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ahedderick · 1 day
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I should be asleep, she says miserably.
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ahedderick · 2 days
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There's a whole little report with various x-ray angles and charts. It shows that even when I think I'm standing straight, I have one hip and one shoulder slightly higher than the other. Could physical therapy fix that? Dunno. If I tried, would the "fix" cause other issues? It definitely could! I had physical therapy one time in my life, and "fixing" the intermittent issue I had in my hip region rebounded into worse and constant pain in another area of the hip. I went from hurting 'now and then' to hurting with literally every step I took. And also lying down. Sooooo - that makes me extremely leery of trying to address anything else.
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Oh, look, now I can PROVE that my head isn't on straight. (wah!)
The last line of text, where I'm diagnosed "Abnormal," is very motivating. Now I know why there are so many 'noises' involved in me attempting to stretch my neck any direction at all. lol C1 you absolute bastard.
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ahedderick · 2 days
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Slorp!
Damn, last evening I juiced a very small grapefruit (I didn't feel like cutting it up to eat it) and added the juice to a half can of ginger ale. It was delicious! That is going to be my new "cocktail" treat, since I don't actually care for alcohol.
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ahedderick · 2 days
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But one day she noticed that there were fewer flowers.  The nights were getting cold.  And the trees seemed to be changing.
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Of course, she went to the oak elf.  He was far older than she, and he knew many things.
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“The sleeping time has come,” he told her, “Your flowers and my leaves will all fade away.”
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She noticed that even he had changed.  His shirt was now darkest red.  Had the lining of his cloak always been brown?
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“It is time for you and me to go to sleep, dear fairy,” he told her once again.
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“And when we wake up,” he said, with his voice as quiet as rustling leaves . .
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. . . it will be a brand new Spring!
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The Flower Fairy
Once upon a time there was a little flower fairy.
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She could be any size, really, for that is part of fairy magic, but mostly she was small.
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She loved to linger on the lilacs and visit with butterflies.
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She looked into the bells of columbines to see if there were busy bees.
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She checked each tulip and buttercup to make sure their colors were bright and true.
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And she loved to play chase with the oak elf who lived in the tree at the west edge of the yard.
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And so she passed the summer, overseeing each flower and loving them all in turn.
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ahedderick · 2 days
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The Flower Fairy
Once upon a time there was a little flower fairy.
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She could be any size, really, for that is part of fairy magic, but mostly she was small.
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She loved to linger on the lilacs and visit with butterflies.
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She looked into the bells of columbines to see if there were busy bees.
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She checked each tulip and buttercup to make sure their colors were bright and true.
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And she loved to play chase with the oak elf who lived in the tree at the west edge of the yard.
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And so she passed the summer, overseeing each flower and loving them all in turn.
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ahedderick · 3 days
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Oh, Lord. I got a phone call today. The secretary of the church I played organ for the other week accidentally gave the check to the regular organist instead of mailing it to me. The organist, Janice, let me know what happened, and said she would mail it to me if that was ok. I said, "Sure, Jan!"
And then my brain broke for a second or two.
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ahedderick · 3 days
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Red River Rocks
Son returned on Friday from his week-long trip to the Red River Gorge, Kentucky with the climbing club from his uni. All of his bones are intact (thank heavens), the weather was decent, and a good time was had. He did mention that he had met a person he was pretty sure wasn't human. Possibly fae of some kind? He showed me a photo of the guy, and I had to agree; that is 98% probability a leprechaun right there. Potentially Fae dude was leaving from the Red to hitchhike across the country westward. Son gave him a full jar of my (locally famous) peach jam for his journey. Hope that brings a little good luck our way.
He also met a young woman who could do a backbend very quickly, then scamper around on all fours in that position. Which made my spine ache just thinking about it. Rock climbers sure are a . . highly individualistic group of people.
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ahedderick · 3 days
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Announcer voice: OP did not finish databasing before hurricane season.
(with apologies to @mossworm , I could just see this in my head when I read the post)
have to put all game making and large art projects on hold until I finish this shrimp distribution paper because what happens every time is I spend winter catching all the rare winter-only shrimp in a mad frenzy and the entire rest of the year just sorting samples/catching up on the winter data. if I do not finish databasing before hurricane season I will be trapped in the shrimp vortex once again
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ahedderick · 3 days
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Ever Given
Is it a coincidence that the Port of Baltimore is now blocked by a fallen bridge (the Francis Scott Key bridge) during Evergiven Week?!
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ahedderick · 3 days
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Cat, what do you suggest for someone who had a really bad day?
worry not for im know somebeody whom is expert in vanquishinge bad days
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ahedderick · 3 days
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medical insurance
Very Tumblr question: there is a post floating around about how to cope with (usamerican) medical insurance if something that Should be covered is not being covered. Like, a script for dealing with insurance and what questions to ask. I've seen it multiple times but, of course, now that I would like to pass it on to a family member, I cannot find it. Yes, I searched, but I couldn't remember any specific quotes that would make it stand out from hundreds of other, nonuseful posts.
Do you know the one I mean? Can someone point me in the right direction?
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ahedderick · 3 days
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Calm, happy, sunlit creek, a pup's-eye view.
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This one reminds me of a painting, I need to look that up . . .
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Oh, yep, that is quite similar. Just a different angle. Jeez, I love water! I guess everybody does. If I could go back and tell my teenage self that I eventually, after tons of trial and error, learned how to paint water, she would be ecstatic.
I should get the hammock out and go down there this afternoon with a book. Hmm.
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ahedderick · 4 days
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It never fails
Me: I need oooooone more daffodil picture, the newly-planted one down by the creek is soooo cute . .
The universe: Oh No You the Hell Don't!
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Jeez. Just - JEEZ
[ID: There's a daffodil in this picture, but it's largely crowded out by the very large cat butt between the camera and the flower.]
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Honestly. Was that so hard. Sometimes a photo without a cat is . . better.
[ID: A cat-free photo of one white and orange daffodil blooming at the edge of a sparkling stream.]
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ahedderick · 4 days
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March 25th 2024, Day one (more or less) of Garden. The man put up trellis for the pea vines and planted widely spaced peas intercropped with radishes and lettuce. I need to do one more (heavy, stony, difficult) round of work in the asparagus bed before the new roots come in the mail.
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ahedderick · 4 days
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Ties on apron. Squints uncertainly at the Mill.
One hour and half-a-headache later . .
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Doesn't look like much progress, but getting the picky little details in here is basically the whole point of the project. And so, I pick . . .
Monday getting started
Oooookay; dog's walked, cats fed, corn to the chickens, kitchen tidied up, supper planned, quilting supplies tidied so I can pick it up again efficiently later, bones laundry in the washer, daffodils admired, lemon bars baked, Duo-lingoed, and son off to school.
Cracks knuckles. 'Nuff stalling. *Ominously reaches for paint brushes . . . *
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ahedderick · 4 days
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Monday getting started
Oooookay; dog's walked, cats fed, corn to the chickens, kitchen tidied up, supper planned, quilting supplies tidied so I can pick it up again efficiently later, bonus laundry in the washer, daffodils admired, lemon bars baked, Duo-lingoed, and son off to school.
Cracks knuckles. 'Nuff stalling. *Ominously reaches for paint brushes . . . *
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ahedderick · 4 days
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Backyard with assorted small dinosaurs.
[ID: A cream farmhouse with green roof and shutters, several medium-sized trees around it, and large shrubs all along one side. There is blooming forsythia and a large, tidy shed in the background. The yard is wide and just starting to green up. Three chickens are approaching the viewer.]
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