Autumn

It is the first whole day of Autumn, my favorite time of year. Some have already started putting out Halloween decorations. I have to recycle some of my photos since my camera is now in a total state of being busted and my wife says I have to have pictures or it's not interesting. I said this was a picture of almost a third of what we will get out of our peach tree. Try less than a fifth. Still a couple dozen on the tree just about ready for harvesting. Will have to do some serious pruning in a few weeks. Preserving the red shoots that will bear peaches next year yet keeping the tree condensed enough that the fruit wont break the branches. Need to prune properly to stimulate continuous new growth since peaches only form on second year growth. So much like life itself.

Tun-Tun has eaten all our tomatoes. It is good for what ails him. No money for expensive people treatments for our dog. He helps himself to the cherry tomatoes we have growing in a pot and we cut up the large tomatoes for him. We will get at least a pepper each from the three potted plants my friend gave me. Otherwise the leafy vegetables failed and cucumbers that my wife and I enjoy so much didn't come up this year. Plenty of oriental basil growing between the houses which my wife enjoys eating and making furi-kaki with.

I made a mistake after my accident. Didn't stop and first control the bleeding. The doctor said the gushing was from the adrenaline reaching the veins that had naturally contracted in response to the injury. If I had stopped and wrapped up my arm somehow I could have walked out and had someone drive me to the hospital rather than have the ambulance come. Not that I shouldn't have asked for help or made sure people knew what was happening.

I contemplate adding to my kit something that could be used as a quick tourniquet and/or compress. It would weigh almost nothing. The strap on my saddle wedge bag is slightly too short to fit around my upper arm, though my arms may be bigger than most mountain bikers. The cut just nicked the casing around a nerve and artery and slightly cut a muscle. Thanks again to the Ranger and all those who came to help, especially the ski patrol the event organizers had on hand.