garden garden garden

[boxofdelights]

My life is all garden all the time, well, 50% of the time. I am not in the garden now because today is the first Wiscon Planning Year meeting, and if I go outside, I will lose track of time.

My tiny dog is suddenly very old; he isn't reliably housetrained anymore, so he can't just hang out inside very long, and it's too hot for him to hang out outside for very long. Also if he gets near a step he will fall down it, so I am carrying him up and down the back steps a lot. I suppose I could put a diaper on him but then I would have to clean his butt and honestly, I would rather clean the floors.

I heard that wall sits are the best exercise for high blood pressure, so I'm searching "how to do wall sits with bad knees" and all I find is crap like "Slide your back down the wall and bend your legs at a 45 to 50-degree angle while keeping your core engaged. Avoid sliding down too far. It can put pressure on your kneecaps and cause knee pain." What do you think, "AI" or a human who doesn't know what a 45 degree angle is?

Comments

[seascribble]

Poor wee doggie, I hope he at least doesn't mind being toted.

[boxofdelights]

He doesn't mind being carried, and he still loves laps and pets and food, so I think he is happy enough.

[bibliofile]

Phew. And you're up for carrying him, so it's all still manageable, yay.

Perhaps it's supposed to be 45' change from standing? So halfway down to 90'? Silly geek/tech writer brain trying to solve the writing problem.

[kore]

I love that photo!

....hahaha I could maybe have done those wall sits in my twenties or early thirties. And I am assuming they mean 90 degree angle! Altho I looked and apparently 45-50 degrees is recommended as a position that can take the strain off the knees? Hunh.

[boxofdelights]

Imagine trying to get up again after sliding down that far!

[pameladean]

Your sunflowers are amazing!

I thought about trying a wall sit (not likely, but still), but we actually have a serious dearth of blank walls.

P.

[boxofdelights]

Thanks! I'm trying to imagine the house of four bookworms. Sometimes you can find a blank space behind a door? No, in your house I guess there would be pictures there.

[lunabee34]

Your garden is wonderful! *admires*

[boxofdelights]

Thank you!

[loligo]

The sunflowers are breathtaking!

[boxofdelights]

The finches love them! But they do really take over the space.

At first glance

[jesse_the_k]

I thought the sunflowers were a green-bedecked crowd of yellow-hatted cat followers.

WisCon is lucky to have you.