Both my husband and I are Tauruses. Then we have two friends who are also Tauruses. So we tend to plan a party somewhere in the middle of all those April & May birthdays. That’s usually around the time for my birthday. This year we all had lunch at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants.
The birthday couple
There are two Tauruses in this photo
The rest of our guests
Two more Tauruses and birthday cake.
I’m writing this blog post for my Twitter followers. This, and my other blogs, were set up to automatically post on Twitter. However due to the actions of the new owner of Twitter, I will no longer be posting there. I hope to keep my Twitter followers as blog followers as I restart this blog after my long illness. I’m also considering alternatives to Twitter such as Instagram, but haven’t finalized that. I’ll make an announcement here when I’ve decided what I’m going to do.
“Do you know where you’re going to?
Do you like the life the world is showing you?
Where are you going to?
Do you know?”
Mahogany (1975 film)
This is my favorite song quote from the 1975 Diana Ross film Mahogany. It says a lot about my current situation.
As you can see I’m still using a walker. And as it turns out, I will soon be having surgery on my right knee; a total knee replacement. Hopefully my recent fall on my left knee will not require additional surgery.
Sorry that I missed my August posting, I’ve been very distracted due to my continuing health issues. I also have an update on my vision. I am now legally blind, but with my husband’s help I am able to continue to blog. The proton beam radiation treatment for my tumor has damaged my optic nerves, leaving partial degraded vision in the right side and no vision in the left. As you can guess, this has made photography challenging, but not impossible. I persevere! I have even heard of blind photographers. I will have to investigate their work.
Expect to see an update in a couple of weeks.
These may be the last Nikon=D40 images posted here. We made a little get away trip to Pueblo, Colorado. And I thought I had captured some very interesting images. But no, the camera had malfunction. I tried to reset is but in the end only capture a few useable images. This wall art probably turned out best:
The girl appeared one her own last month as a #WednesdayWindow:
With our Outback Dinner last night….We had our “Formal Steak Dinner” the night before our Anniversary.
Today, our actual 22nd Anniversary we will spend in the Superstition Mountains, and wrap up our Celebration with a Sushi Dinner tonight.
Saturday on our way home to Colorado…….
By the time you read this we will be on our way back to the Phoenix Mayo Clinic for the next 30 days. We made arrangements to stay at the Condos we had used before.
After talking to the second neuro-surgery teleconference it was decided to run some additional tests before scheduling surgery. I will tell you that I had started the steroid therapy and there was some improvement, especially for my left eye. Undoubtably this is the source of my extended testing.
Now I have the results or a preliminary evaluation…..Surgery now or Later? The vote for surgery later (maybe). We are in a wait and see mode hoping to stabilized my vision and move forward. I wii definitely ready to hear that news.
So I am off into the Mountains for a drive today. Still testing ‘old cameras’ and ‘new’ films. Taking it easy for the rest of this year. And can I Say “Hallelujah, Amen”!
A local farmer decided to paint their shed for the live stock and landscape…….
This was an images originally shot for my Frugal Film Project. But as always, too many options to post their…….So Shared Here Instead.
Three weeks post surgery and now with the corrective prism in my left lens:
Still trying to get used to seeng quasi-stereo vision. I was told that it might take until December to finally resolve my vision problems.
I think either way I’m going to have a permanent disability to deal with.
OK, so my Birthday was in May. Those of us that use film know that rolls sometimes aren’t finished in a timely fashion. But these were beautiful, sent to me by my eldest brother and his wife………….Back in May. It was my 60th Birthday, so I wanted to highlight them:
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From my X-700, HP5 Film and 50 mm Minolta MD f/3.5 Macros Lens.
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