An update of sorts

[rodo]

I was supposed to meet friends today, but when I went to the train station, it wasn't there. Well, it was there, the platforms, tracks and trains, however, were not. And so I had to trek back on foot, which gave me the opportunity to take photos of the wild flowers blooming right now, and a blister.

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* Some of these names might not be accurate - I had to look up five of the flowers.

I have also been kind of busy lately, and yet still avoided working on my stories. I even conjugates Spanish verbs instead, and cleaned the house from top to bottom. Oh, and I dug out one of the old herb beds:



It was a lot of work. I weeded the flower beds whenever my muscles gave up, was bitten by ants and banged my head against the old pump. I visited a kitten too, and if nothing goes wrong, I will get her around the end of the month. I sure hope so, because she is cute (her siblings too - but they were all spoken for).

Hopefully, I will eventually tire of doing other things and be productive in areas I want to be productive in, but it's a start.

PS: Should I finally kick myself in the ass and write the meta post about AUs that has been on my mind for a while now?

Comments

[anehan]

O_O What had happened to the train station?

I vote 'yes' on the AU meta writing.

[rodo]

Well, it is not accessible and whatnot and the company finally got around to change that. And the fact that the crossing is closed half the time is supposed to be changed too, I think. They've been at it for a while now, but they seem to have chosen this weekend to do the most important work. There are supposed to be busses, but they don't arrive at the times when the trains would and the plan was rather cryptic. I didn't know where to wait either; the station is at the end of a one-way street and the regular bus stop at the beginning.

[lian]

I'm always interested in your meta -- does that count as a nudge? :)

Sorry about the train station, I admit I laughed. That must've been such a WTF moment... I'm a bit embarrassed about my total flower ignorance now, btw. Bu I shall go to bed rather than look up all those names right away. Maybe borrow my brother's plant atlas and go hiking myself sometime.

[rodo]

It's kind of embarrassing that I can't name more than a couple of plants growing around here. I see them all the time. Same for bugs. On the other hand ... for my Facharbeit, I had to contradict the professionals. Sonnentau only grew in the really wet parts when I went to look, not the dry parts, like the books say they should. So at least I am not alone with my ignorance.

[sevilemar]

Hmm, nice! So many flowers, I like flowers. When they're not making me sneeze and stay inside, that is. Oh, and yeah, I'd like to read your meta too, btw. (and yes, I'm still kind of jealous you get to work in a great big garden regularly :)

[rodo]

Why would flowers make you sneeze? Isn't grass mostly the problem?

[sevilemar]

I don't actually know anymore, since my last allergy test was when I was ten or twelve or something. I always think of doing another in the spring, and maybe start a desensitizing program, but by the time it's autumn and I'd finally be free to do so, I usually forgot all about it again.

[blnchflr]

Pretty flowers - and nice work on the herb bed! Hoping to see pictures of your kitten, when you get her, and to read your meta :)

[rodo]

If (I am afraid to use "when" because the last time I was supposed to get a cat, it didn't work out) I get her, I won't stop spamming you with kitten pictures, promise.

[blnchflr]

Oh, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you (and myself, one blessed day…)!