Photo from my daughter

 I think we must be the squirrel whisperers...she comes daily, sometimes more than daily.  For pecans.    

Copper wants to chase her, so we try to watch when letting him out to make sure she is either not around, or that she sees him.

Not much going on here...just the same old stuff.  Laundry, vacuuming, cooking, etc.  I am thankful to be able to do these things that need doing for the  most part.

During my absence from blogging, I thought of you guys every time I ran across videos like the one below.

Last times....

 This is from the strip pits and I am pretty sure it was the last time the Canada geese were there in large numbers in the fall.

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Do any of you ever think about things and realize it could be the last time??  I sure never thought that the abundance of wildlife would almost disappear where I took the above shot, much less about not being able to go to this strip mining area.

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I am slowly trying to visit everyone that has commented.  Life has been sort of hard.  Sometimes blogging is 'just one more thing' I need to try to get done and there are days I just do not have the energy.  

But in visiting I realize how much I have missed everyone.  And some of the people I have always visited no longer post photos because like here, they or their loved ones has serious health issues.  

Most of you remember that my hubby had a stroke in 2016...he recovered the ability to walk and take care of himself.  But he lost the ability to make things and to remember....he was always one to talk to everyone he met.  He never met a stranger.  He can answer yes and no and say how are you, stuff like that.  But things such as telling me what he wants to eat...very seldom can he think of the word.  

Then in the fall of 2022 had a major decline in health.  I am just sure it was from doubling one med's strength and going from 20 to 40 to 80 mg on another.  After that he started falling and we moved in with one of our daughters.  He stablized.  But had to use a walker and I used and still use a wheelchair when he has doctor visits.  

At the end of March this year he had falls two nights in a row...and was in the hospital for 5 days then in rehab for 10.  I have a gait belt I put on him and most of the time I have hold of it...sometimes he comes from living room to dining room on his own but I have hold of it to get him to the bathroom.  So life is challenging for him.

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I am going to leave you with a video...

What Copper thinks of football

 I am just posting a photo to keep the blog alive, but I honestly don't know if I will ever get back to blogging.