Farm Pictures

Pictures, pictures, and still more pictures!
Sunday I went to The Farm to see Dad, my uncle Tom and CP who pretty much counts for an uncle too. My sister brought her kids out there too.
Whiskey is our lone horse now, and without his charge Sugar to look after he has a different temperament.
Doesn't he look innocent here?
While shooting his big beautiful brown eyes I noticed how clearly you can see the world reflected in them.
Horses love to lick and try to bite your hands. It must be salty. I think he would eat my flesh if I let him.
Cassie busied herself netting in the pond and catching some gorgeous sun fish.
Bran & I sat on the porch swing and I couldn't help but to notice how beautiful the chains are. I had to get a shot of my favorite new cuff against this patina.
Dad has little vignettes everywhere of cool things, kind of like at my house...(wonder where I get that from?)
Porch Swing
Wheel for turning a water valve? That's what it looks like to me.
Ellie's friend Emily found this treasure, a Box Turtle shell.
The grass does not grow under Miss Cassie's feet!
D0-Da is raisin' up these grandkids right. Firearms for everybody!
What a pair...
It is beyond my describing, how it feels to play with my sister's kids and my Dad at the Farm where we played when we were their age.
My family is truly the most important thing in my life. The Farm itself is a member of the family.
As a wise West Virginian woman says:
"Do you remember your family over here at 4422 Philadelphia Church Rd, the onliest ones that give a damn about'cha?"
Isn't that the damn truth!

Busy As A Beaver

Last Saturday was a most fruitful and prosperous day! It was supposed to be thunder-storming all day, in reality it blew through and left, but the weather was windy, dark & moody; my favorite kind.
I finished a dozen cuffs that I've had in various stages of production, just having the fruits of my labor all piled up like this makes me feel rich!
In between jewelry making I made a pound cake and two loaves of banana bread for my Dad & uncles the next day.
An old friend came by for a visit that night and remarked how funny she found it that I "just whipped out home made cake & banana bread in between making jewelry all day.
Shoot, "It won't nothin'" as I say!
I like to use my anvil on the concrete of the front porch in nice weather, but on this blustery rainy day I brought it indoors. I am not fancy enough to have one mounted on the perfect tree stump (yet) but where there's a will there's a way.
One of my strengths is an ability to work in conditions that are not ideal; I don't need everything to be perfect in order to do amazing things.
I just think of what I'll be able to get done once I get my compound and I do have perfectly ideal surroundings and conditions....
....it boggles the mind....!

Tysabri #28

Wow, I think today makes infusion #28! I am very happy with my Tysabri infusions to treat my ms. I've been on it for 28 months now and I've had no new relapses in that time.
The side effects for me were exhaustion, for as long as 5 days after. Also, in the beginning I experienced some mild depression following infusions, but after the first year that stopped. The information out there doesn't claim depression or moodiness as a side effect, but talk to other recipients of the drug and you will learn different.
So I go to Presbyterian Hospital once a month and spend the afternoon in outpatient oncology and all is well.
The months are running together and my experience of time differs from reality, so it feel like I'm going twice as often as I am.
Today I had packed up and headed to my sister's with dog in tow, ready for an outpouring of art work hustling when my phone's calendar alerted me of my appointment.
OOPS!
I rushed back to Charlotte, dropped the dog off and got here as fast as I could.
Like I always say, they can't start without me!
I am doing well, and keeping the deadly PML (primary multifocal leukoencephalopathy) at bay.
I am a fan of Tysabri and hope to stay on it as long as I can.
Good luck to me!