Pittsburgh

My husband`s nurse from Pittsburgh called me today,she wanted to know what I was doing & how I am.I got choked up.No one ever asks about me.
I told her I was filling hummingbird feeders again,& I`m doing ok.My husband was still asleep as we spoke,& it was already 3:30pm.He takes his morn meds in the evenning & evenning meds when he comes to bed-whenever that may be.I made him buy headphones for the tv so I can get some sleep at night.He got up at 7pm today,as I had to get our granddaughter off the bus for my son, who I took to work at 12:30,so he did get to see Savannah a little.Then I had to go get my son & take them both to his my mom`s place that I bought & he is fixing up.Now the husband is fast asleep on the couch again.Ten to 1,he`ll awake when I`m ready to sleep.We barely say 2 words anymore.On the 23rd it will be exactly 20 years since his first transplant.He is now 62 & his papers are at Hershey.We`ve not heard anything yet.
His nurse said that the doctor wanted to follow him & see him every 3 mos.,& I told her,what`s the point if he`s not getting transplanted there.She wanted to let me know she is praying & we can come back if  we want.I know we don`t want.
I`ve been spending alot of time on facebook.I`m PhyllisAnn HoovenOller on there.There are days I can`t write,so my posts here have been not daily as I would like.
Leaving you with pics,blooms,hubby with Chloe wrapped around his head,my son`s cats,which will be here forever I`m sure.I believe I have 8 now.
I still haven`t got the plants in the garden,it did get tilled up.I`m trying to do things on my own.I was going to try to put the spark plugs in the lawn mower,but my son says they need "gapped" so I have no idea there on what I`m doing.He will do it for me.

humm there`s alot of cobwebs up here

I must learn these things as I do most everything now,& it sure isn`t easy.

Frost

We had light frost last night.It didn`t affect my peach tree,but it did the grape vines ,magnolia trees,& some other trees I can`t think of the name of.But there are still blooms about.
I`ve found 3 dead birds so far this year.First a robin,he looked fine,I just wonder if he turned the corner too fast between the shed & the wood pile,then I was heartbroken to see a hermit thrush dead at the goats old pen,he still had insects in his mouth.The brown thrashers were bullying the pair of thrushes,& it was the first pair of thrushes that I`ve had for awhile.I saw the other one in the woods collecting food.I wonder if they had already nested,what will become of the offspring if there`s only 1 to feed them?
Then there was the baby bird,apparently taken from the nest,it`s throat gashed.It was a formed bird,but not yet feathered.It may have been a bluejay.
I`ve been spending alot of time outdoors,so I`m bound to see & find such things.
We are still waiting on the medical center to call to set up an appt.for my husband.

peach tree

robin burying his head to catch the worm

let some weeds grow for the bees

A walk in the woods,grooming the bunnies

I desperatly needed that walk in the woods this am to pray & clear my head.My husband`s sister `s husband went missing on Tues,he took his truck as if he was going to work,& didn`t go.They found him on Wed.dead.He was having alot of health problems.Sherry finally phoned us today,but my husband was unable to get awake enough to talk to her.I listenned,she was angry,but she was wondering if her husband went to heaven,she & he were saved when a pastor stopped into the hospital room years before,when he was sick with the swine flu.He had some strokes,he was going to be unplugged from the machines,so she had gone to York to be with him.He survived.But,he had alot of health problems .I told her that I believe he did go to heaven.We don`t know what went on between him & God in those final moments.They had been together since they were teens,so it is hard & she is angry.
My husband`s cousin,Connie,husband died the same day,but went naturally with heart problems.I keep thinking that it comes in threes....
I looked at the trees & the new growth in the forest & realize that life goes on eternally & forevermore.
I then focused on the bunnies.I did not cut them back,just groomed them & trimmed them up a bit.They do need all their fur taken off,so I will get to that next week.I lost Buster back in March,I believe he may have had wool block.It was the first time I EVER gave a bunny an enema,but I did,& pellets came out,soft ones too,but he ended up dying.I have not tried to spin any of the rabbits angora fiber yet,I feel sure I`ll have to mix it with some wool.It is so soft.

Cloud

Dori

Ginger

woodpeckers are making meals from the insects they probed to get,probably carpenter ants

I thought this was a nuthatch,but now am not so sure.

I see faces in all the trees

What`s blooming here in the woods...

Robin Ridener

Robin is another beautiful artist who has gifted me through out the years.I received a gift on Dec.24th of a bird ornament,which I dearly love.The red bird is hanging in my kitchen window,reminding me of yet another wonderful soul I`ve never met but dearly love.Go visit her at baggaraggs.blogspot.com/  she also writes beautiful stories ,& I`m praying she`ll get published in Prims or Art Doll Quarterly,she so deserves it,have a beautiful mother`s day,Robin!

Knit Quilt Spin Weave

Judy,over at fundamentallyfiber.blogspot.com is another beautiful person I`ve "met" in bloggerland who kindly gifted me back in Nov.when I was going through alot.She made this beautiful quilt for us

,& I feel her prayers for us everytime I look at it displayed in my kitchen.Everyone who comes here is moved to go over & touch it as they look at it in awe.So,go over & pay Judy a visit,she is awesome & creative & is currently making a patio screen from cut up recycled plastic grocery bags by weaving them.So creative!

Mr.Curley Eared

My blog needs a new look.I have so many cats now there is not enough of space to put them on the side bars.The good news is,I found homes for 3 as I rescued them.I have taken my son`s 3 who came from the farm, as he is working on the house,putting up new drywall,& was afraid they would get stuck in the wall somewhere.I sigh when I think I will probably have them forever.
Anyhow,I took 3 over for booster shots last week,& Mr.Curley Eared is the only long haired cat,& he was getting matted,he was 1 of the 3.The vet-again,not the usual vet I ask for-they were only getting a shot!-so I thought,oh well,just get the next available appt.that they have & get it done as I have the last kitten who needs spaded & declawed on the front & want everyone else done with before I concentrate on her care.I didn`t listen to my inner voice again.The vet suggested the groomer on site do him today if she had time.I said,alright,knowing my inner voice is telling me that he is not going to like this lion cut they are suggesting,but I ignored that voice of mine again-what is wrong with me?! I get home-the vet is 20 min.away,& the groomer is on the answering machine saying that he went limp on them & they had to get the vet to come over...I went flying back to the vets,scared to death & he was fine,but when I took him in my arms,he wrapped all of his 14 lbs.about my head.Poor baby.
And yes,he is sniffing my pasta with shrimp & scallops I bought from Cuz.Bob today,love his fresh seafood now that I can`t go fishing myself this year.Cuz.Bob asked me if I was on route 81 "the other day",he thought he saw me going down the highway & I said no,I don`t go anywhere anymore,but after I came home & thought about it,yes,I was ,with my friend,Cathleen,to Clearspring ,Md. last week,haven`t posted it yet.I`m losing my mind I believe.