The Question Has Been Asked
Nov. 22nd, 2006 04:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greenstorm"Will this water hurt the plants, or is it okay to water them with it?"
Vancouver has a boil-water advisory right now, because high rainfall (and possibly something to do with various activity in the watershed) have caused high turbidity (that is, dirt in the water) where bacteria "might possibly" lurk, avoiding the chlorine-- and, of course, be fed by the organic matter in there.
I don't think there are fistfights going on in the supermarkets anymore, but people are still going through bottled water like crazy (not too fond of boiling it, I guess) and drinking a ton more pop than usual.
And, of course, worrying about their plants.
On a much less cynical note, my beautiful Lightening-mama is doing very well with her babies, and they're showing markings. Of the seven boys, only two have curly fur; of the six girls, four have curly fur. There are some fabulous, fabulous lightening-blazes, silly white faces, and possum faces. One adorable boy has a hood and a little spot on his bum with no real trail in-between. Some of the crooked blazes are stupidly cute. There's a girl with Sunday's markings, but I think she's black and not charcoal.
I've bought myself a copy of the Iliad to read with the thought of naming the babies.
I took my climbing class last night at the local (twenty minute jog away) climbing gym, and it was lots of fun. Belay test in a week, then I'm climbin' like a real boy. Until then I can mess around bouldering (low-down stuff that doesn't need ropes) but not really be a contributing partner. I learnt a bunch, and I wouldn't have been able to if I hadn't gone before with Bob and worked on the fear of heights thing, so I'm very happy about the whole thing.
Crazy-stupid at work is over, and life can go on. I found myself laughing after work yesterday for the first time in awhile, and really smiling, and it felt weird. Now to make some green-tea-in-apple-juice and to relax a bit before cleaning the rat cages.
Vancouver has a boil-water advisory right now, because high rainfall (and possibly something to do with various activity in the watershed) have caused high turbidity (that is, dirt in the water) where bacteria "might possibly" lurk, avoiding the chlorine-- and, of course, be fed by the organic matter in there.
I don't think there are fistfights going on in the supermarkets anymore, but people are still going through bottled water like crazy (not too fond of boiling it, I guess) and drinking a ton more pop than usual.
And, of course, worrying about their plants.
On a much less cynical note, my beautiful Lightening-mama is doing very well with her babies, and they're showing markings. Of the seven boys, only two have curly fur; of the six girls, four have curly fur. There are some fabulous, fabulous lightening-blazes, silly white faces, and possum faces. One adorable boy has a hood and a little spot on his bum with no real trail in-between. Some of the crooked blazes are stupidly cute. There's a girl with Sunday's markings, but I think she's black and not charcoal.
I've bought myself a copy of the Iliad to read with the thought of naming the babies.
I took my climbing class last night at the local (twenty minute jog away) climbing gym, and it was lots of fun. Belay test in a week, then I'm climbin' like a real boy. Until then I can mess around bouldering (low-down stuff that doesn't need ropes) but not really be a contributing partner. I learnt a bunch, and I wouldn't have been able to if I hadn't gone before with Bob and worked on the fear of heights thing, so I'm very happy about the whole thing.
Crazy-stupid at work is over, and life can go on. I found myself laughing after work yesterday for the first time in awhile, and really smiling, and it felt weird. Now to make some green-tea-in-apple-juice and to relax a bit before cleaning the rat cages.
