The guests have arrived . . .

I'm surprised.   The photo isn't too bad.

Old dog, Shelby, is chilling in her crate and young dog, Daytona is sitting by the front door looking out on the world. She and I took a tour of the house and she seems okay with it. She decided she didn't want to be in The Shed with P&D's Pop, at least not for now. I fixed up the kitchen area so it's a lot like home for them. Looking forward to a nice time with the puppies.

Yesterday I met the last major Doctor I needed to see here. He checked out the mammogram I had taken a month ago and all is well. I don't have to see him except for my yearly checkup which is super cool. He also gave me the name of a Primary Care Doctor here in Denham Springs so I will no longer have to travel to St. Francisville which is about 50 miles away. Grampa went to the VA Clinic in Baton Rouge today for his yearly check up, blood work etc. He hurt his back mowing the lawn this week and they told him that as long as it's getting better to just keep on babying it. The ground here is very lumpy when it's dry and muddy when it's wet so he was bounced around pretty badly. I called our next door neighbor who has quite a few landscaping crews and we're now on his schedule. I asked him to do the yard work whenever he thought it needed it and I will be billed once a month. I expect to keep him for our regular lawn maintenance because even in Connecticut lawn mowing is not good for older backs! I had always thought we should have someone do the job when we got down here and now I'm pretty convinced of it. Not sure Grampa will agree with me when he feels better but just maybe he won't want to take a chance on hurting himself again. That also messes up the flying. So we'll see how it all works out. He was also told to keep track of his blood pressure; it was  high when he first got to the clinic today but then went back down.  Still it's a good thing that they're checking on everything.

Grampa moved one of the bird feeders to a spot where I can more easily get photos of the birds. Well, two minutes ago he pointed out a hawk sitting on the fence opposite the feeder! I got my untrusty camera out and didn't get a good shot. Darn! Perhaps I shall take a course in how to work with my Panasonic FZ200.

Quote:  Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.   ___Menander