Spring has sprung!

 

A few weeks ago, these blossoms next to the tracks in Black Mountain, were bursting with new life.

And my second attempt to capture the "Pink Moon."

Perhaps the blind's reflection in the glass lets you know I was inside for this attempt, and actually woke up around 11 and tried again.

And a third attempt. This phone's camera is determined to do these long shutter openings...so they don't look as much like a night-time shot as I would like.

Today's quote:

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose – a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY

Skip if you don't want my healthreport

 

while stopped at red light coming into town.

Another beautiful burst of blossoms.

Healing slowly...the older I get the more a simple illness seems to take it out of me, and it's longer and harder coming back to where my body was a week ago. Not meaning to whine, just  to acknowledge that it is what it is.

Thurs. I had solid foods again, and my first cuppa coffee, after a sudden loss of appetite and fevers on Mon. By Thurs. I had a video conf. with with pulmonary Physician's Assistant. She wanted me checked for COVID (5th time)...so my friend drove me to Range Urgent Care to get one...I was so shaky and coughing that I couldn't drive.

Friday I woke up with left side pains and took a nitro. As it subsided I was able to get up and take temp, which was normal again. So I took a Tylenol and tried eating a lovely egg sandwich with sprouts on thin round bread. It tasted good. But later in the day I was tired and tried lying down, only to have terrible pains on whole left side of ribs. Called a couple of available physicians...and my pulmonary PA said take nitro and if it goes away then it's heart related, and go to ER. If it doesn't try ibuprofen. So I did, It didn't subside for a while, but when it did it was so nice. Do you know what I mean?

And then I had already taken the antibiotics and probiotics...for whatever it might be, but in afternoon I found out the COVID test was negative. Whew! I'd had some muscle related pain in my rib cage before, but not on just one side...a result of coughing hard. When I lie down the coughing often gets worse. I tried ibuprofen the next time it happened, and it went down within a half hour.

I celebrated by asking a friend to pick up some Thai food for me, and she did. I only ate a little. I am still dealing with stomach problems. It tasted so good.

I've had lots of time for meditation while my fingers were too shaky to type, though I texted a few friends which was the limit of my abilities.

Now it's Sat. morning, having had frost over everything last night. We've also had days with hard gusty winds, so most of the first blossoms are over. This is called dogwood winter, though they haven't bloomed yet. We still have blackberry winter coming. But tomorrow does promise to be warmer, and sunny for several days.

Hope you have a happy Easter!

More color in the hood

 Rabbit rabbit! Happy first of April! I've been sick this week, so will only have this post of photos going forward, until I feel better.

Happy April fools day!

no kidding,  I really am sick.

The Bradford Pear is blooming here!

 

For such a grey day, it was nice having the white blossoms.

I just covered the only plant on my balcony that I hope to not freeze tonight when it goes into the 20s again.

Next morning...it only got to 34 degrees, but oh my it feels really frigid to go out and uncover the little gardenia bush! But oh, just look at the sunshine!

And James Taylor with Yo Yo Ma for Here Comes the Sun.

Or another instrumental version: