j.w wrote: ↑Thu Oct 20, 2022 5:00 pm
Smoke so bad again today that I think it is up over the 300 range of air quality! Can't see our mountain behind us again today. Praying we get a good smooth, not too heavy rainfall starting tomorrow. Too much and it will flood and wash trees over and create a big mess on the roads.
Woke up this morning coughing up stuff from my lungs. I know I prolly shouldn't be out there riding my bike, I do wear my N-95 mask the whole time and I can't just sit in here. Too boring and soon the rains will come and I won't be riding much as I don't want to get the royal bike wet and rusty. I'll turn to walking when the rains start. Taking care of my g-daughters cat Stormy for a few days as they take a trip to Disneyland for a few days. Have to ride my bike up there to feed and give him his meds while I'm out there riding today. Tomorrow when the rains come I will walk up there.
I'm so very sad this is happening to your beautiful fish. I pray there is something that will help them to survive. I know you are heartbroken but doing the best that you can for them.
Enjoying reading your book and hope you have fun and a relaxing time writing your new one over the winter. Will be nice for you to get that break from all the work you do outdoors. Maybe soon your retirement will come and you can do what you like anytime you choose!
well, some would say I 'can do whatever I want anytime I choose' now, ya know? heh heh. I've had winters off for quite a while, so I don't complain about my work. I like keeping busy and that's part of the reason I didn't retire earlier; just don't want to be bored. I have some project that'll keep me occupied enough, initially, and we'll see as I can always 'go back to work' if I want (self-employed) but I'm not leaning that way. My dad died at 66 and for some reason as I approach that, I'm dreading that year. I take better care of myself than my dad, but I just can't help thinking about it, ya know? So, part of me retiring is getting at least some bit of 'summers off' in my life again. In 42 years, I've only taken ONE week off for a vacation. I've taken 3 days sometimes but nothing longer except for that one year. Working by yourself doesn't give you such options, though as there's no one to cover for me.
Glad you're reading the novel and hope you find it entertaining, at least. When I started doing fiction (from poetry), I was better at descriptive passages. After the first two, I dedicated the third to getting better at dialog and the whole book is more or less talking. Helped a lot and now, with this next one, I'm actually thinking it'll be less dialog and MORE descriptive, which will be a change. Gotta sharpen my poetic chops a bit, I'm thinking!
For a place that is always reporting rain, sure can't understand what's happening there by you in the Annex; do you get such dry/smokey/fire spells periodically? Saying a prayer for you and the PNW! It probably ISN'T that good for you to be out in it, mask or not, yer royalty highness majesty! Do be careful, huh? Wouldn't want to have to eat ALL that Godiva by meself, now wouldst I???
The experiment is proving out what I read, so far, as I see some of the pox breaking up/loose. If all goes well, at least I'll know it's not fatal, but my koi will probably have it on them in spring and fall, before the water warms up. I can't possibly heat the pond, which would solve THAT issue. Koi pox looks like waxy spots on the fish and if I'm understanding correctly, nodules in fins and tail. That's the part I'm watching most as I am not sure I have that last part correct and it's not really some parasite encapsulated under the skin/tissue. But the heat seems to be melting those too, so looks like it may be the pox. After he 'heals', then I'll have a problem as I don't want to take him from 80F water into 45F water; for sure that would cause a lot of stress and I'd lose him anyhow. So, it may be he goes into the turtle pool for the winter, or he stays in the aquarium. Thing is, I don't have filtration for it and he's a rather big fish within only about 40 gallons, so the pool prob will be his winter home this year (water there is only 64Fish though, so...
Thanks for the concern, thought; it's mightily appreciated!