Welcome back, Marnie. The aging ailing parent thing is tough. Rick
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'll try to be brief. Or as brief as I can be. :-) > > Mom had a colostomy operation a week ago. She's been > home about two days. > Seems to be doing okay. But the big issue will be > getting her back on her feet > and walking. She hasn't walked since she went into > the hospital. Nothing really > wrong with her legs and feet, but the floors there > were slick and she was/is > weak. I am afraid of her losing her mind/body > connection with her feet. But I > think I can get her up again. I am hiring a > caregiver to help me too. > > She went in last Friday, had the operation Saturday > night and was supposed to > be there for a week. > > Since she was gone and I didn't have the expense of > paying someone to take > care of her, I thought, sheesh, I should take > advantage of this and go > somewhere. > > I okayed it with her doctor. I went last Wed - > Thurs. > > I went to Monterey for 2 1/2 days and 2 nights. Saw > the 17-mile drive (and > took shots), Carmel (didn't), scenic drive in Carmel > (didn't), the Monterey > Aquarium (did), and Monterey Fisherman's Wharf > (did). The weather was nice both > days, just clouding up at night the last day. It was > sort of whirlwind, and I > was a bit pushed and tired, but I am glad I got > away. > > Also while searching for one particular gallery in > Carmel to look at one > particular painter's paintings (which I did finally > see), I came across a > photographic gallery. With 8-9 original (resales, > not reprints) Ansel Adams!!! A few > other famous photographers too. > > It was neat to be able to get up and eyeball them > closely. Impressive. One > was an Indian pueblo type village with the moon over > it. It was selling for > $55,000. One of the smaller cheaper ones was > $12,000. I should have written the > titles down, but didn't. Sooner or later I may find > them all, I think I've seen > reproductions in books of some of them. > > Too bad he couldn't make that much during his > lifetime, huh? > > And I had a nice geeky photo hobbyist type talk with > the clerk in the gallery. > > I also saw George Lepp's California Poppy Show at > the Monterey Natural > History Museum. I didn't know it was going to be > there, I just discovered it was > there by reading a little tourist magazine they hand > out in all the hotels and > shops there. I had seen some of his poppy pictures > before in a digital slideshow > when I went to a Lepp weekend about a year ago. But > it was nice to see some > prints in person. (Still wish I knew where he found > all those fields of poppies > in CA, he told me, but I never found them. Maybe I > will try again.) > > All in all, a satisfying trip. Although I was still > pretty tired during it. > And a quite photographic trip. :-) > > I hadn't planned to come back to PDML for about > another month. Not until my > programming project is finished. But Mom's operation > has derailed me. I think > I'll mainly be busy with her this week. > > So I'll hang around for a week or so until she is > better. Then unsubscribe > again to get back to my programming project > undistracted. > > I simply don't lurk well. :-) > > Hi guys. Missed you. > > Marnie aka Doe > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
