Thursday, June 16, 2022

A Newcomer to Casa Kittling Weekly Link Round-Up

 



It's Wednesday, and Denis has been in the rehab facility since Sunday afternoon. The next day, they moved him to a different room, and we found out that it was because his first roomie was not fully vaccinated like Denis, so they moved him in with another fully vaccinated patient. He was happy about the move because his first roomie coughed all night and used a very loud oxygen concentrator. Not only that, now he's got the larger part of the room, and it has a window with a nice view out to trees and shrubs and tables and chairs. Understandably, he's wanting to go full steam ahead on physical therapy, but I think he's finally beginning to realize that this is going to be a slow process. 
 
In the mean time, I'm about to break my record on how fast I complete an afghan, and looking forward with a tiny bit of trepidation to Friday (the day this posts) and having a couple of people come in to help me with some of the cleaning and laundry. We had a marvelous young caregiver who decided to move back to Utah, and I'm certainly going to miss him. I just hope these new folks turn out to be "good fits," too.
 
I thought I'd share a photo of a newcomer to Casa Kittling. I discovered this baby cactus by one of the solar fountains while I was making the rounds filling all the birdbaths. It looks like a type of prickly pear, and I hope it decides to make its home here. 
 
 
The start of a beautiful relationship?

 
I hope you and yours are doing well and enjoying the summer. Enjoy the links!

 
 
►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄
 
►Book Banning & Censorship◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Elly May Clampett◄
 
►The Wanderer◄
 
►Fascinating Folk◄
 
►I ♥ Lists◄


That's all for this week! Don't forget to stop by next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. And don't forget to curl up with a good book!

16 comments:

  1. Book banning! Ugh! Awful! I saw LeVar Burton on TV last week, and when asked about it, he replied: "Read every banned book. They are the best ones." I agree with the sentiment. Many of my favorite books are banned by some states. The heroes are the teachers, librarians and parents who stand up to this form of censorship. And I"m coming back here to add even more books to my lists.

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    1. I'm contrary. Every time someone tries to prevent me from doing something or reading something, I feel the need to rebel-- unless they have ironclad, logical reasons why I shouldn't. (I'm not a complete tearaway.)

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  2. That's a pretty cactus, Cathy. People don't always think about how much beauty and variety there is in desert life, but it really is lovely. It's good to hear that Denis is making progress, has a better room, and is motivated to get on with his PT. I hope he's home soon! Now, I'm going to go visit that Peruvian temple, and when I come back, I'll look at your lovely afghan (I wish I could knit like you!).

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    1. I've been concentrating on my knitting so much in the evenings that I think I'm close to breaking my speed record on how long it takes to complete an afghan. But... it keeps my mind from going where I don't want it to go. (That and my British telly.)

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  3. Hey Cathy! Glad to hear that Denis is doing well and that his rehab situation is good. I know that patience will be involved in his recovery, but he'll get there. Nice cactus! Take care and have a good weekend!

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    1. You, too, Kay. I've been given something new to try not to worry about: positive Covid-19 cases in the rehab facility where Denis is. Life keeps trying to shovel worries on me, and I just keep knitting faster! LOL

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  4. Yes, I was so carried away by the book banning I forgot to mention that I'm glad Denis is improving and has a nicer room where he can enjoy the flora outside. And the cactus is nice. I don't think I've ever seen that before,
    a cactus sprouting. And glads the birds are having fun in their baths.

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    1. Yes, the birds are having lots of fun, and one of them is the reason why I have a baby cactus to keep an eye on. It's not the first time the birds have "gifted" me with plants.

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    2. So sweet. Something I do not see in the city.

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    3. Yes... to be a bit crude, bird poop on concrete or asphalt just leaves a mess, not gifts of plants. :-)

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  5. Glad Denis got moved to a better spot. It's not fun being away from home like that. At least his surroundings are better suited to keeping his spirits up.

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    1. Yes. He made me laugh so hard tonight. In a series of texts, he told me that he'd finally found something against his new roomie: he watches Forensic Files all night. It reminded me of one of Daisy's visits here when she and I sat and enjoyed a Forensic Files marathon. Denis saw what we were watching, shook his head, and went down to the other end of the house and sat at his computer.

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  6. Dana Stabenow would call your new cactus a 'volunteer' - it certainly knew a good home when it saw one!

    I'm glad about the progress for Denis, and hope the new trend continues for both of you.

    The pictures of that new font have seemed distracting to me, but I'm glad to know it's so helpful for those who need it. I somehow missed the news about the Monitor, but I'll save that to read after the book banning links raise my blood pressure.

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    1. Yes, those book censorship links are bad for the blood pressure.

      Dana may call my cactus a volunteer, but I call it a gift-- and it's not the first gift that the birds have given me over the years!

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  7. Your baby cactus is adorable! Glad Denis is in a nicer room.

    I fell down the rabbit hole reading about Agatha Christie and science. It was fascinating.

    Hope you have a good weekend!

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    1. You have a good weekend, too, Gretchen! Falling down the rabbit hole can be fun, can't it? ;-)

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