She’s taken to her bed and is reading and sleeping and having food and reading and sleeping. Overdue, I think. She’s been so tired.
I’m trying to work, but it’s a sleepy sort of day. The light-alarm system is working well: both of us are waking up to it and not being jarred out of bed by the Tolkienian “Fire! Alarm! Awake!” sort of bell, buzzer, or audible alert. Daylight colored light streaming out overhead is the ancient signal for the body clock to say “It’s morning.”
I mentioned, I think, that our two hanging lights were designed as porchlights. Best for the purpose.
We had a hard freeze last night, into the low 30’s, and everything frosted white this morning: the koi came out, but clustered around the floating heater, then made a line, toured the pond, and went back under their winter cover. The waterfall is now off, which lets the water settle in layers, coldest at the top, warmest at the bottom, which is ultimately where the koi will congregate. The hawthorne and birch are bright gold this morning—ready to shed their leaves, and we will see how efficient our pond netting is at keeping them out. I have some cold-water bacteria I need to put in (Lord, that stuff smells bad!) but for the most part, no fishes need put their noses up until spring.
Jane gets hot tea, with honey and lemon, stat.
Jane gets homemade chicken soup, gently bubbling all day long. Good for humidifying the house, while being adjustable for the diet… CJ you don’t need to eat the chicken – after the stock has reduced down you can take the meat out (strain it) then add vegetables compatible with the diet to the stock and cook until it reaches the desired doneness. The finer you dice veg the more quickly it cooks through… A couple of peppercorns in the pot for seasoning (just don’t eat those peppercorns after), plus the leaves of parsley removed from their stems, and veggies such as chunked zuchini or squash, corn kernals cut from the ear, baby carrots, and a smattering of mushrooms can cook up incredibly quickly, once the stock has finished.
That sounds purposeful; I wish it wasn’t so warm here. Sometimes I miss cooler weather, where a sweater actually is necessary.
Glad to hear Jane is resting up, because I expect to see her at skating tomorrow 😉
Soon, she’ll be so over the weather…. 😉
Here’s hoping she feels better soon. That homemade chicken soup sounds good. Tea’s practically an everyday thing.
Soup may be in the offing for me, tomorrow night. I get the “joy” of dental work (fillings) tomorrow afternoon.
I’m thinking it could be hazardous, being hani and seeing a hani dentist! Heheheh.
That reminds me, my cats are due for a vet visit, first thing next week. One will simply be a little miffed. The other, well, he’ll sing higher, and he’s going to have my full sympathies there.