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chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Jul 16

Everything looks like it will bounce back but some is a bit worse for wear

Raised bed with severely damaged young Swiss chard plants

Grey metal rectangular raised garden bed with large tomato plants in cages and hail damaged leaf lettuce

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Jul 16

Scenes from the garden. We're under threat most every day now for enormous hail so I try to take pictures for remembrance and hope for the best #gardening 🌱

4 large rectangular grey corrugated metal raised beds in pairs of two with various plants in them. Some are mulched with straw. Between the beds are a young maple tree plus three large tan bag planters. One has thriving zucchini plants.

A small flower bed with a large potted mixed planting that is yellow and black, and several smaller plants. The grass around is overgrown. A small red metal shed and a larger grey shed border the bed.
A basket of strawberry plants hangs from the grey shed and young sunflowers line it.

Close up of a recently established rose bush bearing yellow, pink and white flowers.

Close up of one of the beds with rows of curly green, drunken woman and butter lettuce. Many tomato plants in cages are in the rest of the bed.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Jul 5

It's my birthday today. In my adult life since I learned my mom was killed when I was 2 months old, my birthday has always felt like a countdown to the worst loss. Before that, it was really confusing because my APs didn't know me then. As an aside, I sure was a brick headed baby 🥚

Birth photo of me, a white baby wrapped in white in a gold and oval paper frame. I have a little bit of blond, wispy hair, a large head and chubby face. I have a neutral expression on my face because of course I do.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Jun 25

Please sign this petition noting your support for stopping the transition from AISH to ADAP. #abpoli #ableg #disability

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Jun 15

Floral scenes from around the garden. I love these black and yellow baskets I put together. 🌱 #bloomscrolling #albertagardening #garden

Rectangle fence planter with yellow/black and blue/yellow pansies and trailing greenery. Loops of small solar lights on wire hang on the weathered wooden fence and grass grows in front and behind. A small pot with a couple of white daisy blooms is on the ground.

A yellow dahlia on black stems with black leaves sits high up in a large flower container. At the base are a lot of yellow flowers and Indian mint trails down the front of the container. It sits on a grassy concrete pad in front of a wooden dark green shed door.

A small flower bed sits between two metal sheds, one small and red and one grey larger one with three small white windows bordered in green. The flower bed holds a small light green sleeping ceramic cat, a few black solar lights on posts, a basket of strawberries, a couple of baskets of herbs, two small purple hydrangea plants and a whit/pink rose bush.

A small John Davis climbing rose has been planted at the bottom of a tall weathered, wooden fence. It is tied to a wooden stake and has red cedar mulch at the base.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· May 23

Me with my eyes closed taking a selfie in a hospital with my mask on is so on brand. Idk what that says about me, except I don't get how to do things and just don't want to get sick

Selfie of me, a thin, white middle aged enby with metal rimmed glasses and a light brown bob with white streaks. My eyes are closed and I'm wearing a burnt orange t-shirt. There is a window behind me looking out on a bank of cars, a pine tree and some grass.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· May 22

Oh and we got most of the beds in before surgery so that was a win, although my body disagrees completely

Backyard view with freshly trimmed grass, a small bucket-like white and gray chair in the foreground. Across the grass are 4 gray metal raised beds, each a foot tall, filled with dark soil. Metal sheds sit on either side of them, gray with a green door on the left and red with a gray roof on the right. A small flower bed is in front of the red shed. In the background are large trees, neighbor's roofs, power poles and lines and a bright blue sky with wispy white clouds.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· May 19

The garden is going in and what's on my kitchen windowsill. 🌱 #garden #orchid #blueskies

My backyard with 4 black metal 8'x4'x1' raised garden beds. The beds are empty and haven't been installed. Containers with annual flowers are in the foreground along with a hose and an empty pot. The background has blue skies with fluffy clouds. sheds, fences, neighbor's roofs and trees.

My white kitchen windowsill with a pot of basil, two houseplants in fuschia blooms and a thin cobalt blue vase with orchid stems with purple blooms. Through a somewhat dirty white vinyls window, green grass, a brown fence and my neighbor's White House is visible. Bright green trees stand against a bright blue sky with white fluffy clouds.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Mar 19

If you do like me and leave your orchids in the front seat of a UHaul in the summer sun, and the leaves die at the ends... don't throw it away. I was so tempted to and I'm so glad I didn't because look at this beauty now! What a thick stem with large gorgeous flowers 😍 🌱 #houseplant #orchid #plant

Phaleonopsis orchid potted in a clear plastic pot sits in a blue rolly cart with other plants and knick knacks around. Part of a white lamp is in the top left and a tv is in the lower right. The orchid leaves have been cut back where they were damaged. A thick flower stem comes up and over the plant and splits into two. Many large white flowers are in various stages of blooming along the stem.

Same as the first but a top view. The leaves are clearer and more buds are apart along the stem.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Nov 12

Wild, cool and uniting. We're all just so small on this spinning ball and I hope we see things like the Northern Lights and want to save this planet.

Dark pink and army green Northern Lights above a tall pine tree and the black shingled roof of a small olive colored house with a large front porch.

Red and green Northern Lights stream in the sky above dark spruce trees

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Oct 24

The woodsmoke issue has greatly improved, but about once a week so far someone burns something horrible and noxious and I found out it was coming in the dryer vent. So I did a thing. Proud of myself.

The side of my house with an older aluminum dryer vent on the concrete and tan stucco. A long and tangled bright green hose is on the ground along with the new packaged steel dryer vent cap and a yellow and black DeWalt bag with tools sticking out of it. The ground is mostly dry grass.

The old dryer vent cap has been taken off revealing rigid ducting with yellow expandable foam all around. My white toe in a sandal is visible in the foreground. The wall is part concrete and tan stucco above.

The back of the new white steel dryer vent cap is in place. The ducting is visible.

The new white steel dryer vent cap is installed. It is screwed in and caulked with clear caulking.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Oct 7

Tan Havapoo in a green harness and purple leash and black and brindle Dachshund puppy in a purple and green harness with a teal leash on short dry grass

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Oct 7

Afternoon walk down to the end of the street. Pics of companions in the comments.

Gravel road leading to train tracks and a narrow lake. A white horizontal wood fence on the left, blue sky with lots of white clouds. Trees around the lake are in fall colors.

A small dark brown wooden shed beside a small dead pine tree. A small hill behind, muted yellow and green foliage. Sky is bright blue with fluffy white clouds.

A small hill in front of the water. Many white fluffy clouds in the sky. Grass is mown short except close to the lake where fall colored foliage grows. A metal burning pit in the foreground and a red barn themed shed sits halfway up the hill.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Sep 30

I keep meaning to look but the can is downstairs and we have a new puppy. It's a weird name from Home Hardware that was the closest to what I really wanted from Ben Moore. I painted it in our old hallway.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Sep 27

I painted some picture frames from black to orange. I really like how they turned out.

3 large burnt orange picture frames, two portrait and one landscape orientation, sit on a table leaned up against the wall. They hold matted reproductions of graphic paintings of the BC mountains above a river and a lighthouse on large rocks. The colors are blue, green, yellow and orange. The table is covered with a stone colored tablecloth and various items including packing tape, a hammer, scissors, other pictures and a white round wooden double tray.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Sep 19

Took this pic the other night while pottying the dogs in the side yard

Jet black night sky full of stars, bordered on the bottom and right by large spruce trees

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Sep 16

Sitting around in the backyard because the ducts were cleaned and sanitized and the smell is absolutely lethal. The air is super good outside finally and these guys are having a great time. Definitely feels today like all of the shit we went through during and after the love was worth it.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Aug 31

There's a metal recycling plant on fire an hour away and it's ruined our good air. Seriously, fuck how this world works. Including today, 2 more days in the hotel. Little man is doing pretty well, much better than I thought he would. Missing my kids like crazy, so done with this estrangement.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Aug 29

Praying to the moving gods that this is our last move for like 30 yrs.

Front of empty grey and white house with pine trees, short mowed grass and a long UHaul trailer in the driveway on the left

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Aug 6

Weekly bath and feeding time. The minis are prepping to have flowers which is not the greatest timing what with moving in a few weeks. 🌱🪴 #houseplant #orchid #phalaenopsis

View of a kitchen counter with a brown ceramic sink, white cabinets and a window with a frosted window treatment. A stainless steel draining rack close to the window is filled with dishes. In the sink and in front of the dish rack, orchids in plastic containers sit in water. The ones in the sink are minis with a few flower spikes with buds on them. Above the draining rack on a small quarter circle shelf sits a neon pothos in a white plastic pot.

A close up of three mini phalaenopsis orchids in water in the brown ceramic sink. Two are in one blue plastic rectangle food container and the other is in a clear plastic orchid container. They are potted in a mix of sphagnum moss, bark and pumice and have bamboo sticks beside them. The ones in the blue container have spikes with buds on them, one is purple and one is green.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Aug 1

Sunbathing forest beauties #cats #animalfriends 🌱🪴

Odi, a short haired orange tabby cat, sits in front of a window on a white granite counter and looks towards the camera. There are plants all around him and trees in the background.

Same view, a little further out. Odi is looking out the window. Fred, a grey cat lies curled up beside him, looking towards the camera.

Same view of both cats, closer up. Odi's face is hidden behind a large monstera deliciosa leaf. Fred stares directly into the camera with a piercing stare.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Jul 25

I get so show and tell when I repot my plants 🌱🌱🌿🌿🪴🪴 #orchid #alocasia #repotting #phaleonopsis

Medium sized alocasia in a red pot, potted in a mix of sphagum moss, bark and pumice. The leaves are light green with burgundy veins on the underside and there are two flowers. The pot sits on a lime green potting mat that has soil and dirty used plant pots on it.

A mix of plants sit on different surfaces. Two Phaleonopsis orchids in clear 7" orchid pots are under a white Ikea lamp with a grow light in it. They are both in bloom, the one in the front is purple and the one in the back has a spike with a cascade of white blooms. That one has bright green upright leaves and the other one has long dark green and burgundy leaves that point towards the floor. The one in the back has new potting media, a mix of wet sphagnum moss, bark and pumice. The one in the front has spent, old media, a mix of sphagnum, charcoal, bark and cork that is not very visible.

A close up of a tangle of bare orchid roots held up by my right hand. My skin is white and dirt is visible on it. The roots are mainly thick, plump and green. There is old potting media in a black garbage bag in the back ground and some still on the roots.

A newly potted orchid held by my left hand. It is on a saucer in a clear 7" plastic pot with holes throughout. There multiple long deep green and burgundy leaves on the orchid and a new leaf is emerging out from the top. The new potting media is a mix of sphagnum moss, fir bark and pumice. There is a lime green potting mat on the table underneath along with various things used to repot plants. A white themed kitchen is in the background.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Jul 23

Started repotting orchids yesterday. Found out that two of the minis outgrew their pots, so made a dual diy solution. I like how it turned out. Mix is pumice, sphagnum and bark. Thinking of adding lava rock to the large ones. Trying to decide if I upsize the pot on the two largest ones. 🌱🌿 #dogs

Dark wooden table with 2 mini bare root Phaleonopsis orchids, fiskars plant scissors and spent orchid bark on a lime colored potting mat. Another mini is soaking in a large pyrex measuring cup. Behind it is a clear plastic container with a mix of sphagnum moss, pumice and fir bark. A large phal sits potted on the left.

Two of the mini phals have been potted in a light blue plastic food container. They both have bamboo sticks behind them and the one in the front has a flower spike on the left. Spent orchid bark, scissors and drill bits sit on the like potting mat. Various odds and ends surround.

A mini Phaleonopsis has been repotted in its' small clear plastic orchid pot. It sits on the lime potting mat and bits of orchid media are scattered around. Bamboo stakes in a plastic bag and a Dewalt drill sit in the background.

My two potting support animals, Tilly (cream havapoo) and Morse (tri color chiweenie) sit on the floor by a dark grey plastic garbage can, looking up at the camera. My feet in black slides are visible in the foreground.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Jun 3

The orchids haven't stopped blooming and this display is a personal best. I've been waiting to repot them but I'm not complaining. 🌱🪴 #houseplant #phal

A Phaleonopsis orchid soaking in a large Pyrex that sits in a kitchen on a red and white checked kitchen towel on a white granite countertop. It is in full bloom on one side with multiple rows of white flowers cascading over the edge of the counter. There is lemon lime philodendron on a shelf above it and various kitchen amenities around.

Another view of the blooms, this time closer.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· May 2

There's a rally protesting this in Yeg in a few days. Historically, very few abled people show up to these, so if that's you and you can, PLEASE do. The UCP still does respond to pressure so let's bring the outrage! #aish #abpoli #ableg #disability #canpoli #canada #turtleisland #yeg #cripthevote

Screenshot of IG post by Zachary Weeks. White block lettering on a black background says "ActNOW Rally May 6th-12 pm Edmonton Alberta Legislature Building" and "DISABILITY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS"

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Apr 29

Found some actual walkable nature around here (well a half hour away) and wow was it good for my mental health. There are trails close to this so I'm looking forward to returning in the future. Still miss home. #afternoonwalk

Trail through a grove of birch trees. Some have burnt bark and branches. There is a small hill in the background and long, yellow dry grass through the trees.

Another, wider trail with birch trees on each side. A telephone pole casts a shadow on the left side near Tilly, a cream and tan Havapoo, as she stands in the middle of the path, looking away. The sky is blue with wispy clouds and the sun bright behind them

Moody shot of a grove of birch trees with the cloud covered sun shining through behind them. Some are burnt, dry leaves and grass are on the ground

Some Birch trees in the background and their stumps with fungus growing on them in the foreground. I think the fungus is oyster mushrooms. There is a lot of dry grass on the ground, bent over and compressed

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Apr 27

Today, I did a bunch of yard work (brought to you by prednisone) and Little Man (Morse) hung out for a bunch of it. He was happy when I got tired and came inside tho, his favorite thing is hanging out together on the bed. He's come so incredibly far in such a short time 💜

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Apr 9

Still making safe-for-me bread - which means it's the same bread every time, but the experience doesn't get old. I wish there was smell-o-vision like they promised. Actually that's a lie- the bread isn't the same every time. It varies depending on so many factors. #MCAS #chronicillness #baking

View of a white stove with a black glass top. Two freshly baked white bread loaves sitting on a silver baking rack. There are two gray metal loaf pans to the right and brown oven mitts with a red and yellow Aztec pattern.

Same view but a close up of the two loaves of bread on the silver rack. They are golden brown and have risen well.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Mar 29

The peas! The peas! My struggle with growing pea shoots for DAO supplementation has taken a fantastic turn. Speckled peas is where it's at. #MCAS #DAO #Histamine #chronicillness

Top down view of a green and white tray of speckled pea sprouts. The sprouts are lush, bright green and split into small leaves near the top. The tray rests on a speckled white kitchen counter.

Side view of the same. The sprouts range between one to two inches tall. There are various items in the background including a sun light, a counter spray, paper towel and a pig shaped wooden cutting board.

chaws eternally exhausted@saltntights· Mar 28

It was all gone, I swear. #canada #turtleisland #snow #smalltown #alberta #winter