Netting, Sun and Well, Fish in Everyday Ramblings

You can see we got the netting up yesterday. As soon as we anchored it with the bricks, the bugs were on the outside trying to get to the chard. The Spinosad worked on the leaf miners though. Next year I will plant in such a way that I can net the chard beets and carrots from the beginning, so then I have a better yield. I am most curious about how the carrots I planted from seeds do. The ones from starts have not done so well. They aren’t split, but stunted. I am pretty sure I have carrot flies.

Sorry to go on about all this but I am learning so much and it is fun figuring it all out.

Speaking of fun…my handstand teacher showed us this technique a few weeks back where another person stands to your side facing your hip as you face your wall and you put your hands on the floor close to the wall. This isn’t traditional spotting for handstands where one person kicks up and the other tries to grab their feet and pulls them to the wall, as is taught in every yoga class I have taken that teaches handstands.

You, the person doing the handstand lifts one extended leg up hip level and the other person holds it. You press into their support and your other leg comes up almost automatically. Piece of cake you are up. It is hard to describe but it is a thing of beauty. Most Honorable was game yesterday and after all that work it was a rush to actually be in handstand.

It is actually easier to be in handstand than it is to get up there. :)

Of course, you need another person to do this. Another post the worst of it, pandemic breakthrough.

At least I know what it is going to feel like when I am able to do this on my own. You know you have respect for these athletes (like, oh say Simone Biles) but when you try breaking it down into the component parts…one becomes a puddle of admiration for the fearlessness and strength. The sheer determination.

We went for a walk through a residential neighborhood and then back along the river. It was a beautiful day, warm but beautiful.

And then we went across town and got fish and chips at my favorite food cart. This is the post pandemic thing I have dreamed of for months. When we got back here, I ate the whole serving. It was so good! Lived up to my once-a-year splurge expectations.

People watching at the food cart court I saw one place was serving big cups of beer and there were a few women there that looked like they needed it. There was a slight out of isolation edge to the buzz there. It was probably me projecting.

And I admit I was depleted by the end of the day. A little too much sun, food, exercise over the last few days. I had been working on core strength for my classes this week and that in combo with the handstands… a bath and a book were required.

I am now on the third book of the Broken Earth series. You can’t not keep reading; she is such a good storyteller.

The half hour PT Club is a go. I have four people interested to at least try. It is at 8AM Pacific Time every weekday starting July 5th if you are interested, let me know in a private note. I have been memorizing the joint practice and doing it every morning to get ready.

Tomorrow, besides now being a national holiday, is my birthday. Not that it matters, but I approve. The plan is to have a leisurely lunch in Mrs. Sherlock’s garden. A place I have not been for nine months. We have all been fully vaccinated.

What an amazing thing that is. Wow.

Last updated June 19, 2021