KELLY IS NOW AT HURON HOSPICE WEST OF CLINTON ONTARIO

 HURON HOSPICE FRONT DOOR...JUST COME ON IN AND MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME

My Saturday post didn't show so I am wondering if I forgot to post it.  I'll repost it now and my apologies if this i the second time.  My mind is a little more scattered than usual these past few days......More snow overnight and most of today up utill about 3 p.m.  I headed for Huron Hospice shortly before 10 this morning.  It was snowing but not as heavy as it would be later.  Sabra was already there having assisted with Kelly's 8 a.m. transfer from the Goderich Hospital to Huron Hospice a few miles west of Clinton Ontario on Highway 8.  What a beautiful place this is and as soon as you enter inside through old old wooden door you are immediately surrounded by a feeling of well being and comfort.  Luckily, I had met Sabra coming in and she led me to Kelly's room.  I of course took a lot of photos and I'll let those photos speak for themselves.  I will include some in this post and spread the others out over tomorrow and the next day,  It was apparent as soon as I saw Kelly that she had been heavily sedated for the transfer.  If she knew that she would be that much 'out of it' she would have been right ticked off about that.  In fact, both Sabra and I felt she had been over-sedated because she was barely conscious.  She would kind of float into awareness for a few seconds and then be gone again.  I stayed for about an hour and a half and at no time did Kelly show any real recognition that she knew we were there.  Knowing Sabra would be heading back to Cambridge at some point I told her I'd be back in an hour and a half or so.  While we were there the weather outside had begun to deteriorate.  It was touch and go in a few places so as soon as I got home I called Sabra and suggested she head for her home in Cambridge before the storm got any worse.  She did.  I fixed myself a coffee and a hot dog, had a rest, and shortly before 2 I headed back to Huron Hospice...in a snow storm.  Again, it was a nail biter but it could have been worse had there been any kind of wind.  Luckily, it was just snowing heavily with poor visibility.  Back to her room I found her slightly awake and she recognized me with a smile.  She tried talking but then slipped away again into a deep sleep.  I had taken my Kindle with me, and with a nice recliner beside Kelly's bed, I was able to make myself comfortable and read for an hour with nice soft ambient music in the background just like at home here.  It was close to 3:30 when I decided to head back home before the daylight began to fade.  Anticipating a tough drive home, imagine my surprise to see it had finally quit snowing.  Aside from a few small bouncy snow drifts along the way, I made it home okay.  I am so tired tonight that my face is dragging on the floor.  I am so thankful to have Pheebs here with me.  I couldn't ask for a better companion.  I will be back at Huron Hospice in the morning and I'm hoping Kelly will be out of her deep fog by then...............

 HEADING OUT THIS MORNING THE ROADS WERE CLEAR AND VISIBILTY GOOD

 PARKED BESIDE SABRA'S CAR

AS SOON AS YOU STEP THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR YOU FEEL WELCOME

 SABRA TRIES OUT THE RECLINER BESIDE HER MOTHER'S BED

 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL ROOM

 THROUGH THE WINDOW AT THE RIGHT AND THE PATIO DOOR AT THE LEFT IS A LOVELY COUNTRY VIEW WITH BIRDS AND SQUIRRELS AT HANGING BIRD FEEDERS

 SOOTHING AMBIENT MUSIC EMANATES FROM THE TV JUST LIKE AT HOME HERE

 THIS COUCH PULLS OUT INTO A BED IF ANYONE WISHES TO STAY THE NIGHT

 TIME TO HEAD HOME BUT FIRST I HAVE TO GET THE WINDSHIELD CLEARED

 A HOSPICE EMPLOYEE SHOVELS A WALKWAY

 LEAVING HOSPICE IT WAS HARD TO SEE WHERE THE LONG CURVY  DRIVEWAY WAS

TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE BIRDS I HAVE SIMPLY BEEN TOSSING BIRDSEED OUT ONTO THE FRONT PORCH

IN THE CARPORT ABOUT TO HEAD BACK TO HOSPICE

 IT WAS A NAIL BITER OF A DRIVE ALL THE WAY

Al's Music Box:))I Wish I Didn't Love You So  by k.d. lang is a song by Frank Loesser (music and lyrics) released in 1947.  Loesser wrote the song for the Paramount film The Perils of Pauline. The record was released at Capitol Records. I Wish I Didn't Love You So received an Oscar nomination in the Best Song category in 1948. 

A LADY IN THE HOSPICE KITCHEN ROLLING DOUGH I THINK

GROANER'S CORNER:(( I returned my lizard to the pet store as he wouldn’t stop telling dad jokes.  That’s not a lizard, the store clerk told me.  That’s a stand-up chameleon.

- What do lizards like to eat with their hamburgers?  French flies.

- Why did the lizard go on a diet?
Because it was overweight according to its scales.

- What do lizards put on their kitchen floors?  Rep-tiles

- What is a reptile’s favorite movie?
The Lizard of Oz

- What’s a lizard’s favorite sport?
Cricket.

- What did the Chameleon mother say to her nervous kid on the first day of school?
“Don’t worry, you’ll blend right in!”

- What is a gecko who knows magic called?
 A Lizard Wizard.

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BOY : I would go to the end of the world for you!
GIRL : Yes, but would you stay there?

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It was the middle of the night. Suddenly there was a loud rapping on the doctor's door, followed by a groan.  The doctor angrily thrust his head out of the window. "WELL?" he shouted.  "No," moaned the man. "Sick."

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