Friday fragments

The lovage in the front yard is about to blossom, the flower stalks are well over six feet tall, and all the yellowgreen against the burgundy/black of the ornamental plum tree foliage is a joy. This year might cut a bunch of the foliage and try various ways of preserving it. Have only ever used some for adding to soups, lovage is an easy way to get a celery flavor, without having to actually grow celery, which is notably difficult. Am wondering how well it would dry, or if preserving it in salt, as is sometimes done with basil, would work better...

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Last night, didn't manage to get to taking the laundry down from the line 'till almost full dark. But not quite... instead, managed to get outside just as the sky had turned to that certain luminous blue, that lifts the heart and makes me want to stamp my feet with bliss...

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Managed to attach the Very Tiny split-rings to my flashlight, and used the Celtic Button knot to put together an easy adjustable paracord necklace, as was not 100% sure about how secure the skinny plumber's chain would be. Read in some online forum or another about using the cap from a chapstick as a flashlight diffuser, so after picking up one from the dollar store, it took only a bit of careful knifework to scrape the inside of the cap for a perfect fit. Now the cap "snaps" neatly onto the business end of the flashlight, and turns it into a kind of lamp if needed/desired

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The house I was cleaning today is home to a cat named "Henri"...
but I usually refer to him as "Ornery"
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Woke up yesterday with a very unhappy left arm, lots of pain, wouldn't raise for much of any distance. So trundled off to Urgent Care, wanted to make sure it wasn't anything dire. Was not, at least according to their flowcharts, which is good. Very odd, what is it with my left side?? Feels like my body is just falling apart this summer. Last night tried a different medicine (Flexeril, that was prescribed), ugh! was subject to vividly unpleasant dreams and for much of today was really unable to properly wake up. As in each time I sat down was overcome with a desire to fall asleep. Made getting my workaday jobs done rather difficult and I only took a quarter of the tablet just before bedtime; can see why the label says do not drive or work. Fortunately, the arm seems to have responded to forced chemical relaxation, but the knee, which was feeling better-ish, is now feeling worse again...

On a scale of one to ten, how much does it hurt...