The weather was better today

 

Back in the 80s.  Didn’t need the heater.  Didn’t need the air conditioning.

 

Here is a sign of spring…

 

Painted Bunting

 

A high today in the seventies

 

Know how that is characterized by the weatherman on television here?  Unseasonably chilly.  Seventies in May….almost unheard of.

 

We stayed inside.

 

 

Ow.

 

That didn’t go so well.  A 20 minute surgical procedure took an hour.  We’re plugged up pretty tight.  They got the stent all the way in, but we won’t find out if it’s actually working for a few days.  I’ll be hanging out with my ….Codone friends for a while again.  And then….Judy just explained to me that one of the people in our house might be a little cranky.

 

Meanwhile, I’m left to wonder “Do flies learn?”  How many times have you had a fly that just won’t leave you alone suddenly disappear when you pick up a flyswatter?

 

 

We are so happy and healthy

 

I don’t write about that every day.  I could, but then the trip reports would be all be the same.  I tend to talk about what is different.

 

Today, Judy’s shoulder hurts.  She has suffered a setback in her rehab and has had to lighten up.  She needs less inflammation for more comfort.  My right kidney is blocked.  Earl the Pearl is now a Plug.  Surgery tomorrow to bypass the blockage and preserve the kidney.  We can blow Earl up later.  (I understand we can go in after him with a camera, a gun, and a basket.)

 

I report the medical mishaps but all-in-all they’re minor diversions.  We are happy, healthy, and having a fantastic time.

 

 

.a new challenge

 

Can you spot the…

 

Whip-poor-will in this picture?

 

 

 

 

You know that old saying.

 

…Let sleeping ducks lie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Least Bittern

 

Revealed:

 

 

 

 

Then he flew away.