KELLY WAS RUSHED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL LAST NIGHT

RAINDROPS ON A BASSWOOD LEAF IN OUR DRIVEWAY

It was about 9:45 Monday night and I was in the sunroom reading when I thought I heard Kelly's faint voice somewhere.  I instantly knew something was wrong.  She was in the bathroom and when I opened the door I was shocked at the amount of blood on the floor with Kelly looking very pale and week.  I had never seen that much blood in one place before and she was still throwing up.  She hadn't felt well all day and while watching TV she suddenly became very nauseated and made a dash for the bathroom.  I'll spare you the photo of all the blood on the floor.  I called an ambulance and they were here about 15 minutes later.  They also took a picture of the blood and then weren't long getting her into the ambulance and were soon on their way to the Goderich hospital with their lights going........... I called the Goderich hospital first thing this morning and she had already been transferred to London's University Hospital around 2 a.m.  I called London and they said Kelly would call me back, and she did.  Under the circumstances, she was in reasonably good spirits despite undergoing a blood transfusion in Goderich and being all hooked up to intravenous things again now in London's emergency ward.  Said she was awaiting an Endoscopy and feeling sick.  I  again talked to her an hour later and I could tell she was discouraged. 

 I FOUND SOME MORE COLOR IN OUR PARK THIS MORNING

 THE PARK'S ROAD LEADING UP INTO THE HARDWOOD FOREST

Under sunny blue skies, Pheebs and I did get out for a short morning car ride  Too cold for windows down though.  Figured I had maybe better stay close to our house phone today, so that is what I did. 

 IT WAS GREAT TO SEE BIG BLUE SKIES TODAY

 CANADA GEESE

 A GROUP OF MALLARD DUCKS

 KIND OF REMINDS ME OF PUBLIC SCHOOL WHEN WE WOULD BOB FOR APPLES IN A BIG GALVANIZED TUB

 CANADA GEESE TAKING OFF

With the weatherman now predicting well below freezing temperatures for Wednesday morning I figured I had better get our outside water turned off and garden hoses drained.  So, I did that.  Squiggling myself into a pretzel I dropped down through the trap door in our front deck and scrunched and wedged myself partway under our unit just far enough to reach the water taps to be closed.  I'm already looking forward to again doing this scrunchy pretzel move next April sometime when I'll turn the outside water back on.  That will be a big happy 'Yaaay Team' day:))

THE TRAPDOOR IN OUR FRONT DECK

 THERE IS A RED VALVE TOP CENTER THAT I TURN TO SHUT OUR OUTSIDE WATER OFF

 ONE OF TWO DRAIN TAPS I OPEN TO DRAIN WATER OUT OF THE LINES

 NOT MUCH ROOM UNDER HERE

 NOW, IF I CAN JUST GET MYSELF BACK OUT OF HERE WITHOUT HAVING TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S RESCUE TEAM

Kelly called shortly after noon and sounded better.  She was still awaiting her endoscopy.  We sent a couple emails back and forth.  She called again at 2 still waiting.........  When I didn't hear from her later I figured she was undergoing the Endoscopy.  Nope!!  She called at 5:30 this afternoon saying she was about to be moved from the Emergency ward to the GI unit on the eighth floor.  After being told this morning she would have the Endoscopy today she figures they must have forgotten.  In the meatime, she will probably continue to bleed!!  Looks like the Endoscopy will be tomorrow now.  She's been on the eighth floor twice before and both times she was stuck in a room with 3 other people.  The first time it was with 3 other annoying men.  Kelly called again at 6:30 tonight saying she was now on the eighth floor in a room with one woman, one man, and an empty bed.  She's worried they might bring in a 600-pound Sumo Wrestler with an impacted wisdom tooth, an attitude, and refusing pain meds:((((  We'll see what tomorrow brings..................   

 SOME EARLY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS GOING UP IN THE PARK

 DESPITE A FEW COLD SNAPS THAT FERN IS STILL DOING WELL

 YES, WE DO HAVE DEER WANDER INTO THE PARK ON OCCASION

 THE PORCH AND DECK HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE NEW HOUSE IN THE PARK

Al's Music Box:)) Silly Love Songs is a song by the British–American rock band Wings that was written by Paul and Linda McCartney. The song first appeared in March 1976 on the album Wings at the Speed of Sound, then it was released as a single on 1 April in the US, and 30 April in the UK. The song, which features disco overtones, was seen as being written in response to music critics accusing McCartney of predominantly writing "silly love songs" and "sentimental slush".  However, McCartney has since clarified that the song was actually directed to John Lennon who accused him of writing such songs.  The song was McCartney's 27th American number one as a songwriter; the all-time record for the most number one hits achieved there by a songwriter.  With this song, McCartney became the first person to have a year-end No. 1 song as a member of two distinct acts. McCartney previously hit No. 1 in the year-end /Billboard chart as a member of the Beatles with "I Wand to Hold Your Hand." in 1964 and "Hey Jude" in 1968.  Despite its popularity, McCartney has not performed the song live since the dissolution of Wings.  "Silly Love Songs" was written as a rebuttal to music critics (and his former Beatles bandmate, John Lennon) who had criticized McCartney for writing lightweight love songs.  Author Tim Riley suggests that in the song, McCartney is inviting "his audience to have a laugh on him," as Elvis Presley had sometimes done.  But over the years people have said, "Aw, he sings love songs, he writes love songs, he's so soppy at times." I thought, Well, I know what they mean, but, people have been doing love songs forever. I like 'em, other people like 'em, and there's a lot of people I love -- I'm lucky enough to have that in my life. So the idea was that "you" may call them silly, but what's wrong with that?  The song was, in a way, to answer people who just accuse me of being soppy. The nice payoff now is that a lot of the people I meet who are at the age where they've just got a couple of kids and have grown up a bit, settling down, they'll say to me, "I thought you were really soppy for years, but I get it now! I see what you were doing!"  By the way, "Silly Love Songs" also had a good bass line and worked well live — Paul McCartney, Billboard .  The song includes a build-up of multiple vocal parts sung in counterpoint, similar to the Beach Boys,  "God Only Knows", a song that McCartney cited as his favorite of all time.  McCartney allowed the horn section to create their own parts for the song.

GROANER'S CORNER:((  Being a “little older,” I am very fortunate to have someone call and check on me every day. He is from India, and he is very concerned about someone scamming me and hacking into my Computer/Banking details. He is always helpful and asks for my Password to fix my problem.

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- Don't worry about “getting old.” Worry about “thinking old.”

- After that “Covid thing” a few years ago, my “going out” clothes have missed me so much. I put them on and they hugged me so tightly, I could barely breathe.
- A Genie granted me one wish, so I said, “I just want to be happy.” So now I'm living in a little cottage with 6 dwarfes and working in a mine. 

- Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

 - Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

 - Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

- Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

 - Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

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Al's Doggy World:))

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