IN Carmel

So this morning I'm early or shall we say earlier. It's a new work week. I'm off to church to work this morning with Heidi, finishing up the visual arts tasks for Lent. It seems to happen every year and this is no exception. So it's work day at church. I decided to try once again to test my skills at keeping the starlings out of the bluebird feeder this morning. So a little more wire has been added. Something keeps me trying. It seems that Starlings and Bluebirds go together. It's a crazy twosome. At some point this week we need to make a birdseed run and I'll see what is on the commercial market once again for this strange twosome. I'm not depriving the starlings food. I just nt to keep the bluebird food for the bluebirds. It's strange how other birds never touch it. Just Starlings seem to have an appitizing taste for mealworms. The nights continue to be short in duration and I'm really enjoying the early morning appearance of the...

It's Sunday and time just gets away when not thinking of the blog. It's church day. Must be the first day of the week. The announcement was made that masks will be optional now at church but those not vacinated are encouraged to wear masks at this time. Perhaps the world is healing from this germ. I pray it heals from war even sooner. There is an evening prayer service at church and tomorrow evening one at Second Presb. for the healing of the world. Pray that Putin will see his way to peace. The TV pictures of mothers and children fleeing with husbands seperated and now asked to carry guns to the fight are heart wrenching. These families are no different from those I know and love here. Pray, pray, pray for their safety. This afternoon was grocery shopping at Aldi's once again. I love that store but I did need to make a stop at Krogers for a couple of things. Love my lentels and chik peas. I bought some smaller storage containers for freezer soup. Big ones ju...

Mr. Sun can put me in the best mood. I welcome that friend. So the glow is here for most of the day. It's a gift. Today was another Bread and Bowl morning. I stopped at the Nora Bagel shop. It's a bakery that makes bagels in the New York style. That means the dough gets boiled in the process of turning into a bagel. It completes the process in the oven. Yum, yum. There is nothing quite like a New York style bagel. Heidi and James talk alot about New York style bagels susprised that they are available here. This morning they started their Bread and Bowl morning with that kind of bagel. I told the shop keeper she should sell the smell. The morning's work went well. We had great workers and even had a bit of time to pull banners and more from the closet that support the next season of the church year, the season of Lent. I love seeing all the grand viberant purples against the gray stone of the church. Tomorrow we will do a bit of decorating after service and the...

I know it happens every day but I'm just thinking...a new day for doing. And this morning we are doing a run to the airport once again with good friends Joe and Sarah Ellen. The weather was a bit of an icy worry yesterday but the roads are in great shape. No problem for sure. So another car trip to send the Mamlins on their way to Kenya for a month's visit, once again to connect with folks they worked with during their 20 years of living in the medical world in western Kenya. We wish them well. Among other things, Joe was the first to bring the treatment of Aids to this part of the world. Sarah Ellen brought the Child Life Program to the hospital in Eldoret. It is a totally new way of treating children during their time of hospitalization. These are two revolutionary folks have demonstrate evidence of making a difference to the least of these as Jesus has taught. The house repair guys are in their final morning of work picking up all the equipment needed in their wor...

The first of two sessions with Dr. Mercho went very well. It's very strange how one can forget two crown sessions that I've had before this one. They were with now retired Dr. Brown. Guess he could make me forget them magically. New ways of doing crown work certainly were evident yesterday. I would say great improvements for sure now that the recall mode is working. Impressions electronically were made and in three weeks I'm back for the graduation exercises. My hope is to keep graduating from doctors but they seem to demand returns. So I'm happy to keep them happy by being compliant. That's the better world to follow. As you have probably noticed, pictures are absent. Well, the reason is that something has happened in the program. It looks different and picturea don't move from one place to another but I'll try one more time. The third puzzle of the winter is finished. This one was as easy as the second one was hard. It's a repeat puzzle an...

It's a busy world and a busy week. Last month looking at the calendar reminded me that Monday was Dr. Schneider's time, today there is time for Dentist Dr.Mercho and I was going to schedule Fri. with Dr. Meyers the eye man. Then I thought three doctors in a week are way to many. Dr. Meyer got the heave ho! He's next week. I mentioned to someone that I'm collecting doctors like a dog attracts fleas. The absence of the Friday doctor left it open for an airport run with Joe and Sarah Ellen Mamlin. We've done this run for years with them. This time their trip to Kenya will be for a month's visit. So happy to get them on their way again. I really think the Honda Odessy is part of the drawing card. There are always lots of suitecases heading across the pond with them. So happy we have the space for stuff! We retired folks also have the time. So it's Dr. Mercho at 1 pm. It's crown time. It seems that radiation has done a number on my teeth as it u...

Now the difficult part of the title is to do both at the same time. My challenge. Yesterday was a great day. Strange to say that after spending 4 hours at the Simon Cancer Center. The report is good. So far no changes in the three months since the last appointment. The next visit...in three months. With all the negative feeling that cancer might bring the Simon C C is a marvelous place to feel compassion. The visit started with more mammagram pictures then one could ever imagine. Then it was on to more ultrasound pictures than one could imagine first with an intern doctor, then with a fellow doctor and then finally the doctor in charge of ultrasounds. I U certainly is a teaching facility. Then time with Dr. Schnider...the compassionate man in charge sharing his assessment. On the way home a stop at Habigs for all the spring seed purchases. Then it was time to play in the dirt. I did more sprucing up and clearing out, filling another one of those large blue garbage contain...