More Springtime Stuff! 4/26/15

Hi Everyone!

Matthew and Jordan spent Friday night with us while their parents were out of town, and they had a great time playing in the “sand box”, then watching an old late-50’s movie about surfing – Gidget (I remember watching this movie about 12 times as a pre-teen and having a really BIG crush on its male star, James Darren – aka Moon Doggie).  Matthew thought it was hilarious because of the old surfboards and the really horrible “so fake” close-up shots of the surfing.   I admit it was pretty bad compared to today’s standards on special effects, but it’s still a sweet story, and Jordan loved it!  I guess it’s a girl thing.

Bear – taking in the cool breeze last night at twilight . . .

. . . while Maddie hunts lizards (the reptiles have taken over from south Georgia squirrels in her “let me at ’em” list of things to banish from the face of the earth.

We’re visited almost every day now by at least 2-3 manatees in our inlet. So fun to watch them swim in, feed, then swim back out to the intracoastal.

From Molly McGreevy: “The staph infection from my surgical drain following the initial surgery is gone now, but one of the antibiotics and the Motrin they were giving me to reduce my fever hurt my kidneys.  My kidney function the day I came to the hospital was excellent. A couple days ago, not so good.  It’s improving ever so slightly with time since the Motrin has been discontinued, but I have to stay in the hospital until my kidney function returns to normal.  Other meds are causing GI issues and nausea, and I’ll probably have to have my PIC line replaced.  Thanks again to all my friends and family and all the “strangers” along the way that have helped me or are helping.  Sitting on my couch watching a movie with my husband and petting my dog sounds like Heaven right now.  To breathe fresh air – don’t take it for granted.  I miss my home.  God bless.”

Please continue to keep Molly in your prayers.  She’s been in the hospital for over a week now (although just today she was moved to one closer to Mackinac).  She can’t start her chemo until all these issues have been resolved. 

My good Mackinac Island friend, Orietta Barquero, posted the next photos on-line yesterday.  These are so bittersweet to me, mainly because this is what the island looked like when Ted and I would arrive on Mother’s Day weekend for the last few years.  We get so used to seeing the island either lush and green, with flowers in every possible color spilling out of hanging baskets and flowerbeds, or pure white with snow so bright it dazzles our eyes.  But in May . . . in May the island is like a ticking clock.  We know the green lies just below the brown of the grass, and the flowers are just beginning to bud and open.  In another month it will be Lilac season, but right now there are miracles happening below all that brown.  I LOVED being there to watch it happen. Oh heck, I just loved being there.

Have a great week!  God bless.