BUSY SATURDAY!

Being retired brings the usual question "So what do you do with your time, now that you are retired". Well, we spend a lot of our time hunting for the pills we drop. Have you ever tried to find a tiny pill that is almost white on a white vinyl floor? And, invariably the stupid pill rolls under the stove. But, you can't leave it there. First, you should be taking the pill for whatever ails you and second, you need to know which pill it is that you did not take, for whatever ails you. Then, when you take the bottom drawer out of the stove to find the pill that you need to take for whatever ails you, you find all kind of debris that has found its way under the stove over the past week or weeks or perhaps even months and you can't just leave it there so you have some cleaning to do at that point.

In addition to hunting for lost pills I began the day with my usual walk, then stretches (which eliminates the need for taking more pills), then making pancakes for breakfast, (which probably contributes to the need for pills) a haircut for Wayford, mowing the lawn (which takes all of 15 minutes, including the time to get the mower out of the garage) helping Wayford peel 5 pounds of potatoes for potato salad for lunch at church tomorrow, (my hand won't allow me to peel potatoes and his hip won't allow him to mow the lawn so we trade places at this point) a visit to Linda's garage sale, and, oh, yes, cleaning the toilets. So, next time you probably won't ask "what do you do with your time, now that you are retired."

 


The finished waterfall.

A perfect place to have her babies

This looks like a perfect place to have my babies. Now all I have to do is pad my nest with grass.

USING CAMERA OR THE PAINT BRUSH?

I am breaking in my new desktop easel(gift from Neal and Lita ). Now I am really sure Jerry Yarnell is using trick photography to accomplish his paintings because mine just don't turn out like his does. The goal is a waterfall but at this point you would have to have a really good imagination to see a waterfall happening. Why would I want to paint when I have a very good camera? Guess it's just the determination in me that if it can be done, I want to do it. Anyway if it does not turn into a waterfall, I can always discard the canvas and visit Niagara Falls for a live shot.

Stay tuned for further enhancements to this painting. If it winds up in the recycle bin, you will not be able to view it.

EXPERIMENTS WITH NEW CAMERA PLUS PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS

I have been trying to learn how to use different settings on my camera. I need Trista or Kyle or Lita to help me. I don't understand the RAW images. They load into my Mac but I don't know if I should just delete them or if I should do something with them. Next I am trying to learn new things to do with Photoshop Elements. I have accomplished a few things with it. It sure keeps me awake when we are watching a ball game. I have discovered that I need a bigger CF card. Mine is only 256 MB and with the RAW images it fills up very quickly.

THE SHOULDICE EXPERIENCE

Since Monday Wayford has been residing at the Shouldice Hospital in Toronto. What an experience! His hernia surgery was done on Tuesday. By the evening he walked down two flights of stairs (and back up) to the dining room where refreshments were served. On Wednesday morning he went for a walk outside,touring some of the 20 acres of beautiful park land. Then at 11:00 participated in group exercises to an Elvis tune. Each day that has been his routine. One half of the clamps were removed on Wednesday and the rest of them on Thursday. The incision looks great (without even a band-aid covering it). On Tuesday morning a group of 10 were escorted to the pre-op room where they were given their meds to prepare them for their surgery. They were then taken, one by one, walking into the operating room. Some of the guys were awake during the entire surgery but what did Wayford do??He slept through the entire thing. They walked him to the operating table but he has no recollection of that. The Dr. told us later that they kept checking to see if he was breathing. By 8:30 that evening he was still sleeping every time he got still. He did walk up and down the hall with us but then back to the room for another nap. Guess that's the Killingsworth in him. Since every patient there is a hernia patient, they have a good time exchanging their stories, and trying to make the other one laugh, OUCH!!
Things look good and we expect that he should be home today.