sleep through the pandemic

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/covid-19-sleep-pandemic-zzzz/617454/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3vU4K8vaqW3Um-Jigs4tCiyL8TT5-jNruesX1ida4Mb8ra5OE8eJsYYL0

Importance and reason^^^ sleeping through the pandemic is natural and good. Don't let others tell you otherwise. You are not to be judged for snoozing ALL day. Sleep , probably better than a jar full of magic.  Covid damages nerves  disrupting sleep patterns having survived the initial illness.  Effects of having covid clearly are not "just get over it" , like a bad cold . Also curious about hypnosis and its curative effect. Stay home y'all. Just do it! Don't fuck with this virus! Sleep!!Here is another fright!

                          -O- 

The cherry tree trunk now is about four  times larger than it was as you can see from  years ago.

Must have been a  graft, the tree was supposed to be a decorative dwarf cherry but it has grown to be a giant. The cherries never develop fully, usually  are eaten straight away by the birds, or  gravity bounces them to  the ground 

If we stay here much longer I am pretty sure that the trees will become so old they might  just fall over or be taken out by some chainsaw maniac.   

The plum this morning , Limb tango, perfectly fitted to one another.  It was supposed to be dwarfed as well. Not as gigantic as the cherry but certainly not a dwarf. She is more aged, but still the star of the back yard!

Here is an easy project for you- I have posted this idea in the past but it's a good one so...here you go. again...I am lacking imagination.

Go out to the curb and gather some leaves and twigs. Put some adhesive goop on a canvas, place the  compost on it in some sort of arrangement, Allow to dry - Some of it will stick and some of it will peel off, leaving an imprint . Throw some paint at it. Spray with a fixative. 

It is surprising that this has remained  so  seemingly permanent and solid  considering the organic nature of the leaves and twigs.  An experiment that panned out, easy to do, no skill required.

 

This is my old flower press , which I rarely use. last night on "Escape to the Chateau", Angel made an enormous flower press to press the garden onto the walls of the new room. Good idea but , in the end, looks like they are not  very secure. Anyway, as they do everything in a large way, Angel used ply board  with loads of heavy boxes on top to press long flowers, like iris and gladiola. All you need is  Chateau massive space to press your garden.  Spring is right around the corner they predict. Nothing better to do than flatten flowers...as I stated before, I am "lacking imagination" and am going to go  back to sleep. Still no vaccines available, as the virus mutates it its surreal virus way, trying to balance the  out of control population , perhaps. Stating the obvious, just stay home and be glad you have a home to stay in. ( there are over 1000 homeless in our little town).  Little houses have been built, gated, organized,  and have been successful, the people living in them are vetted and the community has been a welcomed relief, but not all homeless qualify,  a problem  much more complex , as you know. 

Stay well and count your lucky stars, y'all!