Happy Leaf

My wetware is still mostly non-functional, but should be coming back online soon. I’ve been capable of actual thought for whole minutes at a time. This could increase to as much as an hour now that the 8 liters of IV fluid have mostly been processed, and I have room in my body for things like food. Wow, right? My plans for the next few days include eating, with occasional naps. If all goes well, there will be writing, as well, but no promises just yet. I may be too busy shoveling nutrition in. Happily, I can do this while reading, so I’ll have some book reviews for you soon. You’ll love the one about all the flat earth people.

In the meantime, I’ve had just enough energy and focus to start going through photos we took before I got walloped by this infection. Here’s a very happy leaf we found at St. Edwards.

Image shows a green leaf on the ground. It has holes that look like eyes and a mouth. There's a small yellow leaf on top that looks like a lock of hair.
Happy leaf.

With luck, I’ll have some really spectacular fly agaric for you soon, too. They’re popping out all over the place right now. Seems to be a good year for fungi.

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Happy Leaf
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11 thoughts on “Happy Leaf

  1. 4

    Yay, a Dana post! I was getting worried.
    Looks like that leaf has met a Very Hungry Caterpillar. When it was folded in half.
    I’ve been noticing some impressive fungi lately as well. I should take pictures.

  2. 7

    Oh, yay, Dana! Glad you’re starting to feel relatively normal. Yes, eat food and read, and I can’t wait to hear about the flat-earthers. They’re just especially entertaining to me, because of being not only eccentrically wrong, but also wilfully blind to the obvious. I mean, they have to put so much effort into it. Fascinating.

    I think it’s the jaunty Robin-Hood-hat leaf that makes the green leaf look happy. Without that, he might actually look kind of alarmed.

  3. 8

    Glad to hear you are feeling better and can finally eat. Between the latest wonder that was the Colbert report and the news that there are going to be nine new episodes of Twin Peaks, the news that Dana will soon be back to full health makes for a perfect little trifecta of happy for this SJW.

  4. 11

    Dana — I am SO glad you are finally feeling better! Whew! Please baby yourself, so you will get better sooner.

    I am looking forward to more fascinating blogs when you are up to writing more often.

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