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AnotherDreamWeaver

(2,886 posts)
Fri Nov 12, 2021, 09:56 PM Nov 2021

My day was so Thrilling I just had to share

(I don't think I've been here before. I was looking for gardening, and found you first, but I think my story will fit right in here.)

My day, Nov. 12, 2020

I went down hill to town to mail a letter and get some wood chips. I saw there was section that was older and the leaves had composted nicely. I filled my pickup. Came home and was helped by Les and Mary putting it in the garden. They also found more Golden Chanterelles while I was gone. When I went to feed the Llama I saw she hadn’t eaten the apples I had given her this morning and I proceeded to step over the fence and check on her. My second step didn’t clear the fence. The fence is a very loose fence and it was pulled down as I tried to support myself with it while I landed flat on my back. And it’s like that isn’t enough fun so the feeding box made of 2X6 redwood comes along and hits me in the head. Great, I’m still alive and breathing. I roll over, get myself up, put the feeder back and continue to check on the Llama. She is fine, out eating from the abundance of green grass. I went into the garden and watered down a bed Angie and I had planted in garlic and lettuce starts. I dressed the seedlings with the mulch and had noticed the last two sunny days had dried out the top of the soil. I watered that just after sunset and got to see a few clouds brighten up the sunset and a planet light up in the sky

Many Blessings.

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My day was so Thrilling I just had to share (Original Post) AnotherDreamWeaver Nov 2021 OP
Sounds like quite a day. AJT Nov 2021 #1
Me too... nt AnotherDreamWeaver Nov 2021 #2
Mmmm, chanterelles. blm Nov 2021 #3
No, they are friends, staying on the property AnotherDreamWeaver Nov 2021 #5
Just joking. blm Nov 2021 #7
(I tried to put the waving smili here.) AnotherDreamWeaver Nov 2021 #8
as I get older I realize more and more that ordinary days TomDaisy Nov 2021 #4
Yes, the Earth is within Heaven, thus part of it. nt AnotherDreamWeaver Nov 2021 #6
As you get older, life gets more exciting. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2021 #9
I don't have to trip over anything, just stepping backwards AnotherDreamWeaver Nov 2021 #10
Wife put some new padded thingies on our front porch steps... pbmus Nov 2021 #11
Are the padded things to wipe your feet on before coming in? AnotherDreamWeaver Nov 2021 #12

OAITW r.2.0

(28,478 posts)
9. As you get older, life gets more exciting.
Fri Nov 12, 2021, 11:33 PM
Nov 2021

Yesterday, I took a tumble outside, was on the ground/off the steps and backed into a box. Lost my balance and hit the ground. Took 15 seconds to do a physical inventory. All nerves reported back, "good to go".

Wasn't bad at all, woke up this AM with no overnight pain or stiffness.

AnotherDreamWeaver

(2,886 posts)
10. I don't have to trip over anything, just stepping backwards
Fri Nov 12, 2021, 11:43 PM
Nov 2021

I can lose my balance, so often will turn and move if possible.

pbmus

(12,439 posts)
11. Wife put some new padded thingies on our front porch steps...
Sat Nov 13, 2021, 12:52 AM
Nov 2021

Went to get the mail at dusk and tripped over the top one and fell about 3 feet to the concrete below, raspberries on my right knee and some scrapes on my hand, am still wondering if I would have done that 30 years ago… thank GOD I didn’t hit my head or what little sense I have left, would certainly be gone.

GETTING OLD GETS SOME GETTING USED TO.

AnotherDreamWeaver

(2,886 posts)
12. Are the padded things to wipe your feet on before coming in?
Sat Nov 13, 2021, 01:23 AM
Nov 2021

3 feet is a good fall, good thing you did a reasonable landing. For myself it's Parkinson's that disrupts my gate and balance.

I agree, getting old gets some getting used to.

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