Good morning, or evening to you!!! I have been sewing pouches of different sizes, and I enjoy filling them with different things and gifting them to folks at work. Nurses love fun pens, lip balm, hand cream and such!
I have peppers, but the raccoons love them, and they get "harvested" by the coons a lot. It has been very warm here for October, and the garden is flourishing.
Carrots are springing up!
And tiny Marigolds!! I love these little buddies!
This is Swiss Chard in my planter box. My mother always used to feed it to us, as children, when we were ill. We always felt better! Lots of vitamin B, and lots of loving care, I am sure, made all the difference.
Bonnie Hunter has a pattern out recently, and it is "Diamond Tiles." I love it!!! The blocks are small, and just right to use my scraps that you know I love so much. I am loving this!
Above is the link to the pattern.
A scary rooster was near the hospital. Halloween is near!
My granddaughter has a new Halloween costume!!!!
And my grandson too. What a fun time of year for children!!
Lucky continues to be a helper and design expert regarding quilts. His left front foot is permanently disabled, but that does not stop him at all. He is so funny, just delightful. I contrast his portly, sleek and well nutritional body to one outside cat that wanders the neighborhood...this precious kitty cannot weight 5 pounds. I feed her as often as she comes by, and she is precious. Hubby says NO! when I say can we have her inside...he thinks she is ill. I think she is starving, bless her! I keep food out for her, and fresh water.
The Dallas Arboretum has their annual pumpkin fall display going on, and we went. I had to kneel down and have a picture.
So pretty there!!!
More scrappy blocks going on at our home. SCRAPS RULE!!
Hope everyone is doing very well.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++Nurse's Notes++++++++++++++++++++
Hospice is closed more than it is open, so I end up floating to all kinds of places to nurse in the hospital. Some of the floors do not have chairs for the nurses, and I end up standing for my 12-hour shifts, charting, etc... mostly running room to room, though. I have learned a lot! Surgical floor...medical floor...oncology floor...ER...ICU...telemetry floor. I long for a home unit that I can just sink into and be. I have been at my hospital almost 30 years, and it has changed from a modern state of the art hospital to an urban hospital with decaying surroundings. I love the nursing part, but wow...it is different now.
Maybe I am the one who is different. I had a very significant decade birthday recently, and somehow, it makes me long for freedom. To get out of the stressful day to day at the hospital, you know? I would like to affect healthy change in other ways. To teach wellness, not try and cure disease. Folks in the USA are not as healthy as we could be!! Too much sugar, sedentary lifestyles, and too little exercise and nutrition. I would really love to change that for those who I could reach. Honestly, the medical system takes care of illness but does not teach much health. I long to do that!!!
Any thoughts?
Onwards, day by day!
