Month: July 2014

No wisdom yet but a great blessing

I’m extraordinarily blessed to have very little discomfort never mind pain after yesterday’s wisdom tooth extraction. With Fayes’ help I iced my jaw for most of yesterday to minimize the swelling. I was given a scrip for Ketorolac to relieve pain and have felt the need to take only two. Yesterday I ate a lot of cheese, a banana, some hummus, a mug of soup. Today I’ve had a banana, some hummus, and a Wendy’s Junior Cheesy Cheddarburger (can’t get much softer than that!). Doing a saltwater rinse every four hours.

I’m very, very blessed to have had this go so well, so far.

 

Loss of wisdom . . .

. . . as in loss of a tooth. After many year of gentle nagging by two dentists I had my lower left wisdom tooth removed about 3 hours ago. Now I’m sitting on the couch at home, feeling the novocain and general anasthesia (I was a weenie and asked to be hit on the head with a hammer, thank you) gradually wear off. It will be soft foods (and dammit the local farm just started selling their amazing sweet corn), ice, and pain management meds for a day or two. I might put up a loopy post or two while under the influence.

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A real standout

As the light faded on a summer evening, these geranium blooms almost glowed against the background of our fence and vegetable garden.

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Art

Brush strokes and dabbles, blue, white, and grey, with a little green for contrast, splashed on the canvas of life, the real world.

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Schoolhouse, Chatham-Kent

This schoolhouse, stands vacant, testament to an earlier time. A fine brick farmhouse stood next door until three years ago, when it was scraped to make way for a few hundred square feet more of cropland. We were very surprised that the school didn’t suffer the same fate. It’s probably only a matter of time until this building makes way for easier access for a farmers’ implements.

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Cattle dog country

Achilles and Stella take their ease on the deck during a warm summer evening. Special dogs, so different from one another. I love both of them.

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Amphibious assault

taken and posted with the PlayBook

During a recent wet spell we were overrun by toads hich came in under a door. One day I caught and released six. This little guy allowed me to photograph him/her before I swept him up and deposited him/her in a damp shady spot outside.

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Watching

This trio – a Ring-billed Gull and two juvenile Herring Gulls – seemed to be interested in my presence only insofar as I had the potential to make them move. Far from slothful, they were simply in resting, energy conservation mode.

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