Good morning, My
internet service has been quite hit or miss since the ice storm. I consider
myself quite lucky in that respect. My heart goes out to all who have lost
power or may still be without power.
I want to make mention
that the garden came through the recent weather adventure quite well. Most all
of the summer veggies are gone. I need to check under some AG 70 to see how
some toms fared. I was truly surprised to see four Habenaro peppers doing quite
nicely under several quilts.
Since my last harvest a
week ago, there has been only one growing day since. That was last Thursday.
The garden has not grown. I feel for the health of the veggies, I will not be
harvesting this week. Deb and I will be at market Saturday with lots of canned
goods. Presently the weather forecast is for a gradual warming into the
weekend. I hope this will be true. After being at market last weekend, I think
anything would be warmer. I hope to see lots of folks.
It is interesting how a
winter storm and a phone call at 2:30 in the morning on a Thursday can reset
priorities. This is the day I prepare for veggie sales. We have gotten phone
calls from drunken souls but never a hang up and then a redial. Deb answered it
and I mostly incoherent got up too. Funny thing about me, if I wake up on my
own, I am up and full speed ahead. On the other hand if I am woken by say an
alarm clock or a phone at 2:30 in the morn, I can’t find my way out of paper
bag. Then throw in that the Sheriff's department has dispatched an EMS unit to
my mom's house because her LifeLine bracelet has been activated. My brain was
mush.
They asked if I could
help with directions to her house in Terligua Ranch. Funny thing I know how to
get to my mom's house but give directions? There are roads everywhere and I had
no mileage or a map of how to get there. Luckily she did set up a 911 address
for her place. I hope this is what they used to find her. Most likely it was
the EMS guys just “knowing” the country. The best directions I could think of,
was for them to go east from 118 on the Terlingua Ranch Road take a left at
Cedar Springs road and take a left at sunset and you are there. Well anyway a
chase vehicle went up to her house to fetch her. I have to say her road is a
nasty rocky thing that I think rabbits would be reluctant to use because it is
so rough.
At 3:30 the Sheriff's
dispatch called me back that they had found her, transported her to the first
paved road and put her into an ambulance. She was on her way to Alpine. Paved
roads are another rarity down there. At least now with the Terlingua Ranch Road
being paved. Pavement is 5 miles”closer” to her house.
Shortly after that
LifeLine called and wondered if I had received a message about my mom and I
confirmed. I asked them if they had My moms 911 address. All they had was the
mail box out on 118. Probably a good 10 miles from my moms house. This was as
useful as saying a compass points north. The Sheriff's department and the EMS
guys are pretty Awesome. I told LifeLine I would get the 911 address for their
records. This would save some one from having to look it up. It would be an
understatement to say I worry about her living by herself.
She got to Alpine safely
and was put under observation. Once the dust settled it was noted that she was
having heart attach symptoms with very high blood pressure. Latter it was
determined that is was anxiety for an upcoming surgery.
They held her over night
and released her at 11 AM.
Our house has pretty
thin walls and keeps “warm” enough for Deb and I. Through any winter storm, a
north wind, and lows in the 20's, the house is hard to get warmed higher than
the mid 60's, if lucky. This would freeze my mom. So at 11 AM we were doing a
beeline south to her house and crossed my fingers that We could beat the
incoming storm. Whew!! All's well that ends well.
Even though I knew market was going to cold,
nasty, most likely breezy, and just a generally cruddy day, I was looking
forward to being with friends, chew the fat, roast a few marshmallows and if we
are lucky, we would sell a few veggies. Selling the veggies just did not
matter. Like I said some times you need a priority reset.
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