Tall Trees

"My leaves are turning crimson," the giant oak tree said,

"It's almost time these children should seek their winter's bed,

But how they still cling to me and gleam with crimson hue,

They truly are more lovely than cirrus clouds of blue.

Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr. - A Song of the Woods

I love and am grateful for the seasons.

I can't get all of these trees into one photo

without backing far away and then they just look like regular trees.

I thought I would try two photos to try and give an idea of their height. The bottom photo also shows the greenhouse and the woodshed. The top of the pine tree is not able to be seen from this angle.

This is a photo I took on Sunday.

I'm using old photos because I slept the day away because of a migraine. Phooey. All my painting plans are put off until tomorrow. I hope that will work out ok. We had leftovers tonight. I just heated up whatever I could find in the fridge. Think I'm going to go back to bed.

[3 eggs today]

Rain tomorrow. 80% chance.

Smiles

~:>

Migraine Update

I had a cluster of 7 migraines

(Feb. 17, 20, 26, Mar. 1, 5, 6, 7)

A week has passed since my last migraine!

So, I thought I would try and post the record

I started of the food I was eating.

I was hoping to identify any food triggers

and I should have started the record earlier

but I didn't think of it or feel well enough.

I used to just stop eating anything except water and rice

until the migraines stopped.

This time I tried to wait them out and

finally went to eating only fresh foods.

Such a grey old ugly photo!

But it will enlarge if you click on it.

I was also trying out the zoom on my camera

but I don't like the results.

If I do this again, I will have to turn the

brightness all the way up on the screen

and see if that helps.

On a lighter note here are some links of some horses.

Kristine sent me this photo here

when she was in Australia.

And I found this photo

yesterday here.

Smiles

Bathroom DIY

I looked around for something easy to post.

First, the weather today.

Next some photos of the diy stuff I did in the bathroom.

I moved a kitchen cabinet into the space

that held the washer and dryer.

Then replaced them with a stackable

front loader washer and dryer.

And hung a shower curtain in front.

It is my wish that the migraines will go away

because I really don't want to have to go to the doctor

and have to take medicine.

And besides the posts are getting boring.

We had pizza last night and I had another migraine.

Don't know if it has anything to do with what I eat or not?

Smiles

Garden

This is a winter photo of my little garden.

I built the entrance out of scrap lumber

and a gate I found.

I have to go rest my poor head.

Another migraine.

Smiles

Chicken Beaks

This is another attempt at putting

beaks on the chickens.

The first time I think I had too many layers of fabric

and the seams split when I tried to turn

the chicken right side out.

I had another migraine last night

and I am getting really tired of having them back.

I've had them come in clusters before

and I looking forward to them going away.

Smiles

Dirty Dozen

I'll blame the fact that this post

is backwards on the migraine

I got last night.

At least I can see today,

but I am reduced to just doing

mundane things, like

collecting eggs and getting wood for the wood stove.

The photo above shows the eggs

finishing drying.

I then use a pencil and date each egg

and place them in the container,

cover and put them in the refrigerator.

Here the eggs

are getting dried off

after their cold water wash.

I put the eggs on the vent 

to finish drying.

Oh yes, and here

are the muddy eggs

just in from the chicken coop

waiting for their trip to the sink.

I collected eight eggs

and went out later and found this one

to make up the nine eggs you see above.

[there were already 3 eggs in the container]

The post would have made a lot more sense

if I had managed to put the photos in the reverse order. 

Smiles

Home Away From Home

This is our motor home all snug and dry under its very own structure. We have this motor home because our house was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the Santa Cruz mountains. The house was red tagged and we needed a place to live for  two and a half years. It took ten years to get our house fixed and ready to sell so we could move. I have lots of neat earthquake stories, but I will have to save them for another day.

Today I got another migraine which is not good, not good at all.

Smiles

Slushy Snow

Slushy snow shows that we are on the tail end of the storms; we are looking forward to seeing some sunshine tomorrow. It is going to be in the fifty's during the day for the next week.

Monday we are planning to go out for lunch for my birthday. There may be snow Monday night, but we can leave for home before dark.

Yesterday, I had one of my horrid migraines, which knocked me for a loop. I so want to be over the aftermath of the attack. Nothing much happening but me sleeping and being a wimp.

Smile