Now in Nana's Retirement Era

Well, Nana already found our first project for her retirement -- lay a paver stone patio outside our side door. During the last rain the water stood at the side door, so we thought we'd raise the area a bit also. So she found a 50% off sale on some red paver brick at Home Depot last week and we picked it up with the truck after church yesterday. I had to put more air in the tires before we drove home slowly from Huntsville. We unloaded it today and the truck gave a sigh of relief.

As we were unloading the stone this morning, we saw a flock of about 100 blue jays fly through stopping in the trees and calling "Thief, Thief." They were looking for bird eggs in the trees to steal. Later in the afternoon I saw the wrens out in the citrus orchard fluttering around. I looked in their nest in the lemon tree and the two eggs were gone! The blue jays must have robbed them.

The lemon tree is full of bees -- more than we've seen in a year. That's great news as we were getting worried about the bee situation. I'm working the garden now and eager to put in cantaloupe. Nana and I had trouble getting the bees to pollinate melon last year.

Nana and I are feeling great as we are feeling a lot less pressure. She's almost done with her work and my work has suddenly slowed down. She has just a few more reports to do and a session later in the month. My next trip is to Dallas on April 16-17. The reduced pressure is making it obvious how much we love we other and enjoy being with each other. Wahoo!

Nana is being taken to lunch tomorrow with Nell Williams, a lady she appreciates so much. Then Nana has a doctor's appointment to discuss the mammogram from last week that showed a suspicious object. She might have to experience a biopsy. More later.