Hera's Hurting
Checking Hera's stem this morning, I was horrified to
find that she was tearing away from her physical bonds
to the earth. The top of the stem has a two inch
ragged tear that has been oozing. The flesh around
the tear was brown and soft. I think she thought she
could fly.
She has grown so much that she pulled the vine up
tight and was tearing away. I relieved the stem
stress and when I was treating the torn area with
Capton I found a split under the stem. The split is
about three inches long and starts in the base of the
stem and carries into the body. This split appears to
be entirely the result of the stem stress. A stupid
rookie mistake.
Probing the split, I found that it goes about two to
three inches deep and seems dry and still solid. I
coated the inside of the split with Capton with a
artist's brush. Hera watch me mournfully. I don't
know what else to do.
Hera has come face to face with her own mortality.
She now can see her future - a huge pile of watery
glop. She looks rather pathetic, hunched down in the
patch, as she contemplates the uncertainty of her
existence.
A harsh, cold reality for a proud pumpkin deity to
fully comprehend.
Anybody have any other suggestion of what I can do
treat the split?
diana
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