KELLY'S BLOOD TEST THIS MORNING CONFIRMED A LOW HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL

SO NICE TO SEE IRIS FLOWERS IN BLOOM AGAIN

Despite what her London blood work showed this morning, Kelly was feeling slightly better today.  Her blood results at University Hospital confirmed a significant drop in her hemoglobin numbers and that is what's causing her weakened state of Anemia.  She is scheduled for an endoscopy on May 31rst. to see if they can find what might be responsible for her low red blood cell count.  Some of her other blood count numbers were down as well.  We both wish they could have scheduled that Endoscopy sooner.  Right now as I type this, Kelly is huddled in her chair with towel-wrapped frozen water bottles on her arms to deaden the nerves from itching.

 A TINY MOTH OR BUTTERFLY ON OUR SUNROOM WINDOW

 WE LIKE OUR BUNNIES

To start the day off, Pheebs and I took a short Jeep ride into Bayfield and back.  Home again, we switched cars, loaded up Miss Kelly, and under semi-sunny skies headed for London.  It was 8:55 when we rolled out the driveway and 10:05 when Pheebs and I dropped her off at University Hospital.  From there, the furry Kid and I headed north to the Medway Cemetery where we always stop for a short walk.  

 OUR SPOT AT MEDWAY CEMETERY

 THERE ARE ALWAYS PRETTY FLOWERS IN CEMETERYS

 ALTHOUGH SAD, I DO LIKE THE ARTWORK ON MANY STONES

 THIS STONE TODAY REMINDED ME OF JOHN BROWN, AN RVING BLOGGER FRIEND WHO PASSED AWAY A FEW MONTHS AGO

 A SLEEPY CREEK IN THE DARK SHADOWS OF A FOREST BESIDE THE CEMETERY

From the cemetery, our next destination was northwest to Ilderton where we grabbed a Tim Hortons coffee to go.  From there we continued west to a rather unique little hidden away place called Coldstream.  There is a small Conservation Area there so we did a walk around the parking lot because they have a big sign about dogs having to be leashed while on the trails so that wasn't for us and we soon left.  

 THE QUAKER'S MEETING HALL

 AND, THEIR CEMETERY

 MORE IRIS FLOWERS

We were about halfway back to London slowly poking our way along a few gravel roads when the phone rang.  It was Kelly and she was ready to go.  Speeding up, we scooped her at the hospital's front door about 10 minutes later and headed for home.  We were back in our driveway under cloudy skies by 1:30.

 AND HERE SHE COMES

Remember a few days ago when in my post I had a photo of the Park's new sitting bench by the pond.  It had a plaque on it which I figured was put there by the maker of the bench.  Now, some of you long-time blog readers may remember how in our RVing years, especially when we had our house in Arizona, Kelly would often paint and write things on small rocks.  She even painted talented graphics on her bicycle.  Flowers, bugs, and birds, as well as words and sayings, etc.  When she saw the picture of the bench plaque in my post she asked me who I thought made it and I said I didn't know.  Then, she said something curious to me. "I guess you didn't recognize my writing".

Al's Music Box:)) Since I Don't Have You is a song written and composed by Jackie Taylor, James Beaumont, Janet Vogel, Joseph Rock, Joe Verscharen, Lennie Martin, and Wally Lester. It was first a 1958 hit single for the doo-wop group the Skyliners. Country music singer Ronnie Milsap had a hit with the song in 1991. American hard rock band Guns N' Roses also had some success in 1994 with their version of the song.

AN EARLY MONDAY  EVENING SUN REFLECTING IN OUR PARK'S POND

GROANER'S CORNER:((  An Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman were trying to get in to see the Olympics without tickets. So they got to the stadium during one of the main events and discussed how they would be able to attend without paying.  The Englishman walked around the stadium and saw a pole lying on the ground and picked it up. He walked to the entrance and said, "Peter. England. Pole throwing." The guards let him in without hesitation.  While walking, the Scotsman sees a manhole. He picks up the cover, carries it under his arm to the entrance and says, "McGregor. Scotland. Discus throwing." The guards let him in also.  The Irishman is very frantic, since both his friends are now inside. He walks around the stadium and finds a roll of barbed wire. He picks it up, walks to the entrance and says, "Murphy. Ireland. Fencing."

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When I was married, my wife used to call me handsome. As a matter of fact, we are now divorced but she STILL calls me handsome.
Every time I have some money, she says, HANDSOME OVER.

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John, an avant-garde painter got married.

Someone asked the bride a few weeks after the wedding, "How's married life, Helen?"
"It's great," she answered. "John paints and I cook; then we try to guess what he painted and what I cooked."

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