I got caught by load shedding at
eight last night – I’m afraid I had forgotten about it, sigh. I went to bed to
read but was still not sleepy when the power came back on around ten. I put my
game cities to sleep and went to bed myself – Mewthos and Lady Jane were
waiting for me there.
I woke up early again but with such
bad lower back pain, I just couldn’t get up; I moved to relieve the pain and by
eight I was able to get up. I wasn’t up to shopping, though, so I just let the
mippies out.
It’s a lovely day outside, though
inside the breeze is rather cold, so I think I’ll spend some time in the
garden. It still need to raid Rose’s garden for succulents and I’m trying to
decide what to do with the carnation plants … I’ll place as many as I can along
the wall at the back, but there just isn’t enough space.
I called my neighbour on the other
side, not Rose, and offered him as many carnations as he’d like. I had given
that message via our gardener, but he says it never reached him. Our gardener
always told me he didn’t want any carnations, but speaking to him directly, he
was very grateful for the offer. So, when our gardener comes to work for him on
Wednesday, he’ll dig up the carnations and will plant them for my other
neighbour.
I was looking to see whether there
was any space in the bed along the back wall and saw it could do with some
weeding, so I busied myself with that first – and also collected all the
rubbish tossed out the window by my upstairs neighbours. What a filthy lot they
are! Then I pulled out as many carnations and snap dragons I could find space
for and planted them along the wall. While I was busy there, Mewly went into
one of his ‘must cuddle mommy now’ modes – I had to sit down and give him a
good, long cuddle before he ran off happy!
Strangely enough, Shadow also
demanded cuddles from me! Ever since she moved back to Rose’s she mostly
avoided me – possibly afraid I’d hijack her again. Shame, poor girl still
weighs almost nothing, but she’s eating, a LOT, so she should get her weight
back soon! Shadow hasn’t learned about claws, yet, and she still tries to grab
my hand with claws out. She also started her huffing again – ha ha, I had
forgotten that!
Then I went with Rose through her
garden on a raid. She knows which plants to dig up, which to break a piece and
which need to grow roots in water first. I cut some Pelegonias – they are so
beautiful! She doesn’t have any white ones left, though, so I got some pink
ones. I tried to dig up one of the cabbage plant babies – but they are all
connected. On Rose’s suggestion, I cut one off. It already has some roots as
well, so I’m hoping it’ll grow. Then I took pieces of the various succulents in
her garden as well as a sprig of Lavender. The lavender needs to grow roots before
I can plant it, so that’s upstairs here. The rest is filling my outside pots!
I had also transplanted some snap
dragons into my pots – let’s hope they’ll take. I’ll need to water the pots
daily for a while, so that they all take and grow. My garden is starting to
look somewhat sparse now, with everything going either into pots or elsewhere.
While I was trying to dig up the
cabbage plant, Mewthos was on the fence – Rose was afraid he might jump onto my
back, ha ha, of course he did! Later
Ziva came mipping at me for attention as well – I wonder why they are all in
such lovey-dovey cuddle mood today? Not that I’m complaining, just curious.
Felix is here as well, so I put some
Whiskas in the outside bowl for him. Then I went to water the pots since the
sun is now behind clouds – who knows, it may even rain again tonight! For once
I watered without Mewthos under my feet – strange experience!
I would have preferred to spend the
day tending my garden rather than dismantling it – but that’s another job done
in preparation for the move. And I have enough time to re-stock should any
plants not survive the transplanting. Maybe taking just one cutting of each
plant is taking a chance, but frankly, I don’t want to add more pots to the
move. And after all, it’s not as if there are no plants in Pretoria!
Our gardener should come to work for
Rose tomorrow, so I’ll have no trouble getting the mippies inside so I can go
and get groceries. Right now I have more trouble keeping them outside! They all
want their evening treat now, but it’s only half seven. If I shut them in too
early, they bounce off the walls! I was hoping I could start my dinner, but
that’s what got them all excited, so I’m leaving it for now. Sigh, and Romeo is
here for his share as well …
It started to rain, so I called in
my mips – Romeo and Felix where not in sight! Wow! They finished two sachets, and
not only the gravy, but they ate all the meat as well! They really like the
duck, I must try to get hold of some in Pretoria.
For my own dinner, I just fried the
left over potatoes with the last two eggs and some cheese.
I think I figured out where I went
wrong with my basket project. I should give it another try tomorrow. I have
this bad habit of starting things but not finishing them for various reasons,
this one runs the risk of lacking novelty – there are so many sites and youtube
videos on this subject, it’s as if the whole world is doing them. Funniest
thing though, one of those videos claimed to have seen them selling for $100!
Though they must be truly artfully done if they fetch such a high price! I don’t
have the artistic flair though, so I’ll just have to settle for neat. And come
up with some ideas of my own!
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