Here is what my garden sink's cabinet looks like after Mr. Moon painted it today. I love it so much! We are both aware that it's a good bet the wood will rot eventually but he is sanguine about the fact that he'll probably be replacing the top of it at some point. I am going to enjoy having that sink out by the garden so much. I'll be able to wash my vegetables as well as my hands, and also the compost bucket. It will also be a place I can water seedlings in their little pots when need be.
I just told Mr. Moon that I love it so much and that I think it's beautiful.
"Beautiful?" he asked. "It's just a rough old thing."
"Whoa!" I said. "I'm just a rough old thing and I am beautiful."
I said that last part in a sort of just kidding way but I hope he thinks I am beautiful, despite my years and wear and tear. I know I think he's beautiful. We are quite different from when we met, when we were still blessed with the ripe, unconscious beauty of youth. Our beauty now is of a completely different sort but it's all in the eye of the beholder, is it not?
So we two beauties went to Costco this morning to see JaLisa. We told her where we are in the process of learning to adapt to these hearing aids and she reassured us that everything we're going through is completely normal. And Mr. Moon did not give his back but kept them and I am glad of that. I don't know that he feels they make his life easier but I know that when he wears them, they make MY life easier. There were more adjustments to be made and they were. I wanted less treble, more bass, which I am sure is not how they describe the levels of different tones coming out of these things. But the higher levels in the auditory realm, and not speaking of volume, are unpleasant to me. They can actually hurt my ears and I think she fixed that problem.
And then, because we could, we went to lunch. Who knew, back when we were those young, ripe beauties, that we'd eventually consider going to get our hearing aids adjusted and then going to lunch a hot date?
Well. It is what it is.
I said I'd be glad to go back to the Cuban restaurant where Jessie and I ate yesterday and Mr. Moon said he could eat some black beans and a Cuban sandwich. And that's what we did. We had the same server Jessie and I had yesterday and I am a little bit in love with her. God, I'd love to know her story. She is tiny but you can tell she is powerful. She is attentive and courteous but she is not obsequious in the least.
SHE IS A PROFESSIONAL DOING A PROFESSIONAL JOB IN A PROFESSIONAL WAY!
And by the way, her name is Jessi, and so that's an extra reason to love her.
The lunch was delicious, again. Glen got his black beans and Cuban sandwich and I got a ropa vieja bowl which had rice, vegetables, black beans, and yes, ropa vieja in it.
It was SO good. And I brought enough home for two more meals.
And here we are, Friday night. I got the rest of the weeding done in the garden and did a tiny bit of clearing out in the camellia bed. Here are two pictures of the buds I am pleading with to open soon.
I see color. Do you?
Come on, baby. You can do it!
Wait. What? There's no FEMA?
Stop it.
Here's the quote from the New York Time's that sums up the horror and the destruction of the United States for me.
Asked in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: "Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me."
His morals? His mind?
We are so fucking fucked.
Something, someone has to be able to stop him.
That is going to be my fervent wish and hope for the foreseeable future.
Meanwhile.
Happy Friday, y'all. Have a martini. Make some gumbo. Or, you know...just change your sheets.
Love...Ms. Moon
That bench is beautiful. And so practical - I only have a small garden area but I would love to have a sink in my courtyard.
ReplyDeleteI believe I will get a lot of use from it.
DeleteThe bench looks great, great choice of colors for it as well. Yeah, what a fucking nightmare that statement was coming from a guy who has no moral compass and a serious case of dementia.
ReplyDeleteExactly, Jim.
DeleteFabulous job on the garden sink! Beautiful color!
ReplyDeleteI love that color too. It was leftover from when Glen painted his bathroom.
DeleteIt matches perfectly with the chair on your porch. At least it does if my memory is worth a darn.
ReplyDeleteNo. The chair is more of a emerald, I think. But they are beautiful beautiful colors of green.
DeleteHe has no morals and his fucking mind is deteriorating faster than the teeth of a meth addict.
ReplyDeleteYour garden sink is lovely and glad you two had a nice lunch out together.
Yeah. No morals, no mind, no limits.
DeleteI am really happy about that sink.
The bench is painted what I have always called "bug dust green".' It is a color I remember from my youth, and it is the accent color in my 1940's style kitchen. I have vintage (well, antique if one is honest) kitchen hand utensils like a potato masher, a spatula, a stove spoon, etc., all around with that original color on the handles - strictly for looks, except for the potato masher which I use to pull things forward on the top shelves.
ReplyDeleteOh, I'd love to see your kitchen! I bet it's gorgeous. I'd have a hard time not using all of those utensils. I can remember a green handled spatula that my mother had.
DeleteI use my kitchen tongs to grab things on higher shelves.
Pretty nice hot date, hahahahaha! Seriously though, your lunch sounds delicious.
ReplyDeleteRight?
DeleteOh Lord. Here we are.
This is so satisfying to read, from the painted sink to the pending camellias, phew! I'm glad to hear that both of you felt able to try a bit longer with the hearing aids - in my long experience with them it really takes work and persistence to get better results. Also I find I don't have a good sound vocabulary to explain to audiologists what is unsatisfying about a particular adjustment; I remember once saying something like "I hate that this sounds so prickly" and the audiologist new instantly what to tweak to make it smoother. On the camellia front up here in Virginia we have one with very round buds showing a good bit of pink, and another one that blooms later in the spring with smaller round buds and just a tiny rim of orange. The one that blooms before the end of the year is all done of course. I keep trying to see where I could fit in a couple more.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Ceci
There can never be too many camellias, can there?
DeleteGlen was hearing something he described as sounding like a bag of dimes. The audiologist fixed it.
That green is fantastic! I'm just getting caught up here -- so far, it's hearing aids, grandchildren birthdays, very cool new garments, fishing, sunsets, flowers -- I've missed ALL of it.
ReplyDeleteWell, nothing much changes around here except for when it does and that's mostly little things so don't feel like you've really missed anything.
DeleteIt's Saturday here and I have changed my sheets. The outdoor sink is my favourite shade of green, that is actual green and not in the aqua/teal shades.
ReplyDeleteMorals?? Mind?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! 🤣🤣 HE HAS NEITHER.
Yep. That green is aqua and teal-free. Although you know how much I love those colors, I love this green too.
DeleteYou are so right about Trump. He has neither.
It sound as if your outside sink will have running water and presumably an outlet too? It will be very useful...no way I could have one as any water pipes are at the front of the house!
ReplyDeleteYes. Running water and a drain. Glen's going to dig trenches to lay pipe from the water source. This project might take awhile.
DeleteI absolutely adore that sink - and in my favourite colour too!!! If only, but as it's snowing here right now I doubt it'll ever happen! And your hot date sounds fair dinkum to me!
ReplyDeleteI think my favorite thing about the lunch was getting to study that server more closely. Is that weird?
DeleteSounds like a perfect hot date. That sink cabinet is a work of art and it sure looks solid. Like Mr. Moon. I love the color, too. Good news about the hearing aids. I hope things improve. Yes, we are so fucking fucked.
ReplyDeleteMan. The dates we used to have...
DeleteGood Lord.
I suppose I need to just accept that the hearing aids are not going to be perfect in any way. Why did I ever take great hearing for granted.
There's still a lot to be done when it comes to that sink being finished. This is a PROJECT!
Our only hope is the midterms!
ReplyDeleteI do see color in those buds. There is hope for your camellias, at least. And your green sink looks fantastic.
I finally got a flower today. Front yard, but still...
DeleteI'm going to feel like the Queen of Sheba with that sink.
I'd wish the orange one to know of his mortality, but then we'd be stuck with JD. Not much improvement. Yes on camellias soon! They just need some kind of weather, is my guess, and who knows which one does the trick!
ReplyDeleteMy only spark of hope concerning the Vance thing is that he just does not have whatever it is that allows his cult to believe in DT and follow him and forgive him for anything. He's a rather unpleasant man. I mean- WE all think the Donald is a disgusting specimen of human but MAGA adores him, diapers and all.
DeleteWill the cold weather hurt those camellia buds? Do you snip them and bring them in to bloom or will they be all right? I know nothing about them obviously.
ReplyDeleteWe need changes to be made soon - I don't think we can wait until the midterm elections. Courts, Senate, House, Impeachments for of all of them. Somehow, they need to be removed. How can we stand much more of the evil?
Camellias can withstand pretty low temperatures. They are grown much farther north than here. I don't know that camellia buds that have been snipped and brought in will bloom. I don't think they will.
DeleteThe courts seem to be at DT's beck and call, responding in his favor at every unconstitutional, illegal turn. Not ALL of the courts, but certainly the Supreme. Senate and House are both still Republican so...
No. The cold doesn't hurt the camellia buds. They are grown farther north than here. I'm pretty sure the buds won't open if they are cut and brought in before they've begun to open.
DeleteThe Supreme Court appears to have been bought and sold, or at least a majority. And of course the Senate and House are both still Republican although I think there's a good chance that will change. But not until the midterms. I hope we still have a country at that point.
Your green sink is totally fabulous.
ReplyDeleteThe camellia buds are looking promising to provide flowers. Is that a hint of red in the closed buds?
Lunch at the Cuban restaurant sounds delicious. I wish we had a Cuban restaurant nearby.
Yes. One of those buds shows color.
DeleteI just read in the paper today that we have another Cuban restaurant nearby which just opened.
I'd like him to tell us what his morals are because I see no evidence of any in him unless it's 'because fuck you that's why'.
ReplyDeleteLove the garden work table and once the sink is in and water hooked up...heaven.
I'd say Trump has the morals of an alley cat but that's an insult to alley cats everywhere.
DeleteIsn't that sink going to be awesome?
I am sure I have commented before on your gorgeous camellias. Love the green - and the fact your husband has accepted hearing aids! Mine got told 3 years ago he needed them, but first they needed to deal with the earwax build up - and the drs gave up on that so he gave up on hearing aids. What?
ReplyDeleteWell, earwax definitely can and does render the aids useless but it is possible to clean them. Of course. Why are men so stubborn?
DeleteI love that green. Well, most greens, but that one is great.
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