there is a small thread hanging off the world

survived my 71st birthday

still fighting the 3 rashes, have done 5 days antiobiotics, still taking the oral fungicide, still spackling my ass with the fungal ointment, the zinc oxide and the fluid for cleaning. I am not winning at all, and it itches, oh the itching.... sigh... they called me 3 days ago to find out how I was doing and I havent heard back since, some parts are drying up and others just dry and seep on their own schedules. its gross and all sorts of unpleasantness. I still shedding skin like a snake... lots of skin... dont know how I have any left. words I do not want to think about are moist, seeping and of course.. itch.... whimper whimper whimper.

Cant go outside in the heat, because. yanno heat rash, so the yard is overgrown, the garden what I have planted, is on its own other than me turning on the sprinkler, I am feeding the birdies, and we now have a Bobcat in residence. Looks like a young one and its dining on fine birdies from what I can see in the yard. Lots of feathers. I worry about my 2 time share kitties from the neighbors, I hope they are staying away.

I did get my personal chainsaw and cut the broken branch off the apple tree, it was just at dusk so it wasnt so hot out there. The blackberries have taken over several of my flower beds and I have 2 trash trees coming up in one. The wisteria has left the trellis and has tendrils (yeah, very large ones) snaking out to my curbside flower bed, so thats about 12 feet or more. I do adore the frondy bowers but, they are overgrowing the side yard and going for the garage and engulphing parts of the garden fence. My pomegranate tree has tons of flowers on it this year, I hope I get some kind of fruit.

welcome to my jungle, thats for sure. All the garden paths and my gravels are covered in strawberries and mint, so I could be making daquiris .. grin.