March 3, 2025 Monday--5am

Good morning!

Well, I'm afraid it looks like the only emails that I was able to send to any of you were responses to your regular emails or emails I sent on my own--not the actual individual responses to your specific comments.  It didn't work.  So, I am back to my regular 5am posting. 

Well, we had a warmer week in the 30s and 40s!  

The sidewalk out there was flooded with water.  That blue you see is a sky reflection between the garage reflections.

Dog walkers had to wear waterproof boots or turn back for a while.

This pic was through the screen so it's not the best, but a couple of partridges were hanging out by the tree across the way to make their way over when dusk arrived. :)

Nothing left but snowbanks.  I was able to sweep the patio off in February!  How weird!  But the false spring was a nice change after the recent -50 to -60 wind chills.

Just put up one of my top favorite shower curtains.

Yes, I am still changing them about every two weeks.

I was too tired and sore to try any new techniques or lessons...but I did make it into the studio...

...to paint blobs of color.  On the left I did blobs on dry paper and then misted with water.  On the right I misted the paper first and let the colors run together.  (I prefer the wet first runny ones.)

All I plan to do is doodle on the blobs--lol!  No-brain art play.  I am not feeling up to much of anything else lately.

Which is why I ordered this mandala coloring book.

Something I can do in my chair all these days I am not feeling great.  Just using colored pencils or markers.  Not very creative, but it is much better than not doing anything creative at all, I guess--lol!

Miss Allie having a heat snooze in her Cat Spa.

Wednesday I made it to the new lady urologist.  I liked her a lot better.  So did Leah.  She took her time and explained things more and I even got to watch the screen as she checked the walls of my bladder.  Very strange, but interesting.  I even agreed to go back in six months.  They like to do that for at least five years, she said.  *sigh*

Got some pictures from Leah.

Not sure when McFamily went to Scheel's, but the boys always have to climb up into the giant Adirondack chair--lol!

Thursday Chuck (BIL--married to Leah's sister, Michal) had open heart surpery--valve replacement.  So Dagan and Leah have had their two boys, Julian and Elliot, quite a bit this past week.  Chuck is doing okay, but will be in the hospital probably about a week.

Saturday morning Julian and Elliot were with Ian and Liam to go to the kids' projects at Home Depot.  Leah said she'd never seen that many kids there.  (Spring fever?)  There were so many that all the boys had to put their projects together in an aisle on the floor--lol!  Not that they minded.

Looks like a basketball hoop and ball game of some kind.

Then they stopped for lunch at Burger King...

...before they headed over to the Plains Art Museum for Kid's Quest art.

Looks like they could make any kind of mixed media art they wanted to.

The cousins had fun together and Michal got to spend time at the hospital with Chuck.  (My heart goes out to them--I have many memories of sitting beside Dagan's hospital bed.)  Hope Chuck heals quickly and well.  

Dagan will be bringing me to the dermatologist appointment Thursday afternoon to have the lump cut off my face.  Be glad when that is over and done with, too.  I am used to blood draws, IVs, CT scans, and various doctor appointments...but when it comes to them poking stuff up you or cutting things off...well, I will be glad when I'll be done with this one, too.

Plenty enough going on at home base, I guess.  I'll leave it at that and see you next week!  Thank goodness for kids, cats. critters, and cloth instead of paper.  Keeps me out of trouble--lol!  Thank you for stopping by.  You always light up my days!  :)