Year 17, Week 41, Day One (week 927)
(January 17, 2000 was my first carving day.)
10-21-17 Saturday
I am mixing in the past few weeks in the same post as I don’t have a whole lot of new stuff to report.
The weather, for the most part is dots of showers coming off the ocean, some from the north, some from the south. Today there were no showers and partly cloudy.
The early showers prevented yard sales, for the most part on many weekends, and one simply do not waste time going out, though there are sometimes sales under cover.
Right after the storm, the area looked like winter, where only dark leaves were on the trees, no new growth at all. Lots of twigs were visible too, which added to the effect. It was interesting, but did not feel like the tropics. In subsequent weeks, new growth came out and a variety of greens now show. One of my most favorite colors has always been what I call “spring green”, the color of brand new leaves. Some trees developed patches of that after the third week.
A month later, some of the palm trees still have all their fronds facing west. The winds off the ocean reached beneath the eastward fronds and lifted them fronds off the tree so the west fronds are all that is left. It is rather interesting to see. It is more what you expect to see in tropical pictures.
Most of the debris is now gone there are a bunch of stumps around the area where the tops of the tree was removed to clear the roads. Once in a while, I see interesting piles of wood. It costs extra money to remove the trunks. Some of these trunks may sprout branches and fill out.
Two weeks after the storm, I ran my route to see what the conditions were and found three yard sales. The next week I found three more. The weather and my condition has not been favorable to yard sailing since.
Any walking or standing is out. It is surprising how long it takes for infections to heal. I have a doctor taking care of the wound but the infection I have has to be knocked down first, and then heal the wound.
I missed the turning club meeting this Thursday. I went to the doctor in the early afternoon and, getting home and getting to bed was my first priority. The treatments take it out of you. When you cannot get your foot in a comfortable position, driving is not fun. It was Friday that finally I remembered we had a meeting. I was supposed to bring the bring-back prize and never had a chance to give it a thought. I must say that my feet have been my number one concentration. At this moment, the infection is down to a rash and should heal quickly now. Even if I remembered the meeting, I doubt I could have made it.
It hurts to look at all the wood that was along side of the road, that I could not take home. I am still not in condition to even consider wood working.
It is late October. Most years, I am working on Christmas Ornaments at this time or at least struggling to find ideas for designs that I have not done, and am rushing to have them done by December First. I have a couple designs I would like to do but am not able to work on them yet. One, rocking horses, were designs from last year.... ouch!!!
The awning I work under has not been put up yet. It will take some repairs to the frame first. Once that is up. Then my equipment can be moved back there and I can get to work again. The neighbor has been kind enough to let me keep my stuff in his garage. He is remodeling his house and these are not YET in his way. We need to move the stuff soon, though.
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