Thursday, November 19, 2020

yoga, poison ivy, before and after


Since Abby's husband tested positive but she and the kids tested negative, Abby has been quarantining nevertheless and so I led the yoga classes this week and last Wednesday. It's a completely different experience. I go to class so that I don't have to decide what asanas (poses) to do, not having to decide is also why my morning routine is always the same. Not only do I have to decide which asanas to do, I have to instruct the proper positioning. Granted, most everyone who comes has been coming for years and knows the poses but it's still a good idea to remind. This week, instead of flying by the seat of my pants, I did an internet search for vinyasas (a series of asanas that 'flow' one into the other or that serve to focus on a particular goal) which made it a little less stressful. I'll be glad when Abby comes back next week.

vinyasa for releasing lower back tension via www.jasonyoga.com

I only did one section of fence Tuesday because while it wasn't very brushy along the fence, it was a section with a lot of poison ivy and while I had sprayed it with poison (ha! poison the poison) and the foliage was mostly dead, the bottom and sides of the ditch were thick with roots which I'm sure were not dead and they were tough to get pulled up and out. So even with long sleeves and gloves and coming in after and scrubbing my wrists that were often exposed I'm wondering if I'm going to break out a little. Not sure what to do with the pile of roots. 

The burn pile is the obvious option but I'll have to be indoors when it gets burned or at least across the street. Or I could dump them far into the field behind me which would be easy right now since they just recently mowed and baled the hay. Or I could bag it up for the dump but I hate to dump compostable trash in the landfill. I'll probably just dump it on the burn pile.

Here's the before and after pics of my haircut. It's a little different cut than the previous stylist does but the end result is basically the same, out of my face and off my neck though I hadn't meant to have it quite this short this time of year but I had showed her two pictures of days when it looked particularly good and this is what I got. I like it and will go back to her again. So, before...thin long and lank and makes me look old (well, yes I am old and no, I don't color my hair and yes, there is gray streaked through it),


and after...it will be a lot curlier when the humidity returns.


I did my grocery run yesterday and the cashier was just about done checking my stuff when I reached around to my back pocket to get my wallet and it wasn't there. Oh great, I left it at home but she was really nice about it, no problem, we'll hold your groceries til you get back, so a fast mad dash home and back. Actually, that's the second time I've done that.

Re the flies, I know where they came from, just don't know how that many got in the house. We have two big yew trees, one on each corner of the front of the house and their berries have dropped and are moldering on the ground and the flies have been having a fucking convention out there, like an annual gathering of the tribes so that the younguns can find a mate. I don't ever remember this happening before but the flies are gone now replaced by these teeny tiny red bugs about the size of the head of a pin.


No further work has been done on the ditch, on my wax model, or on my Square store but I did spend 4 hours up at SHARE today. They decided not to change decisions made at the previous meeting and opened today to the public as a trial run and masks are now mandatory for everyone in the building which I was glad to see as most of the volunteers did not routinely wear one though I always have.

No catchy ending to wrap it up but the camellia started blooming so I'll leave you with that.




19 comments:

  1. I second that opinion about finding a great stylist. You look like you again.

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  2. Your hair looks lovely! That's a successful cut, I'd say.

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  3. That haircut on you is really cute. It wouldn't look good on me but on you, it really does look very nice. I envy anyone who has a natural curl in their hair.

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  4. So sorry to say "it's cute now." Yes, the lankly look adds years, and the short look subtracts them. I'm almost 80 now, and boy do I have short hair.
    If you burn it, stay far far away.

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  5. Your haircut looks great. I love that you still have dark hair, very little gray. My hair started to go gray when I was in my 40s, and now I'm completely white-haired.
    I love that you teach yoga.

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  6. Add me to the list of people who really like your hair cut!

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  7. I have to do quite a bit of Ivy trimming from time to time so I'm glad it's not the poison variety like you have to deal with. I quite like Yew trees but I hate it when they are dropping their fruit all over the place.

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  8. Your short hair is looking great! What ARE those little red bugs?!

    I guess as long as you don't stand near the fire when you burn the poison ivy should be fine on the burn pile.

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    1. I'm pretty sure they are immature glossy shield bugs or what we call one of several stink bugs.

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  9. I love your new hair! It's very chic and also practical. Yep. Excellent.
    We call that type of camellia "sansanguas". I love them. They are almost as pretty on the ground when they drop as they are on the tree. Or bush.
    I woke up this morning and thought of you doing yoga every day. I do not have your discipline. I just don't.
    Yeah- can't you get poison ivy break-outs from the smoke when they are burned? I think you can. I could look it up. Too lazy.

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    1. Well, I don't do it every day all the time. but you know what I don't do? walk 5 miles every day like you. and yeah, breathing smoke from burning poison ivy can cause a rash on the lining of your lungs. supposed to be painful and inhibit breathing.

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  10. I'll add my voice to the chorus - the haircut looks great! And it does suit you much better than the long hair. I think I might be the opposite - I think I look better with longer hair. Damn it.

    I have a little slot on the back of my phone case for my debit card. I hardly ever forget my phone (we are surgically attached to one another) so I usually have something to pay with. And I never leave my phone at home because I listen to an audio book when I'm driving.

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  11. Seems most advice strongly recommends not burning poison ivy since the oil can be spread widely through the smoke and cause severe difficulties to those allergic to it. Best might be to treat it like asbestos. Double bag and dispose in a landfill. Glad we don't seem to have it up here - at least not where I live.

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    1. we only burn on still days and I think they are getting ready to institute a burn ban since it's so dry. those vines/roots should be thoroughly dry by the time we get around to burning again. but I may bag them up anyway.

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  12. Your haircut really does look great. If it's anything there like it is here, you ought to be all curled up. The humidity is thick as can be, and the fog didn't lift until about 11 a.m. today. I suspect it will be back tonight; it's getting really hazy.

    I'd sure be cautious about burning those roots. A still, humid day would be best, actually, but I think the wind's going to stay up for a while. There was a big wildfire over at the Anahuac refuge a couple of days ago. The last I heard, it was at 2200 acres. I can't find any more information, so I suspect it's out.

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  13. Great haircut! Well done! I have been snipping away myself here and there, bribing certain individuals to cut bits at the back. And since I hardly go anywhere, I decided this will do.
    Glad you found the source of the flies, reminds of what happened after I spread a donation of pigeon dung on the berry bushes. It's tricky, must be mixed etc. but great results, apart from the fly invasion.

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  14. What a difference -- love the new hair cut! PLEASE don't be anywhere near the poison ivy when it's being burned. If you breathe the smoke, you'll get it in your bloodstream and you do not want that! The little red bugs look like baby ladybugs! Cute, but there's so many, I'll be they're a bit of a nuisance.

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    1. don't worry. I've been highly allergic to poison ivy all my life. I'll probably just bag it up.

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  15. Love the haircut - there's nothing like low maintenance when it comes to hair, says the older and wiser me. You would not catch me anywhere near burning poison ivy. That's how I ended up being basted with calamine lotion for a month.

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