Sometimes you burn out, most of us just get older and we start falling down

[sovay]

I have in the last few days acquired some kind of so far non-plague fever-bug which feels like insult to injury, but on the other hand I have also gotten a normal amount of sleep for two consecutive nights for the first time in actual months. I spent the afternoon on the couch with a cat, reading John Van Druten's The Voice of the Turtle (1943), Niven Busch's The Furies (1948), and Melanie Williams' BFI Film Classics: A Taste of Honey (2023), this last a present from my mother who nabbed it in the final days of the Book Depository. The lilac in the back yard was amenable to having a small branch broken and brought indoors where it smells fantastic. The other thing the back yard seems to grow beyond leftover junk is violets. I plan to pick some tomorrow. The twilight at the end of the street is currently doing its smoldering apple-green thing.

Comments

[pameladean]

Oooh, violets and lilac are EXCELLENT things to have in combination! I've just seen the first violet leaves in the past few days, and I am really looking forward to my violets. I hope the freckly ones come back. They are a bit finicky about I'm not sure what.

P.

[gwynnega]

I'm sorry about the fever-bug, but I'm glad you've had good sleep and good reading material.

[luzula]

Oh hey, I didn't know that the Book Depository had closed down! Not that I often ordered from it--I usually just go to Abebooks and choose the best-for-me option there. But still, kind of sad.

I'm sorry about your fever-bug; may it soon go away and your sleep stay.

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, I am sorry. <3 May you feel better(er) soon!

I'm glad there are some compensations still on offer, though.

[oracne]

I hope you feel better soon.

[choco_frosh]

Yay sleep, at least?
< Careful Hugs >

[asakiyume]

The many shades of green (and pale oranges, reds, pinks, and whites) on the hills along the highway are so beautiful, it's dangerous. I continue to be glad for your lilac--and your violets!

Not so glad for the fever. Give it one star on Amazon and recommend they discontinue manufacture.

[lokifan]

Ah, violets and lilacs <3 My parents' garden has a bunch of flowers in different shades of purple and it DELIGHTS me.