You know that practice of putting a penny on the train track to get it squished? And how you’re not supposed to do that because supposedly it could cause the train to derail? Either part of that applies to me after this weekend. I’m either the squished penny or the derailed train.
colors to doodle with.
Ok, it’s not quite as bad as that. I was working along last week with a fairly good routine working on the various things I’m trying to learn and I was all set to have a weekend that I would be able to sit down and really get into one or two of those things and make a surge in progress. I even got my Friday errands done so I wasn’t going to be interrupted with going out to do something. I was set. And then Mr. Migraine shows up to squish my penny and derail my weekend plans.
Now the good news is that I got a few things done during the week that were significant, and I got a few small extras done on Saturday before the migraine took hold. And that’s the important stuff.
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned that I bought an Aerogarden. I got it the last week in April and have been growing the herbs that come with it. Ok really, I was just growing the Basil. The Mint and Dill and Parsley came up. And they tried to get going but the Thai Basil and the Genovese Basil came up quick, got big quick, and took over the light so nothing else stood a chance. The stuff grows so fast that I could make a one to two person serving of fresh Pesto every three days. I finally decided that, since I couldn’t keep them trimmed back enough so they weren’t getting burned by the light, it was time to pot them in soil and see what would happen. I needed bigger pots. And if they survive, I’ll get them some.
Yes, the Basil’s were in that garden, with the light taller.
There is a question if the Thai Basil will survive because of the abuse I put it through trying to get it out of the garden. It’s root system was so extensive that it took over the water well. Between that and the light, no wonder nothing else was having any luck. With a bit of squishing and fiddling I was able to get the roots out without cutting them. I think that was a good thing. Though, they took up nearly the entire pot that I had for it to go into. It’s still hanging on and it’s been six days so maybe. The Genovese Basil wasn’t as bad. It too could use a bigger pot.
The cool thing about that, and my work from home situation for the day job is, I did all that on my lunch hour. After work I re-potted the Mint and the Basil that are on the balcony to keep the wasps away. And then it was time to clean up the garden and start a new one. I started some salad greens. I have no idea what they are, they just say salad greens. Those little buggers sprouted in two days. I’ll have to keep and eye on the roots this time.
My guitar playing has been intermittent lately. I’d make excuses and reasons why it isn’t happening except, we all know that they really don’t count for anything. So I’ll leave it at that. I did get in and do a little work with my loop pedal one night. It was a quick thing but I’m starting to get the hang of it…sort of. A few months ago I finally decided I needed to try laying down a rhythm track on my loop pedal so I could work on soloing over an eight bar blues. I’ve got a good feel for a twelve bar but the eight is newer to me and I haven’t had a lot of practice with it. So I fiddled with it and stomped it on and off and whatever several times and finally got a clean loop of the eight bars down so I could play over it. It worked great.
At one time I was using a little mini loop pedal that was just a one stomp and one track pedal that worked well. And while I still have it, it’s not on my pedal board my Boss RC-3 is. It’s got more bells and whistles, knobs, and buttons than I know what to do with right now. So for me to figure out, how to get what I wanted was an accomplishment. And then, to remember that a few months later was just as big a deal for me. Next up, learn howto add a second track to the first one, cleanly. That will be something.
I’m still working on donuts. That was one of the things I had planned to do this weekend. I was going to finish up the tutorial, all the way this time, and get started making dozens of donuts in Blender. That didn’t happen. So it’s on the agenda for this week. I was also going to finish up the section I’m working on for the Ruby course. That didn’t happen either. So I’ll try again this week.
For now here are a small few pictures for your enjoyment.