Lots going on around here.

 I guess it is time I got to this. Seems like one thing or another keeps getting in the way of sitting down and doing it. This is just one of the marvelous sunrises we've had recently. Each one better than the last. Also some great sunsets. 

One of life's little gotchas. Our beautiful very tall pine trees have to come down. Luckily they belong to the company that owns the land where we live. A lot of them in the area just couldn't handle the summer heat and they are quickly dying. Seems like one day they were green and the next all brown. One is completely dead the other one half dead but whole tree will have to come down. I'll miss them, but not their needles all over the yard. 

Another sunrise. 

I love the pictures I see of the Sphere - they are so neat and interesting. I have never even seen the Sphere since it was finished. On my bucket list.  We stay away from The Strip. 

Can you imagine that in motion - spooky.

Have finally got back in the habit of walking in The Wetlands. We go three times a week - need the rest in between after not walking at all all summer. Saw this one day. He is standing on the bridge rail. The river beneath is very fast moving. Idiot.

Every one calls him Old Harry because of the gray feathers below his neck.

Our youngest son getting some drone (see it right above his head) instructions from Bill. 

Another picture from walk. Our own mini Grand Canyon.

The finished Santa Claus pillow. Fun to make. The brown around the edges is the back of the chair it was hanging on to take picture.

So any way, I'll give a short synopsis of the days since October 29.  For several days before the 29th Bill had not been feeling well. Spent a lot of time in bed. When he was up I noticed he was kind of panting to catch his breath. When I asked him he said he was okay. Like a dummy I thought it was just a bad long covid attack. Well on the 29th he got up and more or less fell back on the bed. I was in the bed room to see that. He said he was dizzy and couldn't catch his breath. But everything was fine. Leave him alone. Luckily I didn't  I called the ambulance. When they got here he tried to walk to living room, but could not keep his balance. They got him in chair and did all their checking stuff. All the time he was complaining about them coming. He doesn't remember any of this. They took him. He was there for two more days. Seems he had been retaining fluid so much that it was affecting his breathing. Also docs didn't like the EKG. They gave him stuff to get rid of the fluid and he got much better. But they kept him to run more tests. Echocardiograms, CAT scan of his head and neck. And pulmonary angi something. On the third day he was his normal " WANT OUT OF HERE" self. Paper work he was sent home with said unknown cause. But see primary and heart doctors. Luckily we already had appointment with primary care yesterday. Primary doc said paperwork showed heart was not pumping as hard as it should, but not to the OMG stage of heart failure. Trying to get into heart doctor took many many phone calls (they are out sourcing their schedulers so when I called they put me on list to call back... When they did call back the call got dropped and I couldn't understand the person any way. Two more times of that. Finally the next day I got through to someone with English as first language and she made the appointment. Appointment is next Monday at office WAY across town, 22 miles at 8:20 in morning. Debating taking an Uber with all the morning traffic here. He is feeling fine now except the water pills have him in the bathroom every hour and a half day and night. Primary said quit taking them for the days 5 days until he sees the heart doctor and try to catch up on sleep. So that is one thing. 

A week ago he woke up in the morning and eyelid on his one good eye won't stay open. So more phone calls to go to make opthamologist. Got in last week, but droop is so bad and eyelid skin so fragile he was afraid to do surgery, so sending Bill to another specialist. Can't get in to see him till Dec 10th. In mean time Bill is getting dizzy from double vision with the little slit of eye he can see out of. Doc did tell him to tape the eyelid up. But he is afraid to. Might give it a try today though. 

And to put icing on cake, I now have a low tire pressure warning. Took it to tire shop and they fixed a leaking valve. Guess that wasn't it or fix didn't hold. Going back today and have all four tires checked.

So that is part of why I haven't updated for a while. 

WOW

Mainly posting to show off our beautiful sunset last night. A real WOW!

Weather has cooled down, but still above normal  but really cooling down at night. Next week Fall is really arriving. 7 o'clock in the morning. 

Went walking on Wednesday and did a little over three miles. Glad we don't walk again until tomorrow. Not seeing much wildlife over in the Wetlands, just birds. Every time we go there we see more ducks. No Canadian Geese yet though. 

The Sphere, I did not take this it was on line. Just thought I'd share it. Funny. 

Really cool  with clouds in the sky. Didn't have to look for shade and enjoyed the sun when it came out. 

By the time we got home the cold winds had really come up. What I found in the ditch the next day. No idea where they came from. I put a message in the communities facebook page that I had them, but no one claimed them. While down there I did replace some of the rocks, but a couple are pretty heavy. 

A different day. It is so nice to walk over there. Peaceful. 

Clouds and sunshine, made the mountains look almost like they were covered with snow. 

A branch of the main river. Lots of birds hang around it. 

I'm working on a Christmas throw pillow, but it is slow going as I'm still not sure how I want it to look. Still in planning stage. 

Also working on couple more diamond painting Christmas scenes. 

Bill has now developed a droopy eyelid and it is really interfering with his sight. Can't get an appointment until Nov 5th. But they told me to call every day to see if there is a cancellation. Of course the lid is on the eye he can see out of. The one he gets the shots in. He is almost completely blind in the other eye, just has peripheral (sp?) vision in it. Going to make some banana nut muffins and peanut butter cookies. I think the oven now cooks at correct temperature. I hope.

AC fixed and now a leaking pipe! Enough already.

The full moon the other night, except this was taken early in the morning. 

Sunset Friday night. Just happened to go outside at right time. 

All the work on the AC is finally done. Here it is in its new home. The tools laying around belong to the workers. 

Where it used to be. Guess I'll eventually have to add some rocks to cover the area. 

It is working fine. Cooled house right down. And this morning it was so cold out at 55 that we had to use the heater. Bill was freezing. We're getting winds gusts up to 50/55 mph so it intensifies the feeling of cold. This is going to last for a couple of days, then back up to temperatures above normal. 

On Wednesday when we walked it was nice and cool out at 7:30. 

While the workers were under the house they found a very slow drip coming from one of the water pipes. Got a couple of estimates to fix it. One was over three thousand dollars, were they going to use gold plated pipes??? The other was six hundred. Same leak, same pipe. And of course the home warranty company will not cover it. Why not? Well because it is at a joint that some time in the past was repaired with PVC. I'm beginning to think about cancelling them and keeping fingers crossed. Or just putting what I pay them into a savings account. Calling a friend who is a plumber, he thinks it can be fixed much cheaper. We'll see. That's it with home repairs. 

For the last couple of days it has been cold and windy, highs of mid 60's with winds up to 30 and gusts to 55mph. Trying to get thermostat set so Bill is warm enough and I'm not cooking. 

Have walked a couple of times since last writing. Did 3.5 miles on Saturday. Should have stopped sooner I think. This day there was no wind at all. And a pretty blue sky with puffy white clouds. . 

He was standing patiently waiting for a fish to swim by. Just after I took this he caught something and flew away with it. 

No idea what this is, one person said it was an osprey. Sounded like they knew what they were talking about. 

UFO floating down the river. I think it looks like a piece of hard foam rubber. 

This is the tree that has the cross carved in it. Sign is covering it . 

I'm working on a new diamond painting, have finished a couple more of the Christmas set. Also just started working on a Christmas throw pillow cover. Now that wind has stopped and no more workers in back I'm going to put my colorful pots and rooster back out on the patio. Then watch the Las Vegas NASCAR race.