With a 105-110 heat index going on, Monday I ‘spot’ mowed grass (weeds) at the new place from 8:30 - 10 when the ‘excessive heat warning’ went into effect ... got enough done that the place looks pretty good.
I had planned to come home Tuesday anyway ... got a call at 5 in the morning that my 90 yo mom was going to the ER via ambulance. I threw stuff in the truck, slapped a lock on the trailer so I could leave it, & headed for the ER - made it in about 2 hours. It turns out she had an ‘intussusception’ ... part of her small intestine had telescoped into an adjacent part. Very rare ...1% & serious because blood flow can get cut off to part of the intestine. She was admitted & another CT scan scheduled the next morning - the hospitalist said “most” resolve themselves, otherwise there would be surgery. Well, it resolved itself - 2nd CT scan was clear ... whew. I brought her home Wednesday late afternoon.
Tomorrow (Saturday) is supposed to be rainy here - we had a very nice shower yesterday. I hope we get a nice steady rain all day, but I suspect it will be hit and miss. The new house is not getting rain - there are news stories about how trees in the area are becoming so stressed, they are dying ... we lost one large pine already & 4 or 5 out of about 12 Leyland Cypress trees, planted as a screen, are dying. I will likely have to cut them down this fall.
It’s just been too hot to work on the heavy duty outdoor projects (rocks, digging post holes). I hope the heat wave breaks for longer than a couple of days by the end of the month (which is rapidly approaching).
Since I don’t have WiFi hooked up at the new house, I download podcasts on my phone & then I have something to listen to without burning up ‘data’ on my phone. A podcast with 3 episodes I really enjoyed was RFK Jr’s podcast ... the episodes were on regenerative farming, using less chemicals, etc. RFK Jr is really good on this subject (not so much on others) - Biden & Trump don’t ever mention it. You can go to Apple, Spotify, or wherever the podcast plays ... I will give the link to Spotify & name the episodes so you can look for them ... I highly recommend them ... my favorite was the Amish farmer, Joel Salatin was next & the 3rd farmer, Rick Clark, was good as well:
https://open.spotify.com/show/30DqNXrHLKzz4xzmoty6xf
Small Farms Healthy Food with Joel Salatin
Hope From Farmers with John Kempf (Amish)
From Chemicals to Regeneration with Rick Clark
Glad your Mom’s issue resolved itself quickly. Such a relief for you both, I’m sure!
I know you are super-busy, but it was nice for the update, so thanks! :)
Joel Salatin is a great resource. I’ll plug his books. ‘The Wonderful Pigness of Pigs’ is really charming and informative, though I have no desire to raise pork. A steer a year and chickens for eggs is enough for now. :)
His, ‘Everything I Want To Do is Illegal’ is also a great read.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/2623.Joel_Salatin
Our neighbor grew up Amish, but still certainly has the Work Ethic. The best compliment I’ve ever gotten was from Enos: “You sure do know how to grow a tomato! They taste just like my Mom’s did.”
Hard to top that! ;)
Nothing like ER/hospital visits to throw a wrench in the plans. I’m glad to hear your Mama is home. I hope you can keep her around for a bit longer, what with all the work you’ve done at the new house.