It was 75 today, with a light wind, as it was in Eden. Of course, thunderstorms are predicted for tomorrow. I remember when weathermen predicted fair weather for the days too far off to forecast. Now it seems any day within 48 hours will be stormy. Dire thunderstorms: the default weather prediction for the day after tomorrow.
I got out the gardening tools, bought a variety of groundcovers and began working in the dirt.
My Mom’s attitude about plants was “sink or swim.” I am the same. Not a plant nurturer. “I’m putting you in the ground, you have roots, go be a plant.” If it thrives, it was meant to be. If it must be babied, it is not for me.
This time I took it a step farther and set my plants against each other in a fight for survival. I have a dirt patch with two transplants of flowering thyme. My plan was to add four other types of groundcover and wait to see who kills whom. I thought it was four other types when actually I bought three brands and sizes of flowering myrtle and one of those hardware store Peerless plants no ones ever heard of like “onesto.” That’s the red shirt plant. He’ll die before the commercial.
I have great affection for plants that thrive. However, my chameleon plant saw that I weeded the bed with my parents’ ashes and leapt over a walkway to take over. I need to spank him back tomorrow. Before the “thunderstorm.” Hahaha.
There is another plant I pulled up from every bed this afternoon. Some form of invasive ivy. With three leaves. You know that hormone that makes you forget the pain of labor? In my body, that hormone makes me forget what poison ivy looks like every year. In fact, I have a vague memory of having said that last year.
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8 responses to “UPDATED: A Nice Day And How to Spoil It”
Nooo! Not poison ivy!
I only had it once but that was enough for me to fear three-leaved greenery for the rest of my life.
Go to the doctor. Now. To the doc in the box to get one of those wonder shots. Poor QM!
Oh. Oh dear. OH NO.
Becs, I didn’t even know there WAS a wonder shot. That’s good to hear.
That looks bad. You need a shot of diphenhydramine and a medrol dose pack. Or similar and soon. Get thee to a doctor.
Tch. How do you people LIVE in a country with snakes and ticks and mountain lions and alligators and bears, and where even the plants in your garden are out to get you?
Becs – Yess! Poison ivy. Going with home treatments for now. I might get it treated tomorrow. Elisa – Look! Zayrina knows the term for it. Zayrina – Diphenhydramine seems to be Benedryl. I’ll pick some of that up tomorrows. Medrol sounds like solumedrol, and I’ve have too much of that in my life. Isn’t there a limit to hom many steroids you can get? Big Dot – Dude, you all have penguins and possums: and poison ivy too. Or is it poison oak?
I have heard that on steroids, the injectable ones anyway but I have seen people with breathing issues who take them forever. Injectable diphenhydramine is faster acting and in my experience more effective.
Zayrina – Hm. next time maybe. Good to know.