October Last

[lavendertook]

We finally got full sunshine today, and the buds on the trees are starting to open, so it finally feels like the first day of spring. That helps. We're definitely 2 weeks behind on spring now, after winter coming over a month early, so it's been quite a slog this year.

The vet was supposed to call me today about a question I had concerning Saki's medicine dosage, and never did. This definitely isn't working out. I feel so let down by every end of the medical establishment at this point. Infrastructure? Just not working here. Surprised? No. I lost my dad to surgery and poor aftercare, so am familiar with this tune.

As I have a lot of hunting among reviews to do yet, and yelp.com hasn't worked out too well for me, I was wondering if any of you have used Angie's List and found it helpful? Have you found any other review source for veterinary, medical, and dental providers useful that you could suggest?










Contrasting colors back by popular demand.





















One great Blue Heron has been living on the lake since I came to this town 19 years ago. I don't know if this is the same one I've seen every year, but it just may be. I call hir Dinosaur and greet hir with this name whenever we meet. Another Great Blue visited with hir a couple of weeks ago, but I haven't seen the second one since, though ze might be around.

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[spiralsheep]

Ha, I don't know it as butterbur (although many common names are interchangeable, especially for plants that share visual or medicinal characteristics):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Butterbur

But, yes, hobbits would love coltsfoot cos you can dry it in sticks and eat it like liquorice or add it to tobacco for flavour (and medicinal purposes, obv! /hobbity excuse).