UPDATE, FROM HENNY PENNY LANE

Hey friends,

Thought I would check in and say, I am still blogging. Gosh, have you ever felt like someone pulled the plug on your life as you've always known it and plugged you into some strange other life?

Well, I need to find my way out of this strangeness! This shoulder pain, pinched nerve, neck pain, needs to go! 

So I think this pinched nerve has become nerve damage. During the night, of course, when shoulder pain is worse, my left arm aches from my shoulder down through my fingernails and I cannot close my hand.  Is this serious? Should I worry?  I see another doctor today at 1:30. 

What a difference a few new panels made in the teeny tiny greenhouse...

Wednesday was a nice day with sun and warmer temperatures so we finished. Work on anything is slow going these days. Thankfully, Poppy is helping me with the yard work...leaves that haven't been raked since fall of 2021. :( Will I ever get well and catch up???

Anyhow, look at this...

I LOVE IT!!! We have light again in the teeny tiny greenhouse. 

It feels brand new. My playhouse may not have a roof but the little greenhouse does and it is cozy inside.

Oh gosh, let me tell you a funny story, well, it could have turned out different and not been funny at all. For heat in the greenhouse I hung the old heat lamp with the red bulb, the one we used raising baby chicks and guineas.  Poppy said he didn't see any harm as long as I had it clipped securely and it wouldn't fall. I did!

About a week ago Poppy left for work before daylight. He called me and said, Mel, when it gets light you need to go check on the lamp in the greenhouse. Looks like it has fallen and is on the floor. The greenhouse floor is made of small white rocks, so probably no harm done.

When it was light outside I walked to the greenhouse and immediately could smell an awful burning smell. Panic swept over me! There, resting inside my largest green plastic flower pot which contained potting soil and a plastic scoop was the burning red heat lamp. There was a hole the size of a soccer ball, burned in the side of the pot and the plastic scoop had melted down to a nub.

I unplugged the lamp and pulled all the hot mess outside to cool off. Poppy has since installed a metal hook which holds the lamp secure!!  :)

In my last post I showed a picture of a bush near the driveway with three or four pretty red Cardinals. Well friends, a few evenings ago I carried a cup of birdseed out and spread it. 

When I walked past the kitchen window I was shocked at the number of Cardinals...

of course, some flew when I held the camera to the window, but still! Not a very good picture. I was afraid Smokey would wander up and frighten them away. 

Anyhow...

Eli says he loves new friend Ellie, but there's just nothing like his big old sweet Teddy Bear...

We made Eli and Ellie a cozy little place to sleep behind the swing on the front porch...

Some days I feel like snuggling up with them back there in the corner. 

Better get busy and find something to wear. Nothing fits anymore and besides that, nothing in my closet is in style anymore. I have nothing to wear!  Just kidding, sort of. :)

Thank you friends. I sure needed to talk to you this morning. Hope to be back soon. 

Love,

Henny