Uff tah! DH was the one to fall today……. and it was not the ice that I’ve finally battled back away from our paths. He was walking the grassy [not the rocky one] hillside with dog. Grass is fully covered with deep snow tho and evidently was melting/slushy underneath. Swoooop, and he sat right down in the deep snow. Nice cushion, tho a bit soggy. So he was fine. Whew! This snow/ice/melt/snow/ice/melt year is getting treacherous! LOL …he found out the dog is not trained to help him get back up to his feet. She’s only used to helping me!
Muffy…re: spinach seeds. They’re quite easy to spot. They form at the top of the plant in a bunch. Well, most of them. You have to keep the plant alive til the seeds in the bunch fully mature and dry out. When you see the seeds begin to fall down, those are the dried ones. Since you’re inside, lay an old cloth down and they seeds will fall onto that. Spinach has some tricks to it. It tends to bolt when weather gets hot – which it will in your area. In our cool mountains, spinach doesn’t bolt till fall. It self-seeds easily and we let it grow wherever. There is something about male and female plants too. Whooo, I didn’t know it was complicated….just looked it up. Some seed saving is quite easy. Spinach is not biennial tho…like carrots. Here’s an article: https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/growing-spinach-lettuce/saving-spinach-seeds-ze0z1403zcov
And don’t stress…have FUN! 🙂 We save food in many ways so if one is a failure that year, we’re backed up. No pressure.
Cinnamon Grammy…..Stay safe in your blizzard…Uff Tah! Yeah, I use a variety of adaptive equipment for mobility/other. Depends on the day but sitting down and not getting up is not in my personality. I’m up as much as I’m able….and down as much as I need. {well, usually. LOL }
LOL So…which “Doctor” do you like best? Re …Daleks. I like the one with the extra long neck scarf. 😉 Never got into the modern ones.
Best Grandma comment for me….after I showed my hot-climate grands how to snow sled on our steeep mountain hills. GrSon13 “Well at least we don’t have a boring Grma!” I hooted with delight when DD told me that one. {Pssst…I was one exhausted Grma after playing in snow on hills with grands tho…}
Lil’Sister…..does you DH use any adaptive equipment? I love all of my options cuz it MAKES ME MORE ABLE-BODIED! I refuse the notion that canes or even wheelchairs make me “disabled”. Not true at all. And I use the right ‘tool’ for the job! I will admit I was disappointed to ‘graduate’ to a quad cane before I thot I would. But really only on bad balance or weak days and first thing in the morning. Now I kinda like the quad cuz it stays put and doesn’t fall over! Often I don’t use anything and get around fine. My ‘stuff’ is that variable.
Not to get into your business but, does your dh do wall-trailing to get “a 3rd point of reference” for better balance? That’s really what a cane is about too..not necessarily leaning on it. Getting more feedback on WHERE we are in space. Wall-trailing is lightly running a hand along a wall or furniture or whatever – helps to keep ‘up’ from ‘down’. Gives the body/brain more data. Installing grab railings along hallways would help him have something to grab where furniture isn’t available. Loss of balance is a harsh issue, for sure! Be careful you don’t get pulled down with him! {hugs} Course, you might already know all this thoroughly….but mebbe someone else needs the data.
Columbia River…..I love having my data near to hand …and organized!!
Soooooooo….I finally got caught up on the battle with ice and melt water. Tonite I sat and peeled older potatoes to boil up….and the durn bowl slid right off and dumped into that laundry basket. This basket is my “going to FINISH these projects soon” container. So it’s sitting by MY chair where I accomplish such things. Now filled with taters and peels, for petes sake! Had to dump everything out cuz everyone knows you don’t want to find a peel in there next week….by it’s SMELL!
So after sorting all that and getting the potatoes boiling, I actually made some progress on one of those projects. I’m trying to record several things from my large calendars [several years] but condense the data into a spiral notebook. Like our medical things – WHEN did this or that happen? WHEN has our dog gone into heat? (she’s overdue..) Which year did this or that get done on this house? Etc. It’s all on those big wall calendars and now, a lot is in the notebook by category. Still need to quickly double-check the calendars again before I roll them up and shove them onto the shelf [where they all look like the Dead Sea Scrolls]. Soon THAT will be done and out of my FINISH THESE PROJECTS basket.
OldMtWoman G’nite all