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More Spring

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Man, it is like a dam broke…there’s just this sudden explosion of activity in the natural world…

I was outside with doggie.  Warm…not quite up to the 50 degrees yet.  A gentle breeze. Sun shining brightly.

As I’m standing there, I hear  something that’s not quite a chirp, more like “brrrt”.  I look up to see what look like geese flying in a “v” formation…but it’s not geese.

They’re cranes.  I have seen them many times through here, but have not had the pleasure of listening to them call to each other.  They’re definitely the young returning–not quite the size of the adults.

We fortunately live near a nature preserve.  Sadly, though, it is fenced and not open to the public.

All I can do is walk by, peering in…

“…put’em in a tree museum, and charge people a dollar and a half just to see them…”

(Joni Mitchell, Big Yellow Taxi)

 

 

Spring

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Heard a songbird singing its heart out this morning…

I think we might have moved past this strong, forceful winter…tomorrow the forecast is for 50 degrees. Woot.

It still might take awhile for the ice road that is the driveway to disappear…mornings will be…interesting…if the temps dip down below freezing at night.  Slip slidin’ away…

Winter brings its own stories–some days I would see deer tracks in the snow, along with bunny tracks.  It is amazing that any of them survive in such brutal conditions.

The poor dog hasn’t seen grass in three months. Heh.

I saw a robin for the first time last week (others saw them earlier). I’m afraid that one of the neighborhood cats might have gotten one, because an area had a bunch of feathers scattered about…

The sun has moved across the horizon…the heated orange coming through the fingers of the trees in the lane…

Welcome Spring.

Back

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Okay, back from a bout of the flu.  Gah, it’s been at least six years and probably ten years since I’ve had the flu.  Seriously. The last time I felt this bad, I had it in the lungs (probably walking pneumonia) and it was one of the times I woke up gasping for breath.

Mercury interferes with your immune system so much that even though we know we are exposed to viruses, we don’t “get sick”.

The theory is that the virus is there, but the immune system cannot muster the usual attack response that shows up as vomiting, diarrhea, muscle aches, fever, headache.  I think it’s another wonderful testament that my immune system is healing and starting to respond to viruses.  I don’t know if this particular virus was dormant…but I’m kind of leaning that way because it usually takes three days to incubate before symptoms show up…at least that was how it was with my kids and I when they were young.  With this flu, I was only in the public the day before, which would have been the best time to be exposed.  My sis could have brought the virus home, I suppose, but nobody else got sick.

Anyway, I’m actually happy that I had the flu….and I lived to tell about it!  I should alert the CDC.  /just a little snarky

I think the fact that I had a quick recovery is testament to eating good organic non-gluten food….the best medicine, along with proper herbs (dandelion and rose hips tea).

 

Progress…?

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For those of you who don’t know, I’m recovering from mercury poisoning.  This is just a short post on my progress–

You might recall I’ve written about mercury poisoned folks not getting colds like normal.  I had not had a cold – a sneezing your head off cold – for about five years.

So…I had one last month where I sneezed more in one week than I had the entire past year.  And I have another one now…

I never thought I would be happy that I’m sneezing…but, yeah, I am. :p

The theory is that mercury so damages our immune system that it cannot muster a response, which is what the sneezing, aching muscles, etc., are…

So, while sneezing is no fun, it makes me happy to know that my immune system is still alive and kicking its way back from the cliff.  ::does happy dance::  :;well, okay, doesn’t do happy dance because I feel like crap right now…but the spirit is willing even though the body sez Pfft.::