Loquat still fighting

[feng_shui_house]

Woke up early, but tired. Overcast skies always make me groggy. Finished the zigzagging on the next tote, then I looked at the sewing I did yesterday on the lining and realized I had to UNsew a bit because I hadn't left a gap for turning.

Went out to cut on the loquat tree. Took off goggles after doing a couple bundles because I was going to come in for a break. BUT decided to cut ONE more branch and got something in my eye. Whatever it was it irritated my eye and eyecup rinsing and lots of Eye Therapy lubricating eye drops weren't enough to make it all better.

So I went back to an old design so I could concentrate on recoloring it and ignore the eye so it would stop trying to get attention. Made 7 color variants, did all the things on Spoonflower with them (they're still having issues- I can upload and it SAYS I've changed the scale, but the previews don't change to show the adjustment. *shrugs*

Cut more branches- don't think I'll push Max today- if I can get the tree trimming completed before Monday I'll be doing good. My armies are asking for a leave, after dealing with all the leaves in their branch of service. I love English, it's such a 'I do what I want' language. If I knew another language I'm sure I'd love it, too. But I only understand English and feline. I'm rusty on my canine.

Ok, I got a lot more done on the tree. Then I had to waste half an hour trying to get the extensible pole shrunk back down to less than the height of one of my rooms, but the plastic screw connector between the two lengths was STUCK. I tried with my gardening gloves on, I tried to tighten first, I tried putting a clamp on as leverage (I don't have any wrenches big enough to fit), I tried picking it up and dropping it on cement, I tried to move the two pole pieces at angles to each other, I tried using a kitchen gripper mat (meant for opening jars, but it's trash I threw it out), I tried whacking it with a hammer, I tried bare handed while thinking of the Hulk. Finally I picked it up and kicked it- which couldn't have been much of a kick since it wasn't even held as well as a pinata-- BUT IT MOVED.

Sheesh. So it's going for 5pm and my arms are fed up with me. No pictures. But here's a link to one of the new colorways. I'm going to make it in 3 different scales- this is the largest.

https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/18807332

Comments

[vera_j]

Is that loquat that? :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loquat
If so, the fruit celebrates a comeback here - it used to be grown here and used for preserves. Of course the clmate here doesn´t support its fast growth:-)

[feng_shui_house]

Yes! That's my loquat. I never get much fruit from it. Either it gets so hot the blossoms burn up, or the fruits fall off before they ripen, or, like this year, I cut it back and interrupt its fruiting time.

There are different varieties- the kinds grown commercially produce more fruit, but I think my tree has the most delicious. I recently read that it produces more fruit if there are other loquats nearby, and mine is the only one I've ever seen here- so this year when I found a few seedlings growing around the base of the tree instead of pulling them up, I transplanted them out far enough to get a little sun. They're not doing much, but at least they are alive.

I'm STILL not done with the cutting, but getting CLOSER. :^)