September 14, 2008
Self Portrait Sunday for September 14, 2008
I worked in the front garden this morning. That’s the one that’s outside the gate, visible to everyone who passes by. It was a disgraceful mess. The pikake bush was enveloping the mailboxes and threatening to reach out into the street. The area around and beneath it was full of weeds, and some rubbish from the street had blown in and settled beneath the lower branches. After cutting back some of the overgrowth I knelt in the street and started pulling weeds. I’d been outside for about an hour when I decided to go get the bottle of water I’d left inside the gate. As I stood my peripheral vision disappeared in a halo of black. My knees felt rubbery and a headache descended with sudden ferocity. I was having early symptoms of heat stroke. So much for finishing the front garden in the morning heat. I came inside, drank several glasses of water and sat in front of a fan sipping another. The headache remained and I was nauseous, but my legs were functioning, so I went back outside long enough to gather up the weeds I’d pulled and do a cursory sweeping of the street. The headache pounded on for several hours, so I didn’t get anything else done with the rest of my morning.
This afternoon I went to the grocery store, checked my business post office box and unlocked phone messages that had been trapped in the voice mail on my cell. By four o’clock the sun had dropped behind the house, so the front garden was in shade. I spent another hour pulling weeds, then did a little better clean-up of the mess, getting everything bagged and ready for green waste pick-up. About half of the garden has been weeded. I’ll work on it again tomorrow, but I’ll wait until late afternnon to get started. Maybe this headache will be completely gone by then.
Our gal Cass stayed over for a little extra fun in Orlando following IzeaFest, but she left us a place to park our Self Portrait Sunday comments. I’ll post a link to this post over there, then go visit anyone else who played today.
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September 15th, 2008 at 7:46 am, Meagan (Sarafina1977) Says:
You are so good about remembering this every week. It’s been so long since I did participated…maybe I should start again.
BTW - I found you on Twitter, so I added you to my list, if you don’t mind.
September 15th, 2008 at 10:17 am, skeet Says:
You definitely should join in the fun. i’d love to see your beautiful face every week!
Added you on Twitter! Mahalo!
September 15th, 2008 at 1:04 pm, Nellie Says:
Glad you took your nice, smiling pic before you got overheated. I hope the effects of the heat and hard work are all passed by now.
September 16th, 2008 at 12:43 am, skeet Says:
I still had a bad headache when I go up this morning, Nellie, but it’s better now. Maahlo for stopping by!