Our Garden and Table n'at
Homegrown, homemade and other good stuff for the soul
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Moussaka
Thursday, September 5, 2024
My New Hip
My New Hip - A Loose Journal
Caution, some of these photos might be unpleasant to some people. Just saying...
I knew I would have to start this story at some point and that point is now. Today is October 27 and in four days I will be having a total hip replacement. It is chilling to write those words. I don’t know what I am so apprehensive, OK… pretty scared dammit. A total hip replacement has become routine surgery some times you go home that day!
October 31 Operation
Nov 2 – Ugh difficulty sleeping
Nov 3 – PT Richard
Nov 4 – Difficulty sleeping, no appetite, depressed
Nov 5 – Alarm on Prevena 125 wound drain 2:00 AM
Nov 6 – No change
Nov 7 – PT Brittany
Reflection –
Little to no appetite
Depressed
Sponge bath & shampoo
Nov 8 – Got initial bandages off and drain taken out
Nov 9 – PT visit Brittany
Nov 10 -
Nov 11 -
Nov 12 - Feeling shitty
Nov 13 -
Nov 14 - PT Brittany
Nov 15 – Took second shower
Nov 16 – Got staples taken out
Nov 20 – Feeling much better, a little better appetite,
using the cane more. I think I turned the corner
Nov 21 – Three weeks Post Op. Had PT this morning w/Richard.
Feeling a little better
Nov 22 – Didn’t sleep well last night. Hurt today, no
appetite
Nov 28 – Shower, did my PT exercises used cane continue to walk around sun room 10 times. Feeling better day to day.
Upcoming
Dec 20 Dr Guy follow up
Lasagna
Pasta with Uncooked Tomato Sauce
This is why you should have a vegetable garden, even if it's just a couple couple tomato plants, a couple eggplants a couple varieties of peppers and some basil in containers. We are fortunate to have a nice flat back yard that gets a lot of sun. This time of year here in Georgia so many herbs and vegetables are getting to their peak of flavor ready to be picked. Pulled three nice Cherokee purple tomatoes out of the garden this morning with the idea of using them to make a simple raw tomato sauce using just the tomatoes, garlic, fresh basil and olive oil. It was very aromatic with the individual ingredients keeping their identity. You could clearly smell and taste the separate components - the sweet/tart Cherokee purple tomatoes, the lemony fresh basil, the pungent raw garlic and the grassy olive oil. The salty pecorino cheese was perfect shaved on top. And on the side, savory grilled Italian sausage.
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Clay Oven #2
I got a slab was poured in early summer and I worked on it off and on in no hurry which I regret now (November 10) because I am at a difficult point in the build with the weather getting colder. I only have the thermal layer built for the dome and it isn't drying well. I'm afraid when the temp gets below freeing at night the residual water in the clay will freeze and then thaw during he day and repeat the cycle over and over and possibly weaken the structure of the dome and have a collapse. I already screwed up the arch over the opening by rushing things. Today I put burlap soaked in clay slip over the dome hoping it will help prevent cracks. I watched a video of a guy doin this. It sounded logical. I hope it helps.
Did a sloppy job on the arch. It didn't fit the way I wanted it to and had to force things together. I'll try to fix it and to a little face lifting later. |