Several different daylilies in bloom!! I’m waiting for the Asiatic Lilies to bloom.
I got the results back from the bone marrow biopsy, and for the first time since February 2025, I’m in remission! Acute Myeloid Leukemia is an extremely aggressive cancer so I’m absolutely thrilled. Last time I had a biopsy, it showed the mutation had returned, so I’m still waiting on that report, but this is the first time I’ve been in remission.
I’m rereading Bear in Pursuit before I turn it over to beta readers, then on to the next book to work on!
Hope you have an extraordinarily beautiful day.
Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
Blanket flowers and coreopsis! I’d planted the seeds a couple of years ago, right before I was hospitalized for 5 weeks. They’re perennials and they keep returning. But until they’re flowering, I’m like–are those weeds??? So I have to be patient and wait for the flowers to pop out!
I’m still working on the flowerbed. I had to do blood work yesterday, and moved a bunch of pavers and dirt, but still have a long way to go. I wish I felt better so I could just get it done. 🙂
I moved the pavers around the rosebush, along where the grass stops and the dirt starts. I moved two of the pavers to the left center to pull a cart loaded with dirt into the area. I still need to cut back the sunshine ligustrum (left), but chickadees were having fits when I was working at night in there. So they might have a nest in there.
So I will wait on that, or really look for the nest, if one is in there. But maybe they’re in one of the birdhouses.
I still need to add a few more pavers to finish the area to the left. And I’m moving the pavers around the sunshine ligustrum to somewhere else. And I need to clean the pavers too. So still a lot of work. Then??? I need to get the hostas in the ground!
I have to take Tanner in to have his teeth cleaned this morning. It’s hard because both of my Havanese are chow hounds. But I can’t feed them because Tanner can’t eat until after the teeth cleaning. I can’t sneak food to Max. So he’ll have to wait until I leave Tanner off at the vet clinic, then I can feed Max.
Blood counts and platelets had gone down, but they were still okay enough that I don’t need blood or platelets. Yay! I’m off chemo for two weeks now, but still feeling bad.
Hope you are having a terrific day!!!
Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
Your dogs want you up and then THEY go back to bed.
I should have taken a picture of this when the right side was a mess too. There are still some blackberry bush roots and vining plant roots in there, so I’m going to work on them this morning before it gets sunny.
Hope your day is filled with success! I felt really good about whittling this mes down to something that looks better. You can see the daylily, which was just overcome by weed plants, and the salvia started to bloom, the same way. The gloves I got from Amazon for thorns worked great. Both the vining plant and blackberry shrubs have tons of thorns. I’m thinking of putting some more salvia in there.
Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
I love gardens. They’re an extension of your home in a lush, green, and colorful way. I experiment all the time with planting plants in various locations, and I finally figured out that the gerbera daisy I planted in this spot comes back every year without fail. Sooooo, I’m going to try and plant a whole bunch of them in this spot to make a colorful bed of them and hopefully, they will come back. Why didn’t I think of that before?????
I’m still feeling weak. I know it’s all the little stem cells growing. And my blood counts aren’t normal yet. But I’m eager to get there. I’m eating a little better. But the cupboards and fridge are bare after me being gone for 5 weeks.
My son is here and we’re going to the grocery store after drs. appointments today.
Hope your day is filled with gardens and beautiful things.
I love purple flowers so when I found crepe myrtles in purple, I had to get them. Four of them. They are miniatures so they only get to about 4-6 feet tall, whereas the others can get to around 20-40 feet tall.
I’m coughing up a storm this morning, which means I still have pneumonia, but I was excited to write 800 words on Wolf Heir last night. It’s not my usual 2,000, but it’s a start since I haven’t been able to write anything. I wrote 300 words before this.
I’m trying to reach 40,000 today, which is only 400 words. So maybe I can add 1400 today!
My red crepe myrtle in bloom! It’s always the latest to bloom, and didn’t notice until I got home from the hospital and realized it was finally fully flowering!
The bee was so busy, he didn’t budge even though I was right on top of him, taking the photo. 🙂
They keep saying we need to walk and engage in various exercises so that we can heal faster. But it’s hard when you have no energy. However, I walked this morning. The rains had cooled it down a bit, and yesterday it rained all day, so I couldn’t walk. But I got to see the green heron again. I tried taking a couple of pictures of him from a distance with my phone. I hope one turns out.
Additionally, I captured the moon’s reflection in the pond and took pictures of mushrooms that had appeared due to the rain, making the walk an amazing adventure.
So, after blood draws and such, I’ve been bringing my granddaughter to my house so we can read about Oscar, the 11-year-old boy who survived the 1871 Great Chicago Fire. She was so absorbed in it that she read 3 chapters to me instead of two yesterday. We did an overnighter. We would always do them once a month, and I want to do that before I’m hospitalized, and then the 100 days start with constant care for me after the stem cell transplant. I don’t know when I will be able to see the kids after that.
She’s been reading other books — working on the bingo card for school —and on Monday, we can start the reading challenge at the library. I still want to sign her up for Barnes & Noble like I do every year, and HEB. She also read for her Girl Scout patch. We’ve been doing math, spelling words, and reading comprehension, and then we pick out one movie to watch afterward. We also fed the turtles the day before.
So next week I have 3 grueling days of testing, biopsy, etc, and so for June, I will have her on Tuesday and a sleepover and all day Wednesday.
We ended up going to the library yesterday and picked up 19 books for $15. They’re beautiful books too. I’m having my grandson overnight tonight and then all day Sunday, before the grueling Monday. But I have so much fun with the grandkids, and they love coming to my house, so if we can, he and I will go to the library too.
I’m still working on getting Protecting the White Bear ready for publication, and I’ve managed to write some more on Wolf Heir.
Okay, I’m off to reread Protecting the White Bear before I have dinner with the kids and bring my grandson home to spend the night and all the next day!
Have a super duper fun day!!
Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
