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The Sick Room

Finally I am undrugged and feeling half human. It amazes me that I spent two years in the fridge NE and was not sick once. Returning home I have caught three virus in the last nine months! (has it really been that long?). This one about did me in and I stayed confined to bed for two days.

It recalls to mind a time of childhood when I would languish in bed, ill or faking ill because I had not studied for a test at high school, and I would received chicken noodle soup with crackers, ginger ale, jello, Irish tea with milk and sugar. If a fever were involved, I would have a rubbing alcohol ice bowl next to the bed which would have a wash cloth that I would wring and then lay across my feverish brow. Oh Mommie, how I loved the attention.

And I would read.

Which is exactly what I did this time and I finished two books. As of late I have haunted the Best Seller rack at the downtown branch of the library. And I have to confess, they are like potato chips. Taste good, no subsidence.

This week end I have read the best book of the year (next to Memories of a Geisha), The Natural History of Uncas Metcalfe. Wonderful story about a man who is beginning to show signs of dementia, though this is the early 1980's (I believe they only elude to the date once or twice) so Alzheimer's and the signs are not yet so prevalent and obvious to the masses. This guy is a mix between Larry David (Curb your enthusiasm) and every bodies Grandpa. Several lines made me laugh out loud at the end of the story as he replayed his drama over in his head (the second meeting with Carl) and his description of Carl (only in his head) when asked if they were going to be any royalty at the party, "Only Lord Reticent Taciturn (his wives mocking nick name for him) and Baron Carl the Bad." Oh my, how I wanted to share that clever amusing line with Joe, but how and why would he get it? So I savored it and continued on and finished the book.

The movie Once won at the Oscars! For best song from a movie. I was so happy and though, "Job well done". Even Joe commented that "Falling Slowly" was the best song of the lot.

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"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" Percy Bysshe Shelley

Pan,the Greek God of many things but the most important SPRING!

This statue is a fountain that sits at the top of the Hill at the Scenic Loop at Cherokee Park. The trees behind him are encased with, lets hope, the last storm of the season. Instead of the dripping of melting icicles and the crack of falling ice, there should be birds...singing!

Ah, March is but a week away.

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Taking pictures from the window of a slow moving car. Faint ice storm taking place. This is Breckingridge, some of the projects in the area housed behind this worthy sculpture.

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Blood Moon Waltz

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Hello Mama

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Rose hung upside down from pots and pan thingee to dry. From my fathers casket, the rose stayed beautiful for over a week shedding only one petal. I thought I wouldnot press my luck for all the petals to fall before drying. My SIL hipped me to this method.

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All over Louisville the sides of buildings, such as this one which belongs to my BIL, are adorned with huge pictures of Louisville's most famous son's and daughters. Such as Diane Sawyer, Muhammad Ali, Pee Wee Reece, Col. Sanders...you get the picture. Patrick was unveiled this week-end at the corner of Broadway and Barret.

I watched the show, Extreme Makeover, last night which featured Patrick's family and wasmoved to tears by the stregnth and love that guides this family. Not to mention the talent that Patrick has for music!! He truly is an inspiration to not only the disabled, but to us all that it is in inside each and every one of us to be the best we can be with the gifts God gives us.

(my spell check has not worked for a week...)

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And they found the body laying here.

Joe in repose on the couch after a hard night at the "office".

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Fooling around in the Art room trying to design a new Beatle card.

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Valentine Day at Stevie Ray's. We sat at the bar, watched/listened to three bands. The first two were very easy....Once music, Joe commented. I wish the crashing angry chords of Once were evident in at least one of the tunes. They all sounded the same with the first singer. The second was a duo. Once had a trumpet. The last band wasa five piece ensemble that performed a wide variety. Prince's When Doves Cry to...well, I can't remember anymore. Had a good time and this picture is kind of blury because it was taken with the small Minolta. Good purse camera. Subtle.

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Bella. my sisters dog. I watched the kids until my bro got home from work. My sis and bil went to utah to ski. The pic sucks. I had the camera and was actually stoked about taking pictures of us making cookies (which we did) but the lure of a good book (S. Paretsky's Bleeding Kansas) made the afternoon fade into oblivion and I quickly snapped Bella before she was wisked off to her "vaca".

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The Sun King. I think I am going to start collecting Sun Faces. I was going to find bird houses....but I think the Sun King is going to be more interesting. I may still throw in a few bird houses.

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Ah, it's snowing at night! I unearthed the D-50 book and tried (with small success) to get the F stop open and override the flash mount on a tripod...and ended up with a tilted picture! With the snow flakes looking very cool...but with those globes (ghosts).

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Life returns to normal

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Leaving Mom's yesterday.

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From the casket. I had to stop the casket from being moved from the shelter and on to the grave site, i asked Becky "Pls. we want roses!" So she went up and secured many for Mom me Peg Kit etc. etc. Bridget.

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After the visitation I came home and the thought of capturing a picture of the day has been the last thing on my mind all week, yet I try and endure. I snapped a shot of myself from above, which is how I feel, being looked down upon. I erased it by accideent Friday afternoon, so I have re-captured it this morning....sorry I have cheated, but it could not be helped.

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Collecting photographs for the visitation. Obit in today's papers. Began writing eulogy with bro's & sis'

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Louisville Airpoty - picking up my Brother

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No picture other than a blur, which is how the day was...My Dad passed during the early morning hours on Feb. 4th.

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Waiting for photo's to be developed at Walmart I drove around the Knobs. They once again, pissed me off b/c would not hand over copies of school picture taken 50 years ago.

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Incredible magic car in Kinko parking lot in Douglas Loop. He was so sweet to pose with car!

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Joe came back as retreived me. He brought my SD chips with him We went back to the baby's house and I got this bute of a picture. Dad is doing okay.

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Forgot my SD chips yesterday> can you believe it? Then, my Mom calls and Dad has to go the Emergency room because of CHF. I did not want this to be my pic of the day, but my cell phone was all I had and as the minutes ticked away on Jan 31, this was all I got.