Where have I been the last week or so? The weather was great, till today anyway, and I was doing much needed yard work, cleaning up old weeds and brush, removing old lumber and moving hubby`s tools before snake season gets here. They can hide in the smallest places. The best part was sitting in a comfy chair outside with a cup of tea when all was done. I like listening to the quiet. When you really listen the "quiet" holds bird songs, breezes blowing through the Joshua`s and a neighbor`s truck coming up the dusty road. The things I tune out are the tour planes, helicopters and the occasional lost tourist looking for the Skywalk who somehow finds my house down a labyrinth of dirt roads, miles away from the the huge sign that declares "Skywalk Turn Here". One day there were four Japanese tourists peeking in our windows. That was a first but they were very nice.
My other pre-occupation is that my son is having spinal fusion surgery next week. After miserable pain the last few years he had to retire from his federal firefighting job. He was a battalion chief in southern Arizona. His L 5 vertebrae never fused to the pelvis. The surgeon said it was spina bifida that hadn`t progressed. Apparently had I not had a good prenatal diet things could have been worse. Fire fighting is hard work and 15 years of stress on the body took a toll. This is a common surgery today and he has a great surgeon. My fantastic daughter in law will take good care of him at home.
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| Chris and Catie at their mountain property |
That`s all for now. Thank you for visiting.
Cathy
Prayers for your son ....
ReplyDeleteI wish we had quiet here. The EPA has set up shop here close to our house. They are testing the water in nearly 100 wells that the gas drilling has destroyed. So noisy with all the generators & traffic in & out .... I so long for quiet!! Maybe when we retire we can find some because this gas drilling is only going to get worse here.
Marilyn
So funny that people were peeking into your windows!
ReplyDeleteI have that same set of Tupperware containers (mine are yellow) that you show in the top left picture. And they are still holding brown sugar, rice, and powdered sugar after all these years.
Also interesting about the spina bifida; we have lots in common, eh? Hope his surgery goes well.
Thanks Nancy.
DeleteI wish your son the best. I had back surgery years ago. Very successful. It is amazing what doctors can do. My prayers are with him.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck to your son, Cathy - I do hope the operation is successful.
ReplyDeleteGosh that Tupperware looks familiar - I have many of those pieces right now in my pantry! Funny how something like that is the same in Australia as it was in the USA.
Tupperware seems to last forever.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the kind thoughts.
Cathy
Cathy, I've heard that the out-of-round containers can be revitalized by a very very hot soak or a run through the dishwasher -- while they are still hot put the lids on. Sometimes the very old plastic will break because plastics do age. I also have those containers, plus the canister set, in a nice bright navy! Good wishes for your son. Today I had an epidural cortisone injection at L4-L5 hoping to avoid/postpone future surgery.
ReplyDeleteGail