WHITE LILIES AND BLAH, BLAH, HELP!!!!

         

These huge white lilies must be related to Stargazers because they smell heavenly. Besides these, I only have some tiger lilies blooming and once they are done, my lilies for the year are finished. It’s also about this time I’m ready to call it a summer and wrap things up. My garden is at the point where I can see everything that’s wrong with it and in need of fixing, i.e., transplanting, weeding, etc.

              After I wrote that first paragraph, I went out into the back garden and half-filled my tote with a whole bunch of stuff. I cut back the white and red bleeding hearts and am going to have to move the red bleeding heart in the fall because it’s a volunteer and growing right in the middle of my huckleberry bushes. Of course, I’ve never gotten a single huckleberry off these bushes. The ones at the house down the street are prolific when it comes to producing berries. Mine have blossoms, but no berries. I thought maybe Mabel was eating them, but, nope, she’s gone and still no berries.

I also decided to cut back the Jerusalem Sage so there won’t be any seeds for the birds this winter. They’ve gone without before, so it’s probably just fine. Pulled a bunch of weeds and grass and am making notes as to what I need to move or eliminate once we get to September/October.

Today’s been kinda a sad and lonely day. When I was out watering the front this morning, I found myself wishing I had someone. Someone with whom I could have a conversation without worrying about getting or giving COVID. Someone who might pay me some compliments about my tasty dinners or how nice whatever I’ve done looks. But I’m just going to have to continue to rely on me, myself and I.

It’s not like I couldn't have someone because I keep getting these emails from something called “Silver Singles.” I told the kids and they just howled, probably because they can’t imagine really old people actually going on line to find a date.  I did explain it’s a site that is apparently for people over 50 and I certainly qualify. Still, whether I qualify or not, I can’t imagine finding some older man with whom I might have something in common. Ah well, even if I were to become totally desperate and decide to do something more than just delete those emails, now would definitely not be a good time to go trolling…that’s what they call it, right???

Anyway, I’m feeling better now, having worked in the garden. I’ve also found a way to make myself the perfect hot pastrami sandwich which is what I had for lunch. Cooking and eating stuff that I really like also goes a long way toward making me feel more positive.

And, today is Angie’s unbirthday and I’ll be taking her gift out to her after dinnertime. I can’t wait to see her face when she gets it open. Maybe I’ll post a photo with tomorrow’s post so y’all can see it as well. Once I pop into her house, I have a couple of errands to run on the way home. Marshalls for doggie poop bags and Safeway for bagels. It will be late in the day, so I’m hoping Safeway has those Everything Bagels I really like. If they don’t, I’ll have to make another trip early one morning which is when they usually have them.

Finally, I’m having a problem with which perhaps one of you readers can assist me. Something is eating me alive, only just in one area. It’s the left side of my cheek, neck, and the upper left portion of my torso and underarm. Nothing on the right, nothing on the legs, just all in the upper left quadrant. Now, I’ve taken my bed apart and found nothing living in the bedding, mattress or beneath the bed. I’ve washed and dried my pillow. I sleep on my tummy with my right arm around my pillow, the left side of my face on the pillow and my left arm down by my side. How is it possible something is getting to the part of me that isn’t exposed? And that's the area that's apparently a feast for something. Sunday morning, I had a line of little dots across the top of my left breast, as though whatever it is managed to either bite me as it moved or left footprints as it moved. And, what makes it even worse is that new bites make the old ones itch just as though they were made at the same time. I use an anti-itch cream, but I really want to take a new wire brush to the left side of my face, neck and chest.

Any ideas about what could be doing this to me would be most welcome. I am at a complete loss as to what it could be and why only in this one area. Surely if that part is sweet and juicy, the rest of me should be as well. If I can’t come up with some kind of answer, I may have to change bedrooms to see if that makes a difference. So, thanks for any ideas…much appreciated.