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First workday
Jan. 5th, 2009 01:15 pmFirst, the non work thingie, for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
joeysplanting and anyone else who's been following my little horticultural experiment. This is the first flower stalk from the seedling amaryllis/hippeastrum experiment (July 2006 and ongoing). It's from one of the smallest of the bulbs and I expect it to be underwhelming when it blooms, but I will probably keep it because it is my firstborn, in a manner of speaking.
When one's life and one's work are commingled in one room, as mine are, the boundaries get a little porous, especially over the holidays. So today,the first workday of the new year, has been largely spent achieving a measure of separation between the two, and bringing order into chaos in such places as the fasteners / labels / writing implements drawer.
Because I'm having just a little trouble getting going, I plan to spend the rest of the day doing simple tasks that got lost in the late December flurry -- copying CDs and such.
Portions of the homestead have been decluttered to my standards, if not to Roy's, and I think I'm ready to resume something approximating a routine.
This, like the hippeastrum, has nothing to do with work either, but over the weekend Roy and I discovered that we're within easy sauntering distance of an extensive Asian grocery, one with emphasis on Thai / Cambodian / Vietnamese cuisine, and with fresh fish in tanks and incredible produce bargains. Plus all manner of fascinating jars, tins, and packages of things of undiscovered flavors and improbable colors. And a bewildering variety of fish sauces. I have in my refrigerator now, awaiting steaming tonight, the most precious baby bok choi imaginable. Four blocks east of us, two blocks south -- a very easy distance for a produce run.
joeysplanting and anyone else who's been following my little horticultural experiment. This is the first flower stalk from the seedling amaryllis/hippeastrum experiment (July 2006 and ongoing). It's from one of the smallest of the bulbs and I expect it to be underwhelming when it blooms, but I will probably keep it because it is my firstborn, in a manner of speaking.When one's life and one's work are commingled in one room, as mine are, the boundaries get a little porous, especially over the holidays. So today,the first workday of the new year, has been largely spent achieving a measure of separation between the two, and bringing order into chaos in such places as the fasteners / labels / writing implements drawer.
Because I'm having just a little trouble getting going, I plan to spend the rest of the day doing simple tasks that got lost in the late December flurry -- copying CDs and such.
Portions of the homestead have been decluttered to my standards, if not to Roy's, and I think I'm ready to resume something approximating a routine.
This, like the hippeastrum, has nothing to do with work either, but over the weekend Roy and I discovered that we're within easy sauntering distance of an extensive Asian grocery, one with emphasis on Thai / Cambodian / Vietnamese cuisine, and with fresh fish in tanks and incredible produce bargains. Plus all manner of fascinating jars, tins, and packages of things of undiscovered flavors and improbable colors. And a bewildering variety of fish sauces. I have in my refrigerator now, awaiting steaming tonight, the most precious baby bok choi imaginable. Four blocks east of us, two blocks south -- a very easy distance for a produce run.
