Spring

 

 

 

 

Thursday's Things.....

 

My wife has been moved from the Intensive Care to a short term unit room. Plans seem to be in the works to. get her into their rehab hospital program. She is better but has a long ways to go.  

The  hospital sits downtown so I get all sorts of views in the area.  The core I-235 cuts through the city.  I was out on it to go to a heart doctor's appointment.  Of course their was a minor crash on it and I had to m move toward my clinic at a snails pace.  Eventually I got off of it and too a major street the rest of the way. The red lights seem to be all working but I did get there.

Mercy Medical....

 

 Della is better.  It is too much to explain but we have been in Intensive Care for fourteen days.  Bile duct blockage, unknown infection causing serious high temps, ventilator use for three or more days,  and now it is recovery time while the unknown infection keeps lingering.  I am home to get things in order housewise and will be gone a while more.

Still not blogging.

 My wife is better. She has a ways to go. They inserted a stint into her bile duct to open it up. The backup of bile was shutting down major organs. Things are rebounding now and the doctors are impressed with her progress. She was so sick that they at first were telling me horrible outcomes. Della proved them wrong.

I have taken a lot of cell phone shots.

Hospital Stay

 I will not be blogging for a while. My wife is in intensive care with multiple complex conditions. She is somewhat better and yet is far from out of the woods. I am living there and helping her when it is possible.

Late Sunday News....

 As the light hits the grackle's head it turns the feathers to different colors. I usually see them with green heads and this shot was more blue. It was overcast and raining so its light source was less today. 

We got some rain this morning and the doves came in to get out of the rain. They are so  peaceful and eventually took a nap together right there on the feeder. 

Also during their visit a sparrow joined in on their space. They all seemed to be getting along together.  I don't know if birds look out at rainfall but it was raining at the time that I took the shot. 

 

We still have snow in some spaces. It has looked liked snow most of the day but it really was rain. It did snow north of us way up into Minnesota. We will feel like winter for a few more dass... Thanks for stopping by today.

Winter/Spring.....

 

The spreading of the grape hyacinths is great.  I know that they could get to be a mess in the rock garden but I can always pull them if they get to be too crowded.

 

The grape hyacinths are spreading into my yard too. If they give me this color I will just mow them off later.  They don't seem bothered about being clipped. 

 

 I thought the brown head means it is a cow bird. The problem for me is that it is too bulky to be a cow bird. I guess it could be a grackle of a different color.

 

 Green heads and a large bird means it is a grackle.  I had a flock of them traveling through yesterday. The were very hungry and pushy.

 

The house finches are still singing their call in the trees while the snow is on the ground and the temps are ate at 20° F.

 

The markings of a starling are distinct,  I had a red-winged black bird yesterday but my memory chip of my camera was on the blitz at the time. I had to go buy a new chip.

 

 

Just north of us a few miles they had four inches of snow. We were at the very bottom of the front getting a fourth of an inch.  We are going to be cold all day. It is winter on this spring day. Thanks for stoping by today.