The Good Day All Thread

Hey Oreti— when you are lying on your side, do you have a thin pillow between your knees?
OO’s We are all here to offer a bit of support in our own way.

 

Today was a little different. I have a peach tree that I grew from seed, a progeny of "Oregon Curl Free" peach. It is free of the dreaded Peach Leaf Curl disease, and more healthy and vigorous than its parent. Also quite delicious. Peach Leaf Curl is a scourge in my region, so a resistant variety is worth sharing.

Today I cut scion from the tree to give to someone in the Home Orchard Society.

I also gave him a box with about 25 years of newsletters of the Home Orchard Society. The plan is to see if these can be scanned and uploaded to their website for future use. It's a big relief to no longer be responsible for them, and its a little bit more free space in the storage room now.

Along the way, I went to a grocery store that specializes in healthy food. They had a bunch of things I liked. So that was nice, too.

 

Daniel your always keeping up with your home orchard , which is a godsend for so many reasons. Peaches home grown are delicious. There are several local orchards near by that are ‘You Pick’ for your own fruit. And veggie gardens. So much better than produce at grocery stores. It’s almost like that first home garden experience tasting home grown veggies for the first time. Once you start you can’t go back.
I like speciality grocery stores too healthy food selection is way better. There’s a few bakeries online with sugar free /low carb goodies too.

 

Good Thursday morning all. Currently -2°C and snowing. It snowed all night, and it looks like we already have 4-6 inches of snow on the ground. It is going to continue snowing all day, so it looks like my regular errand and shopping day will have to wait until tomorrow. I'm counting on a neighbor to help me with plowing my driveway because my the new snow plow I bought doesn't arrive for a few more days. Oh the joys of rural living!
I have to agree with you about home grown produce tasting better than the stuff at the grocery store. My peach tree had fruit for the first time last season, and the one peach that I managed to save from the animals was the best peach I have ever tasted! And there is no comparing the taste of a home grown tomato to the ones you buy at the store. I won't even buy them on the off season - they just taste like disappointment.
I guess todays job will be to take down the Christmas decorations and put them away.
Have a great day all

 

Daniel— wow, own peaches! And how you came by the tree. Such a story typical of your abilities. Now you can enjoy the fruits of your labour. Well done, mate.

It ought to be possible to get those old newsletters digitalised. It is not a case of difficulty, rather a matter of tedious repetition. Were you saying that the chap that you gave them to is going to do the job?

We would say here, “maak je borst maar nat”, which means something like, brace yourself the hardest work is yet to come.

Netty— I hope that the new snow plow arrives on time. Will someone arrive with it to give some helpful instructions?

 

@Oreti - Over the last about 18 months my Hubby had both knees done. Although it was a financial investment, a circulating cold water therapy machine was by far the best thing we could have done. He could wear it 24/7, even while he slept. It reduced his pain and sped up his healing time. There are many varieties out there. I tried to get one with the largest ice/water compartment available ( to allow for longer periods between having to change the ice). His surgeon noticed that we were using one by the amount of time that swelling was reduced and his pain management. We will have no problems reselling it if we choose to, but I don't see us doing that. Ours comes with additions for shoulders, hips and ankles - some of which we have used.

It circulates cold water over ice, and pumps it through a pad on the injured area. Thereby removing the need to put ice off and on. The joint can be kept cool all of the time. I bought ours off of Amazon, but all of the pharmacies around the hospital area in the city carry them. When he awoke from surgery, the nurses had it on his knee and running right away.

Ours is called a BREG Polar Care Kodiak Cold Therapy System.

If you decide to get one, I'd recommend picking up many extra ice cube trays and starting making some bags of ice for convenience ( unless you have a way to make ice quickly at home or buy bags of ice, which I do not). There are some machines out there that fit a frozen water bottle. I would have preferred that.

The machine isn't necessary for recovery - but it certainly was a much welcome game changer for him.

All will go well. It's normal to have butterflies before surgery.

 

Good Friday morning all. Currently -4°C and snowing. It hasn't stopped snowing for 35 hours now. I got yesterdays 12 inches cleaned up, only to walk outside this morning to find the snow up to my knees again. Its going to snow until about noon today. This is the most snow that we have seen in YEARS! My neighbour will be coming over with his farm tractor and giant snow blower at some point this morning to clear the way out. I'm not even sure where to pile the snow that has fallen around the vehicles in the driveway as the piles are already very high and the back porch has at least 14 inches of snow on it. Its going to be a very LONG day, and hopefully at some point I'll be able to get out and do my Thursday errands and get groceries.

I know how to plow snow, one of my many things I've learned at work. But my new snowplow wouldn't push this amount of snow, of that I am certain. Our old plow truck wouldn't either, and in times like this we always had to use the snowblower to blow it onto the lawn. Thankfully snow dumps of this magnitude don't happen too often. I'm counting on my neighbor today, his giant blower is probably the only thing that will be effective, and then I can use my smaller snowblower to clean the edges. The problem that will now arise are the snow banks when the wind blows, will fill in the driveway with drifts. What we need is a melt down, but that is not in the forecast.
Oh well, going to have a coffee and a muffin and then head out with my shovel. I cant walk the dog yet, as the snow is as tall as he is haha
Have a great day all

 

Wow Netty— your stories there about snow are what I call, “the Snow Sagas”. It is just a wild amount. Reminds me of my five years in Alaska. I once lived in a place that would regularly get 30+ feet of snow per winter. Walking or snow maching around the village was like being in a maze with unimaginable high walls at the edges of the streets. t’Was remarkable.

 

@Netty I hope your neighbor is up to the job, and gives you access to the road. Meanwhile, stay safe and warm!

 

Thanks @Melody Mc. , I think they lend out a similar piece of equipment in some of our hospitals, my sister found it very beneficial when she had both of hers done. Not sure about the one I'm going to though.

 

Oké. Haha, just thought I’d offer two cents worth.

 

Thanks @Sjoerd , very much appreciated.

 

Thank the snow gods above we don’t have those huge snow storms like that in the PNW. After living in the mountains of Colorado for several years was enough snow experience for a lifetime. Even as Sjoerd and Netty can attest to some snow banks can imped entering places unimaginable, like front doors / garage doors the main entry to our home was blocked several times by snow drifts as high as the roof. We do get the occasional snow storms up here in the higher elevations of the PNW. The large field tractor comes in handy scooping a path thru the snow here.
Things get super slippery out on snow and ice too. Shoes with cleats are a great way to prevent falls. The weather guessers have predicted 2” to 6” of snow predicted at elevations not a s high as I’d feel comfortable but a bit to close for my comfort zone. It seems as we enter the clutches of winter the snow levels drop to lower levels. The snow stays up in the higher elevations before we get clobbered .

 

Brrrrrrrrrrr.