Textures

I'm not sure if this is exactly rough and smooth, but it is full of textures. There is a smooth clear blue sky, the bumpy profile of Mt St Helens, a gently sloping hill, a row of conifers and a vineyard full of newly pruned vines and windmills with a couple of barns in the distance.

The blue skies brought with them a new lease on life after weeks of rain and dreichness. Things are drying out although it is still quite chilly. The PG&E trucks (lots of them) appeared on Los Alamos Road above our house this morning. Speculation began anew about what they are doing there, so we walked up there to check it out. It appears that they are burying a gas pipe for the bunker house up there. It has been for sale for months with no activity, and under construction before that since we moved here.  I forget that some day somebody might live there. Knowing the process of building, with long periods (sometimes years) of exposure to weather, I wouldn't buy it no matter how nice it is, and from our vantage point it isn't so nice. Janet is going to plant a row of redwoods along her fence which will block the view nicely but who knows if we'll still be here by the time they get tall enough to do that.

We spent a productive hour with Kathy talking about itching skin and arthritic thumbs. John is having second thoughts about embarking on a regimen of self administered injections and we await word from the dermatologist as to what kind of deal they made with our insurance, so we tested out various anti itch remedies made with yam or hemp (CBD).
Knitting has caused a painful thumb joint for me so I've been taped and strapped up and told not to use it. I'm semi-ambidextrous, but it's still hard not to use it...we have opposible thumbs for a reason. It puts paid to my plan to knit a sweater and I forgot to sign up for Pilates and the class is full so I'm glad that the weather has improved. We should at least be able to enjoy some walks without exacerbating any cranky conditions.

I  made chicken soup with turmeric and ginger in it for dinner but had to recruit John for some chopping duties. Now, Fergus and friends have begun their nightly call to prayer wine....