Thursday, April 6
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Beautiful warm weather.
That caring for Roxy is at least something that has become somewhat "normal", and though I am still giving her pills and washing her leg and being careful when we go outside, it has become a routine that is now part of things, and hopefully her leg will be healed enough soon that we no longer need to do the extra care.
I didn't have to go anywhere today, so I had some time just to hang out with Roxy outside on a blanket on a spot in our yard where the snow has melted, even if it was a little soggy. We just watched the birds at the bird feeder for a while.
I picked up a bunch of pony/goat manure. So. Much. Manure.
I let the ponies/goats go run around in the bigger pasture for a while, and there are some patches of exposed grass, though it is not new grass yet. I couldn't let them eat it if it was, because of how prone ponies are to laminitis.
My Sweetie was able to pick up a few new movies for us at the movie store that is on his path home from his work apartment. He rented "the Whale" as we weren't too sure if it was something we would watch a lot. Isn't that something, to still be able to rent a movie?
He also got the bit of tile needed to finish the bathroom, and the mail.
We did watch "The Whale", and I thought it was very well done. Brendan's acting was INCREDIBLE, and he truly deserved an Oscar for his work.
There has been some backlash about this film saying it was disrespectful to obese people, showing such a dark aspect of it.
Um. Well. You don't get to be 600 lbs just for shits and giggles, do you?
The character in this film, Charlie, was HORRIBLY DEPRESSED because of the death of his lover years ago, and his sadness for hurting people when he left his wife and young daughter for a man, and his ex-wife never forgave him so he was unable to ever see his daughter.
His apartment was drab and a little sad, but he was depressed, and about what you'd expect.
After a while, the focus did not feel like it was even on the issue of obesity, but on the fact that he had such unresolved sadness about his lover's death, and sadness for the loss of his relationship with his daughter, and remorse for hurting his ex-wife. It was about him trying to make some kind of amends before he died, and trying to let his daughter know that he DID care, but was not allowed to see her.
While this is not maybe a film I would watch over and over for fun, I could see myself watching it again at some point. It was really good, and the use of the story of "Moby Dick" as a metaphor was well done, as well as using natural elements like the rain and one particular scene where the light in his bedroom sways like he is at sea were really well done.
I learned that our brains are adapted to use tools as an extension of our bodies.
https://www.science.org/content/article/tool-use-just-trick-mind
Beautiful warm weather.
That caring for Roxy is at least something that has become somewhat "normal", and though I am still giving her pills and washing her leg and being careful when we go outside, it has become a routine that is now part of things, and hopefully her leg will be healed enough soon that we no longer need to do the extra care.
I didn't have to go anywhere today, so I had some time just to hang out with Roxy outside on a blanket on a spot in our yard where the snow has melted, even if it was a little soggy. We just watched the birds at the bird feeder for a while.
I picked up a bunch of pony/goat manure. So. Much. Manure.
I let the ponies/goats go run around in the bigger pasture for a while, and there are some patches of exposed grass, though it is not new grass yet. I couldn't let them eat it if it was, because of how prone ponies are to laminitis.
My Sweetie was able to pick up a few new movies for us at the movie store that is on his path home from his work apartment. He rented "the Whale" as we weren't too sure if it was something we would watch a lot. Isn't that something, to still be able to rent a movie?
He also got the bit of tile needed to finish the bathroom, and the mail.
We did watch "The Whale", and I thought it was very well done. Brendan's acting was INCREDIBLE, and he truly deserved an Oscar for his work.
There has been some backlash about this film saying it was disrespectful to obese people, showing such a dark aspect of it.
Um. Well. You don't get to be 600 lbs just for shits and giggles, do you?
The character in this film, Charlie, was HORRIBLY DEPRESSED because of the death of his lover years ago, and his sadness for hurting people when he left his wife and young daughter for a man, and his ex-wife never forgave him so he was unable to ever see his daughter.
His apartment was drab and a little sad, but he was depressed, and about what you'd expect.
After a while, the focus did not feel like it was even on the issue of obesity, but on the fact that he had such unresolved sadness about his lover's death, and sadness for the loss of his relationship with his daughter, and remorse for hurting his ex-wife. It was about him trying to make some kind of amends before he died, and trying to let his daughter know that he DID care, but was not allowed to see her.
While this is not maybe a film I would watch over and over for fun, I could see myself watching it again at some point. It was really good, and the use of the story of "Moby Dick" as a metaphor was well done, as well as using natural elements like the rain and one particular scene where the light in his bedroom sways like he is at sea were really well done.
I learned that our brains are adapted to use tools as an extension of our bodies.
https://www.science.org/content/article/tool-use-just-trick-mind
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Date: 2023-04-08 04:34 am (UTC)It looks quite different now, though since the end of the pink boy, I have not gone in the far garden. I can see snowdrops from a distance.
In the front, by the arch and along the fence, purple crocuses are growing.
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Date: 2023-04-08 06:50 am (UTC)Nice that you are seeing crocuses and snow drops, and that you were able to start on the yard clean up.
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Date: 2023-04-08 07:02 am (UTC)The pink boy lived a good life here.
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Date: 2023-04-09 08:59 am (UTC)His spots in the house were vacant, and his voice was gone from the chorus.
He was a BIG cuddler, and would accept full arms wrapped around him snuggles as I fell asleep. Most cats won't do that.
He allowed Roxy to play fight with him all the time, where Fatty would lie on his back and Roxy would pretend to bite at him, and he would kind of fend Roxy off with his legs, and it would go on for hours when Roxy was a pup, and still for half and hour at a time pretty much right up until Fatty got too sick to eat at the end.
As you can imagine, we've had quite a few animals now until the end of their lives, and as you say, it isn't that there is anything abnormal or wrong about loss, it's just loss, and something we love has passed from us.
It is a great comfort when you know they had a good life, and you loved them dearly.
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Date: 2023-04-08 05:44 am (UTC)I’m glad to hear you’ve got a routine with caring for Roxy. Are things going in the right direction?
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Date: 2023-04-08 06:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-04-09 06:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-04-09 09:02 am (UTC)I don't think we'll need to do that. It will just take a little longer.