems since January have been prevalent. This last week was no exception ( Read more... )

I just mailed off my final car payment. The Prius is MINE! ALL MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!

I am still around, not dead or gone. It's not that I have not had anything to say as much as I DO have a lot to say but when I sit down at the keyboard, all the words and ideas crash into a foggy haze and I never get anything said. Lots of notable things have come and gone in my life even though I have said nothing here. For example, Christmas ( Read more... )

I went to see my Girl Friend Saturday. We caught up on the Harry Potter saga and had a good time. The next day, I took her out on the town. We went to Golden Corral (golden trough) to eat. The food was good and broke a tooth.

It wasn't food. I bit my fork tine tip.

Now I need a dentist along with all the other stuff I need. . . .

I had labs done a couple weeks ago for cholesterol and glucose amongst other things. I got the results today. My glucose is up . . . I now have diabetes according to the doc. She also listed some ways to get it under control that are basically painless and I shall start immediately. I remember my mother getting the same news from her doc when I ( Read more... )

Sometime at the end of October, I injured my left knee. Dunno how. It started out as a joint pain that I sorely felt when I stood up or walked around. If I stayed on my feet, the pain lessened and went away ( Read more... )