The Phurfest last weekend went well. We had a good dinner and evening entertainment. In the silent auction I won a drawing that Someone won’t have it up in the house lest it shock visitors. He is not wrong. The drawing is hanging in the walk-in closet now. The drawing is a heart warming spectacle.
Someone and I continue to have very bad allergies; his eyes are like cherry tomatoes; when I start sneezing I can’t stop. We are looking forward to the summer heat frying off what pollen is ruining our lives.
There are so many projects that need doing around the house. This weekend I should make a list and prioritize what needs to be done ASAP.
I received 6 heirloom tomato plants from my ‘dealer’ in NC. 3 are already dead in the Arizona climate. One of my teachers defined depression as the result of the continual attempt to obtain impossible goals; growing toms in Phoenix may qualify for such.
Speaking of summer, it is getting hot enough to brew Sun Tea. I’ve put in my order from www.distinctlytea.com for 300g of Yunnan Imperial. This ‘red’ Chinese tea can sit in the sun all day long and not get bitter. It makes good sun tea.
We have no plans until mid-June. We signed up again to go to Flagstaff to volunteer at their Pride Festival. It will be year #3 as ‘serving wenches’ at the beer stand.
I like Flagstaff – you can get LeCroix water there. I usually bring home several cases.
And finally, the work out programme progresses. The personal trainer has me doing butch things like picking up sacks of sand and slinging them onto my shoulder. Several of the exercises have sinister names with “Turkish’ or “Bulgarian” in their titles. I get short winded easily and it all makes me feel like a wimp. But I persevere. I am drinking some whey concoction guaranteed to keep Bally’s Fitness in profits.
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May 11, 2008 at 7:58 am
merrimerri
Yikes about the allergies!
When we went to Las Vegas last spring, we both had terrible sinus flareups..
There was that santa anna wind blowing towards us, the locals said, and we could see the dust on the horizon in a huge dark cloud.
EVERYONE was sneezing and miserable!
Oh no about the tomatoes!
How disappointing..
You sound like you are getting ready to be Mr Universe!
(ever see the episodes where Jerry Seinfeld is being trained by a, “Mr Mandlebaum”(Lloyd Bridges)
LOL!
May 11, 2008 at 10:58 am
Sean
Note the possible irony of hanging the “unviewable” piece in the closet. Jeffrey and I use to avoid hanging images we enjoyed, erotic or otherwise, in our home to respect the sensitivities of others. Then we realized no one took things down in their home that might be offensive to us and realized it’s our home. we pay for and support it and we’ll hang whatever the hell we like and if people don’t like it, they can leave.
Oops, where did that soapbox come from?
Feel better!
May 11, 2008 at 11:23 am
"Joe"
Perhaps the attic or the basement, but the CLOSET? Oh, dear.
And, if tomatoes from NC don’t grow in AZ, perhaps you should grow them in NC. We have plenty of crazies here (and allergies, too). But ah, the organic produce!
Lift that barge, tote that bail.
May 11, 2008 at 12:05 pm
BID
You continue to have what I think is an interesting and possibly exciting life!
I just have to see the picture though, I just might die if I don’t!
May 11, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Lemuel
Turkish or Bulgarian?
Just hope he doesn’t move to Russian or Mongolian!
May 11, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Pink
well…if you think YOU’RE depressed, imagine how the tomatoes feel, watching their buddies and knowing the fate that lies ahead for them
xx
pinks
May 11, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Maddog
Sorry to hear you are having allergy issues. It’s one of the reasons I’m dreading going to OK and KY this summer. I’ll start sneezing next weekend and won’t stop until August 1 when I get back to NYC. Trust me when I say I can hardly wait.
May 11, 2008 at 4:04 pm
BentonQuest
Tomatos are nasty things anyway!
If you feel the need to get rid of the picture, Nick and I have wall space to “baybsit” it!
May 11, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Karen DeFrank
There’s gotta be a way to post that picture. We all are so curious!
Here in NJ we all have allergy problems, too. Too much pollen. The winter wasn’t cold enough to kill what ever. Every window is open since it’s too soon to put on the air conditioning. So we are all sneezing and wheezing.
I used to have an uncle in NC who had a tomato garden every summer. NOTHING is better than a sandwich made with a just picked tomato still warm from the sun. Some good bread, a little mayo, salt and pepper - oh, my. I won’t eat a tomato here in NJ until I know they are grown here.
May 11, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Daniel
Nice thing about Spokane is there seem to be fewer allergies per capita. I think the rain washes the pollen out of the air, or something like that.
May 12, 2008 at 5:40 am
interglossa
I was nodding about the drawing - we have friends all over the map where comfort zone is concerned. More generally as the world becomes more balkanized and no arbiters to define the rules, we are thrown to our own devices to figure out how to proceed. (Heidegger had a word for it: “Verworfenheit”).
If only the world were an encrypted image and everyone had to choose to wear glasses before seeing what they don’t like…
May 12, 2008 at 7:28 am
Kalvin
OMG your workout routine sounds so hot. I wish I could join you, but I went a little crazy and injured myself. I’ve been suffering terribly from allergies too. I’m beginning to think it might be whopping cough. I’m just a mucous factory! Beyond that, I think that sometimes we’re just depressed. No reason why. Or maybe it’s in the Zeitgeist
May 12, 2008 at 11:03 am
zeph
How about tomatillos? Perhaps there are good things you can grow that are more suited to this zone. It’s possible to grow tomatoes indoors, though, I hear. A couple of cherry tomato bushes near the window might cheer you up.
These days, I don’t keep much art. I find that familiarity dulls my appreciation. On the other hand, plain white walls are always soothing.
A gay drawing in a closet? I love it. That’s rich.
May 12, 2008 at 12:54 pm
tigeryogiji
“you can get LeCroix water there…”
LeCroix? Christian LeCroix?!!! Or is that LaCroix, Sweetie Dahling?!!
May 12, 2008 at 3:23 pm
rodger
They say fitness is measured not in how easily you get winded but in how quickly you recover from such windedness. Yeah…I know…I’m making up words again. I’ve got to stop that!