Sherlock continues tired, not too spotty and intermittently cranky, which is to be expected. He has consumed his entire body weight in homemade ice lollies several times over. I hope L keeps making them all summer. The lemon-basil ones were not a hit with Sherlock, but I love them.
Speaking of basil, it exists in the allotment. Our little non-producing blueberry bush looks happier this year, so perhaps we'll get some actual berries out of it (although Sherlock informs me that most things we call berries are technicallydroops drupes, but he doesn't know if that includes blueberries or not, and Johnnnnnn stop typing so I can look it upppppp why can't I use your phoneeeeeeee [answer: because of the 38 texts he sent L in a two hour period before I took it away from him]).
We will also have these enormously long Thai red beans:
They stay that color when you cook them, which Sherlock is very pleased about. Most of them that aren't green to start with turn green when you cook them. They also apparently get about as long as your arm, which should be something to see.
I'm going to let Sherlock look up droops now. Talk to you all later.
Speaking of basil, it exists in the allotment. Our little non-producing blueberry bush looks happier this year, so perhaps we'll get some actual berries out of it (although Sherlock informs me that most things we call berries are technically
We will also have these enormously long Thai red beans:
They stay that color when you cook them, which Sherlock is very pleased about. Most of them that aren't green to start with turn green when you cook them. They also apparently get about as long as your arm, which should be something to see.
I'm going to let Sherlock look up droops now. Talk to you all later.
69 comments:
as long as whose arm?
I will keep making you lollies :)
They didn't specify. Even if it's Sherlock's, that's still pretty long.
Thanks :)
True.
Sherlock just made me seem extra popular in prison today.
Or like I had a nervous tick, every time the vibrate went off in my pocket.
The boy has demanded mango and blueberry lollies next...
Ha! Sorry about that...
I was going to suggest something with blueberries :)
I believe it is drupes. Like coffee "beans" are--which I know about because of Passover.
(If you are interested--because we can't eat legumes on Passover, which drupes aren't, despite some of them being called beans.)
I think blueberries are actual berries--as are cacao "beans", from whence we get chocolate.
I hope you're feeling better, Sherlock!
Ah, thanks. I should've known it wouldn't be spelled the same way as...well, droopy things.
(Now I think about it, I'm not sure about blueberries. They have a hard seed in the middle, don't they, even though they're very small?)
John, I wouldn't have known there even was such a thing if it weren't for looking up what coffee beans are!
I know that bananas are berries!
...And watermelon.
That's all I have to add.
Blueberries are really berries too and I want watermelon ice lollies.
Jesus, L., you're a keeper. Not just ice lollies by the metric ton (or is it tonne?) but fancy ice lollies. I bet you don't leave the blender dirty on the counter with fruit pulp drying into concrete hardness on the sides.
(Oh no, I'm not bitter about certain household behaviors. Just resentful . . .)
I am impressed by the exotic beans in your allotment. Please keep us updated on their eventual length, texture when cooked and general desirability. (Though most things that will thrive for you outdoors I would probably have to grow as late fall or late winter/spring crops.)
fA
fA - I try not to! But if I've done much cooking John tends to flit around and tidy things up around me, like the super nanny he is. (Nanny berries, are, apparently, berries.... Danger, I've always thought your nanny berries druped perfectly....)
The most exotic thing we have growing in our deck container garden is either "spicy bell peppers" or cinnamon basil. Which really does taste like a combination of the two.
I'm sad to report that my foot severely misbehaved yesterday. Going up and down many flights of stairs yesterday was perhaps a bit too much. The side of my foot that I had surgery on is a gem, but the inside is quite put out with me. Well, I am put out with it in return.
My surgeon knew this was an issue, but told me to wait and see if it would get better. Instead it has now got worse. I'm going to be annoyed if surgery #11 comes mere months after 10, and on the same foot.
Becca, that's miserable. I presume it's not something that a bit of rest is going to make any difference with.
Well, it's something we hoped rest would make a difference with, but with six weeks of non-weightbearing, and 3 weeks of partial, rest has been had. As soon as anything like normal activity resumed, the pain spiked right back.
Oh Becca. Damn. I would like to be Pollyanna and say that maybe it was just too many stairs too soon - but you've been through this before and know what you're talking about I imagine.
I'm glad the outside of the foot is better, though.
fA
I have always had an uncanny ability to tell when I needed surgery. But maybe I'm wrong. Can hope so, anyway.
And yes, thanks, I too am glad the part he fixed is looking like a success.
Darn, Becca, that's too bad.
John, I've gotten those color changing beans at the farmer's market. They called them Viking/Packer beans, because they turned from purple to green, which are the team colors for the Vikings and Packers. They tasted okay, not too different from regular ol' beans.
I just saw a recipe for coconut-mango popsicles(lollies), Lestrade, if you want to add to your repertoire.
Ella
Thank you for the answer to blueberries, I was wondering.
Heh, fA, sounds like someone at your place needs a stint as scullery maid, so as to learn what to do in the kitchen! ;)
Oh, dear, Becca, that's Not Good. I'll be hoping you're wrong, too.
Ella, coconut mango popsicles sound yummy! (And now I'm hungry...)
ReRe- You'd THINK kitchen duty would cure 'em. But it only worked on one. Some persons seem not to mind extra work, as long as it happens "later." And when I'm not sharing living quarters with them, I'm o.k. with that. ;-)
fA
I'm also impressed with the variety (and quantities) of homemade ice pops coming out of the Lestrade-Watson-Holmes kitchen... it's making me a little nostalgic for when my daughter was little and we used to make them out of whatever juice we had on hand, or possible juice-herb tea mixture. Lemon-basil is a new one on me though and tempting enough to try even without small children in the house. Not sure I still have any of the molds though.
Becca, thinking of you and hoping things turn out better soon.
My current Adventure in Cooking is making "Boston baked beans" in the crock pot over night. I'm hoping if it's on the low setting, it won't fill the house with so much fragrance that I can't sleep. Cooking smells can do that.
S
Like the new blog heading :-)
Still hoping you'll feel better today, Sherlock!
Mmmm. I made a good fruit dessert last year of strawberries, basil & a bit of honey (they weren't stellar strawberries). Becca's cinnamon basil sounds like it would be even better. Mmmm.
fA
Sorry to hear the foot isn't doing well, Becca. I hope it can be sorted with as little pain and disruption as possible.
Sherlock's favourite lollies are apple and mint. But I'm going to do some watermelon later.
I hope the quiet means everyone has had a peaceful and pleasant (or as pleasant as possible) day.
Apple and mint popsicles sound excellent--separately or in combination--and so does watermelon.
I'm hungry again.
Sherlock is definitely on the mend, slowly.
John is showing signs of wear and tear.
I'm knackered.
I just saw a stat somewhere (on the Internet, so must be true) that abusive husbands seek sole custody of children more often than non-abusive husbands do. Which is sending my thoughts in all sorts of directions...
Ella
Ella, I hope you can wrangle your thoughts into not tremendously upsetting directions.
There are a lot of ways to be broken (as emotional and physical abusers are). It's pretty heartbreaking, but I am comforted by all the people I know who came from bad situations of one kind or another and somehow took what help they had available to them and raised themselves, sometimes throughout their lives, into loving, decent, productive, and simply good human beings.
fA
I would guess that stat would make sense in that if someone's been abusive and controlling then they would continue to do that - the threat to the wife of losing your children permanently would continue to give the husband power over her. Whereas other husbands would seek joint custody.
Yeah, look at my ridiculous situation. He didn't need or even expect to win what he wanted. He just wanted to put me through it. It is the last bit of control, the final skirmishes of a long battle.
It's a scary thing Ella but sadly when people measure their success by the pain they cause others they can't just walk away, everything has to be a battle.
My current advisor tells me that those that go for custody are the least dangerous really courts see them for what they are it's the ones who ask for contact, little but often, that really succeed in keeping control of their ex partner!!
On a happier note, it's sunny and lovely here, I hope it's the same for everyone else apart from the horrible weather around the flat that means Sherlock doesn't mind too much if he still has to stay in ;-)
Weather here distressingly nice!
Sherlock is keeping such a close eye on his symptoms he will know to the minute when he's allowed out.
I'm trying to set John free as I'm home... He hasn't gone yet :)
One of the joys of intelligence is that even when he's ill Sherlock can understand the reasons we try and stop illnesses spreading I guess :-)
I understand that John might have cabin fever but do you seriously expect him to go out when he's got you at home? ;-)
I shall try to be as obnoxious as possible to drive him away ;)
Now might be a perfect time for the "how many socks can fit on johns head" challenge. ;)
Glad sherlocks feeling better! Has he had homework to keep up with for school, or does that come later?
I'm guessing Mycroft escaped, which is both good and bad...chicken pox is really something you want to get over with, Mycroft.
And yeah...when I consider the alternatives (like my dad getting granted partial or full custody), it's probably good that he did what he did. Well not good. But something. Least worst option in the end, even though it was total shit at the time. (I wonder if he'll cross my consciousness every six months for the rest of my life?)
Ella
I'm not sure about every 6 months, but in my experience it happens every so often. Usually, for me, in clusters. And then a while without.
Becca - What everyone else said about an abuser likely wanting to keep control. That's what I've seen. Also a person who is so broken (mentally ill) that they really think their POV is reality.
In my experience nothing in life goes completely away. The intensity of the feelings usually lessens, and the interval between the revisiting lengthens, depending on what kind of thing reminds me/triggers the feelings. After 30+ years there are some things I don't think of for months or years at a time. They're there, but they have a lot less emotional power.
I admire how you've set boundaries in your life. Be proud of yourself.
fA
Thanks, everyone. I know I say this a lot, but...I really appreciate that I can come here and say things and people respond in such wise ways. It's nice to just get stuff out of my system. I know I could probably start my own blog or something, but people there probably wouldn't be so nice.
How are the spots, Sherlock? Abating?
Ella
I was just reading about a virtual universe simulation called "Illustris"; they have pictures and videos and an "explorer" and, Sherlock, I thought you might be interested in looking at it: http://www.illustris-project.org/about/ (There are links to the things to look at in the menu bar up top.) Or perhaps it's more in Mycroft's line? You could look at it and decide.
Anyone else having an exciting afternoon watching a torrential hail storm and then being told by security staff to shelter in place from a tornado? Gotta love colorado springtime.
Ella
i had to shelter from storm force Sherlock, but I did manage to boot John out of the house for a short while, on the pretence of desperately needing ingredients...
Hope everyone's OK, here's a link to a thing about a dog raised by cats. The last picture of the dog sitting with its legs tucked up is very cat-like: http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/dog-raised-by-cats-thinks-shes-a-cat-photos/
L - I admit, it was nice to see daylight for a while. Thanks.
Thanks for helping us eat our fruit sculpture.
He certainly seems to have turned a corner in the 'getting better' stakes. A corner which has led to much more mayhem...
Almost more than when he's entirely well, somehow.
Would that make it inappropriate to say that I'm glad he's feeling better? ;)
No, it's brilliant he's getting over it. But he does take a lot more entertaining than when he's a sick feverish bundle on the sofa. School can have him back asap to try to focus all the energy on the curriculum.
Hope Sherlock is well enough for school soon, then! I remember vaguely it being about a week after the spots showed up before return to the general population, but I also have vague ideas of it being variable. Nice to have a trained medical professional about to make the call.
Good luck tomorrow John & L. And good luck to Sherlock, also, for fast healing.
fA
I think we'll send him back next week, just to be safe. It's not as if he'll be falling behind!
It's very odd having quiet mornings, for me. He's stopped being such an early riser now he's a bit more tired. When he does get up he usually just falls into bed with John and Maf.
I wonder if this is a vision of life in the future, when he's a bed-dwelling teenager.
I wonder how that'll go - morning has very definitely become Sherlock's time to have you all to himself on a dependable regular basis. Maybe he'll work out another time, or give that up. But my money is that if you're still getting up at the crack of dawn, when he can, at least every so often, he'll just stay up till you're up, and then go to bed and sleep all morning when you leave. It's a very teen-on-a-day-off schedule, so he won't have to admit what he's doing. ;-)
fA
Looking forward to your week off exams next week, Mycroft?
You cant send me back next week because it's HALF TERM and I'll be home all week and why cant I come and vote with you it's not fair you PROMISED.
It's good that you're nearly better now Sherlock, just in time for the holidays :-) are you fit enough yet to be making plans for the week?
You can't come because you're still ill! And lots of people will be there. Sorry Sherlock, but that's just how life is. We can't always do what we want.
We'll do some great things during half term though. Mycroft wanted to go off road biking, and maybe we can get away for a day or two for a belated birthday trip for him?
John, either I've done something to upset you... Or our young contagious Raffles wannabe has your phone.
...what did he say?
That I'm mean and shouldn't come home until I'm not so mean and have changed my ways.
And after you made him all those ice lollies too... So fickle.
I know! Still, at least he has the energy for a proper strop.
I'll vote on the way home, then take over warder duties on our pox-ridden prisoner so you can get out, if you haven't yet.
I've heard tell the Euro ballot has an amazing array of horrible parties on it!
Mycroft, fancy an apple and olive oil cake with cream cheese maple icing as a late birthday offering? I want to make it!
Kudos on y'all for voting.
Congratulations and sympathies on Sherlock's improvement.
If you make that cake, I hope for a report and if good, a link to a recipe.
(Quite awhile ago we tried the olive oil shortbread recipe. My crew were not convinced that it measured up to butter. I put a tiny bit of rosemary in it on the 2nd trial and I liked it quite a lot - lemon icing, not chocolate - but pretty much got to have that batch to myself. Philistines, they are.)
fA
That sounds very good, yes. Thank you, Lestrade.
My pleasure. Was really looking for an excuse to make it ;)
Sherlock has built a wall of soft furnishings between us and banned me from looking at him.
Sherlock, my mother always used to take me to vote with her, because she said it was a lot more fun than going by herself--so I'm sure Lestrade would rather have taken you than not. (From my own experience, it is really boring voting by yourself because the lines are often soooooo long.)
No queues here, RR - I turned up just after 7, got sent to the correct desk, given forms, stuck X on forms and left in probably less than 5 minutes.
Yeah, I only waited a moment, just popped in the church hall, was about fourth or fifth person waiting.
That only happens here for local elections, generally speaking. Which is pretty stupid, because the more local the election the smaller the relevant electorate and the more your individual vote counts, but we don't have a good record on voter turnout in the US. Which leads to the question of why we have such long lines for national elections, if we have low turnout, but that has to do with some combination of the party in danger of losing votes playing dirty, and general incompetence of the people running the elections, depending on where you are. In New York, it's mostly the latter--there are HUGE amounts of incompetence in the polling staff!
And for the third straight day, Denver has tornado sirens and marble-sized hail. This is getting fun.
RR, I am something of a conspiracy theorist on the long voting lines: There is no reason, not technological, not manpower, not logistical, why we should have long voting lines in this country, regardless of voter turnout. If politicians (and voting boards) were rewarded for having shorter voting lines, we'd have shorter voting lines. But instead we have long lines, and nobody seems to care about how that makes voting more difficult for many of us. Ergo, I assume there is ancillary benefit to having long lines and low turnouts.
Ella
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