Old age is creeping in!

So, I turned 66 last month.  I'm finding that I move SLOWER and I HAVE to take an afternoon nap every day.  My energy level just doesn't last after lunch.  Once I take my nap, I'm good until about 8 p.m.

On the other hand, my journals are selling nicely.  I've sold 3 in the last 2 weeks, so next week I'll need to make more.  At least my hands aren't idle!

Speaking of hands, I was having an extreme bout of arthritic pain a couple weeks ago, so I went to Whole Foods and bought 2 gallons of the KARMA flax milk (vanilla).  It is supposed to be helpful for arthritis, and...you know what?   I'm NOT having any pain now and my hands and fingers are moving MUCH BETTER!   I'm going to continue to buy that and drink it daily!  It has a lot of Omega 3's in it. 

Not much else going on here.  I DID have an appointment with a dermatologist yesterday because, after 16 years, I had something bubble up on my left arm, right next to the incision where I had melanoma.  It was small and HARD.  So, I made the appointment.  Turns out, it was a tiny "pre-cancer" which he burned off with the liquid nitrogen, along with a few other lumps and bumps.   PHEW!   He said to come back in a year.  I'll see how much of his visit Medicare covers.  Being on Medicare now is a REAL CHANGE for me.  I had excellent health insurance for the 30 years that I was a teacher, so this is an adjustment.  The gal at the check-in asked, "Is this ALL you have?"  What does THAT mean?

Well, I need to go out and feed the birds.  I have about a dozen sunflowers out in the back yard and the little finches sure LOVE to visit them in the mornings and afternoons!

Some of them are 6' tall, but others are only about a foot tall.   I planted different kinds out back and I'm really enjoying all the different ones!  Some I just threw out from the birdseed!  I'll try to get a couple more photos today, if it is sunny.  We had RAIN (REAL RAIN!) overnight Wednesday and it was still cloudy yesterday, but it looks like it is clearing up today.  However, we have more rain coming in next week!   It seems we are getting our February weather this month! 

Take care and stay safe.
~Cheryl Ann~Yes!  I even made a sunflower journal which sold overnight!   :-)

"The Dancer" is GONE!!!!!

There WAS a certain dead tree right off the highway that I always stopped and admired when I travel from our home in the desert to our local mountains.

But, ALAS, it is ... NO MORE!

I glanced over at it a few trips ago when hubby and I drove to Temecula to see our son and his family and...to my HORROR, it was GONE!

I FINALLY was able to stop and investigate a couple weeks ago (on another trip to Temecula) and THIS is what I found:

The branches DID NOT hang over the road, so there was no need for anyone to cut them if they were concerned about them scratching their car.

Can anybody help me figure out what happened????   Obviously someone cut it...

So sad.

Here she was in her glory.  See?  The branches curved away from the road...