Quick walk yesterday morning.

New Years Day sunrise. So beautiful. Friend and I managed to get out and walk about 9, still cold out about 47. First time I've ever worn long pants to walk here. Cold enough we managed to do 2.5 miles in an hour and 15 minutes and  that's with stopping to talk to other walkers and stopping to look at the water fowl. 

The first time this year one of the pelicans came up to the area where we walk. Such pretty birds.  There is a whole bunch of them and Canadian Geese about 3.5 miles from our area. Still in the Wetlands. One of our neighbors has an electric bike and rides down there and takes lots of pictures. 

A heron. I' been told what kind a lot of times but always forget. 

Busy piece of the river yesterday, the heron, pelican and several cormorants. And mallards and coots. 

This is kind of scary to look out your window at. 

Well we made it to another year. If he wasn't half blind we are both doing pretty good. 

Ah - New Years Day. Dark and dreary. Lots of low clouds and fog and rain. Hope this isn't a warning for the new year. 

Today is our 61st Anniversary. So many years. So many roads traveled. We were thinking about going out to lunch but it is going to be cold and rainy all day. Do not want to drive in the rain with a bunch of hung over drivers. The drivers here on a good day are nuts. 

Yesterday I went to the cardiologist to get results from all the tests. From when I had the panic attack and ended up in the hospital a few months ago. Everything is fine. Doc says I am boring. Come back in September. Stopped in a the grocery store on way home. Note to self NEVER go to grocery store at 3:00 on New Years Eve.

Just finished backing up my computer. Try to do it the end of every month, but especially the end of the year. Still need to look into "The Cloud" 

Still playing with camera while walking.

 

 A Very Merry Christmas to all. It is pouring here in Las Vegas, but the temperature is 61 out so at least it is not cold. In fact instead of snowing on the mountain it is raining and washing away most of the snow. Hopefully for the ski resorts it gets cold overnight. This is the warmest December in Las Vegas that we've seen. Been mostly high 60's or low 70's very nice. Today would have been a walking day for us, but not in the rain. Going to be raining for a couple of days, forecast 1 inch of rain for here. 

We got good news from Bill's neurologist.  The myasthenia gravis is staying just in his eyelid so far. Not spreading to his face or body. Thank goodness. He is controlling it with prednisone. For now. The doctor really doesn't want him on it long term. And more good news the prednisone has gotten rid of the long covid. We were wondering as he has not had an episode since starting the prednisone. Doctor confirmed it. Steroid's are amazing what they can do good and bad.

He and I have been out walking a couple of times. Got in 2 full miles one day and he was fine. Still playing with my camera and really glad I got it. The view finder makes it so much easier to get the pictures I want. These are some I took from one walk with walking friend. 

The blue heron airing out his wings. Could never have gotten this picture with the camera. 

Just getting ready to take off. 

There he goes.

No idea what he is. Don't remember ever seeing a bird like him before. Another one of some kind on the rock. 

Some guys way up river by the reclamation plant taking samples of the water - any way that is what it looked like they were doing. 

Came across this puffed up road runner. He just stood there and watched up. He can make himself look really big when he puffs up.

Just the still river with the bridge in the background. 

One of the paths we walk, next to the river. 

Never seen one of these guys before either. The zoom with view finder let me get a good picture of him. 

Isn't he cute. Ripples in the water. 

One of the walks Bill and I took.  The playground right behind our house. Fun things to climb on.

I was going to try this but then thought better of it. 

There he goes, hat and all. 

Rainy weather brings nice sunsets.

We went out to lunch with our son who lives here. He took a picture of us just standing in front of some Christmas presents. While we were waiting for our food my phone dinged with a message. This is what he sent me. OMG.

Trying out camera on walks with Bill

Trying out my camera, works great! Some more of our home Christmas decorations. Still have not drug out any of the boxes in the shed. I'm pretty sure there are two Christmas quilts there somewhere. 

I made the placemats last year as it was the first time we actually were home at Christmas time and I'd never made any. Well - there might be some in the shed that I made while we lived in Indiana.  I really should look. 

I just finished this window hanging using the new embroidery machine. Gave me something to do and used up more material. 

A closer look at one of the embroidered designs. About 4000 stitches to make it. All computerized, so I just have to change the thread colors. 

My Storyteller Santa - took me forever to find him. If I remember correctly we got him in Taos, NM and my Hippie Santa notice his sandals and velvet bellbottom trousers. These reside in the house in a curio cabinet.

Got this a few years ago when we were in San Blas, Mexico. All beaded figures.  The tallest wise man is less than two inches tall. 

So - more checking out the camera and bonus of getting Bill out and walking.  One walk was one and one half miles, yesterday's walk two miles. That was unintentionally longer than planned. The way the Wetlands is torn up due to sewer construction, we made a mistake and couldn't get home easily, had to walk on the road all around the park. 

Desert Mistletoe in the mesquite bushes. Even though it is unseasonably warm the plants are winterizing.

Lots of big fish in the Boardwalk pond. 

I forget what he is called, but in same pond as fish. 

Zooming in on the fish. Can clearly see his scales. 

One of the small turtles. (I love this camera, so much better than phone.)

Bill playing in the snow. 

Snow on the mountain. 

Snow on the ground. Nope that is salt covering the dirt. Once was an ocean here. 

Fall colors all around the Wetlands. 

Christmas Sphere.

I'm having a problem with one eye so going to ophthalmologist tomorrow.  According to AI 😁it was that I just had too much screen time for a couple of days. Especially reading the nook and fooling with the computer. Bill goes to the myasthenia gravis doctor next week. Hope he can figure out some pill that does not make Bill sick. Then I see cardiologist on New Year's Eve in the afternoon - fingers crossed that all the people celebrating are still at their office parties. Exciting life right?