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rootofnewttoday was lovely, except for reacting poorly to the stinkiness of boy's acupuncturist's office. she burns things like incense, mugwort, and sage... the sage i can normally deal with (after the fact, NOT during), but i'm horribly allergic to mugwort. i didn't know she used mugwort, or i'd never even step foot in there, but today i stepped in and figured my headache was due to old incense... then the hives started. thankfully, boy came out right around then (15 minutes late).
i told him that i'm going to start picking him up late, so i don't have to sit in the parking lot. i don't want to sit in the car (it's HOT and humid here) because the office is next to the offices for the piedmont environmental council. i just feel weird sitting in a running car outside their doors.
anyhow, spent the rest of the day lazing about. i tried to spot venus, but we had too much glare from the sun.
the grass is crunchy. drought sucks. :/ on the other hand, it's very easy to see the outlines of the former house's foundation now. the grass over the old stones grows poorly since it has the least amount of dirt. with this drought, the line is very pronounced. we also have some fairy rings and some patches of darker grass in areas both within and just adjacent to the old foundation. i need to see if i can find some old maps and such at the courthouse, to see if i can find some information about this area. i could just ask the owners, but they live abroad and are very busy, i doubt they have time to fill me in. if they don't know, i seriously doubt they'll dig up the abstract to figure it out.
over the weekend, i noticed a few bricks scattered around the base of a tree near the fenceline. i pointed it out to boy today, wondering if they were remnants from when the house was rebuilt a hundred years ago or so.
it didn't make sense that a wastepile that close would last so long. i looked over toward some more trees, saw more bricks... walked over. i can't tell if these are remnants of tree rings or walkways. i'm going to investigate some more tomorrow. i haven't been to that corner of the yard, if it's an old garden, there might be some herbs still growing, wild after all these years.
nifty.
i told him that i'm going to start picking him up late, so i don't have to sit in the parking lot. i don't want to sit in the car (it's HOT and humid here) because the office is next to the offices for the piedmont environmental council. i just feel weird sitting in a running car outside their doors.
anyhow, spent the rest of the day lazing about. i tried to spot venus, but we had too much glare from the sun.
the grass is crunchy. drought sucks. :/ on the other hand, it's very easy to see the outlines of the former house's foundation now. the grass over the old stones grows poorly since it has the least amount of dirt. with this drought, the line is very pronounced. we also have some fairy rings and some patches of darker grass in areas both within and just adjacent to the old foundation. i need to see if i can find some old maps and such at the courthouse, to see if i can find some information about this area. i could just ask the owners, but they live abroad and are very busy, i doubt they have time to fill me in. if they don't know, i seriously doubt they'll dig up the abstract to figure it out.
over the weekend, i noticed a few bricks scattered around the base of a tree near the fenceline. i pointed it out to boy today, wondering if they were remnants from when the house was rebuilt a hundred years ago or so.
it didn't make sense that a wastepile that close would last so long. i looked over toward some more trees, saw more bricks... walked over. i can't tell if these are remnants of tree rings or walkways. i'm going to investigate some more tomorrow. i haven't been to that corner of the yard, if it's an old garden, there might be some herbs still growing, wild after all these years.
nifty.
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Date: 2002-06-18 05:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-06-18 11:05 pm (UTC)mugwort (http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/generic_frame.html?Arte_vul.html)
i'm not food-allergic to wormwood (related), but i'm allergic to its pollen.
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Date: 2002-06-20 03:38 pm (UTC)