We had a pair of our long time friends from Port Orford stop by for lunch last week. So good to see them again! We caught up on all the coast news.......unhappy though a lot of it was.....I sure don't miss that negative atmosphere, but all our friends.......ahhhhh. Like a breath of fresh air. The lovely couple above is Jim and Karen Auborn.........Karen has a lovely art gallery and is a marvelous artist. I have a number of her paintings, which I treasure. Karen has also done wonders in working for the Main Street Project in Port Orford. Jim is mayor and I believe will be next year's Rotary president. His plate is full! Both are dedicated to working for the good of the city and it's citizens. And I hope we see more of them on their way between Port Orford and Portland.........
These last photos are sort of an experiment of setting flowers in ice and trying to get some interesting effects. I don't know.......I think it needs a bit more work! I got the idea from another photographer whose work I follow on Facebook. His name is Mo Devlin, in case you want to look up his photographs. I think you'll be impressed.....
The planting in the back yard is proceeding quickly......we had nice day the other day where I found out I still have some arthritis in my back..........But I got a number of seed packages planted......and 4 plants that I ordered from Michigan Bulb. Those plants did not arrive in great looking shape. If they don't make it, I'll be sending them back. This has happened before so I should have known better than to order from them again. But, who knows, they might make a beautiful comeback and be the best in the garden.
I've had my second week of VA Hospice training.......third coming up on Monday. It's really a lot more different than civilian hospice that I've been in before. But just as fascinating. And the other day I had to have the VA Police try their hand at getting my fingerprints. In case any of you might remember, I went through 6 different Curry County deputies, each trying to get acceptable fingerprints about a year ago...no luck! So, I expect the same will happen here. They still need to send them in to where ever they go, to give me a number, then I'm sure I'll be hearing from them again asking me to come in for ink prints........which will again be an effort in futility. But who, I ask, would have the same scars along with what's left of my fingerprints?? It just seems very silly to me and a waste of time........at least all these multiple attempts. The saga will continue.......
Part of my Hospice reading was this tome for HIPPA. It's dealing with the Federal laws protecting privacy and security of patients. After reading it 'forever', I'd deem it an excellent replacement for Ambien. Boring, boring stuff..............Thankfully, that's over and the rest will be great. The other volunteers in training all seem to be really nice people. Some are already involved the health field and others have had family in need in the past. They now want to extend their knowledge and experience in a meaningful and very much needed way. Like I said.......Really nice people~!
Well......the weekend's coming up and I hope you all have a good one. With enough in between possible rain showers to give you a breath of spring!
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