Thursday May 22 2008

Big Snowflakes and Birds

Stormed All Day Today

This is the East Fork River yesterday on the drive home. Another Panorama. You can compare this to the Thursday April 3 photo of the East Fork where I told you about the car on the far bank and how we measure the depth of the river by how close to the headlights the water gets. It's right up there and the banks are about full. Click to see the car.

Judi was sure good to tote me around all day yesterday. She also looked up several sources and numbers for me that are helpful. She is an angel for sure. None of our Mixed Media members turned up yesterday at the center's art group. But we had a nice time there with Pam’s art class. About 7 or 8 artists came and just worked on things they are doing. I finished two of the pastels I'd been working on and took them out to Ruth’s to be framed. Now I'm anxious to see how they turn out. Gary was sporting a huge goose egg on his forehead and lots of bruises on his face from a vehicle accident. Don’t think I’ve ever seen such a big bump, poor guy!! I’ll let him tell you the details though.

After looking at the calendar it already seems like there are only about 3 days left to get ready and pack before leaving for Nevada. Joe seems o.k. about the amount of time I'll be gone. I'm already looking forward to seeing everyone there. Betty’s in Mesquite will be the first stop for the weekend. I’m anxious to see all the improvements she’s been making to her property. I’ll leave my car there and Debbie will come and get me there Monday morning so I don’t have to drive down to Vegas. It’s been hot in Vegas and I don’t do well with “hot”. Sitting in Debbie’s pool sounds like a good plan. Joan Wright says that when I get to Vegas she wants to come over and see me there. That will be wonderful.

We're back to winter again this morning, big snow flakes really coming down and cold. It snowed almost all day. It covered up the dish and didn't have any TV or Internet a good part of the day– we would if one of us would go off and sweep the snow off the dish, but the way the snow it was piling up it wouldn’t last for long anyway. The power was off for about five hours and that is why the blog is late again. I read and took a nap, since we weren’t able to do much else. A guess is that perhaps 6 or 7 inches of heavy wet snow fell through the day. It’s warm enough for it to melt about as fast as it fell. All is white again. It will sure be good moisture for the country anyway and this will be a wonderful start for the hayfields and grass on the desert. Yesterday the streams were sure up to the tops of their banks and this will fill them even more.

Earlier Smokey was trying to catch a bird on the yellow pick up. So she's still around. There are more kinds of birds out in the yard, including a big flock of pine siskins and some of the house finches with red heads. They come through this time of year on their way to the mountains. They need overshoes today.

The clean car didn't last long yesterday before getting rained on and then mudded – maybe 30 minutes. I NEVER get home with it still clean after a wash either.

Debbie sent me the information of the Nevada Cancer Institute which is near her. That is where they will arranged for me to go for my next chemo treatment. This morning I called Oncology at Jackson and made sure they are sending me to the right place. I went to the online site to check it out. Dr. Meno and the nurses thought I will be just fine to go there.