Here I am, back in my room after surgery. Still have all the tubes, etc, hooked up to me. I was aware but sedated. Didn't realize our daughter, Angie, shot this with my iPhone. Another daughter, Katy, and a nurse are beside the bed. So yep, I did get a picture!

A morning sky.

I thought this moss covered tree in Delta Ponds was quite beautiful. So I captured it! It didn't even put up a fight, but rather submitted quietly! It was quite a conquest!

While waiting for Carol at the doctor's office, I came face to face with this fish in their aquarium. The glass was dirty and gave it a soft, painterly effect. Still, I liked the result, even if it isn't very sharp. It was a faceoff!

We made the trek to Portland today for my semi-annual eye exam at the Casey Eye Institute. Our daughter went along to drive us home. She shot this picture of us with the elk statue outside the building.

The appointment went well. The growth in my left eye has continued to get smaller. And the eye looks good, according to the doctor. More photographs and an ultra-sound were done. I have a cataract in that eye that the radiation treatment caused to grow faster. The doctor here will do the surgery to remove that in the future. A more pressing need is surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm. An artificial section will be grafted in. I have had two heart doctors look at it and both feel surgery should be done very soon, because of the size of the aneurysm.

Have you ever really thought about all the wires that run along our roads, like these along Jasper/Lowell Road? Millions of miles of wire must circle the earth like the winding of an armature! Add to this all of the power lines that dot the landscape. Wouldn't it be nice if electricity and communication waves could be broadcast without the need of wires? Someday!