April 1/ Snowy World....26º

We woke up to a snowy world yesterday...Seven inches of snow dumped overnight and it was still snowing, off and on...The snow was wet and heavy and our fruit trees and lilac bushes were groaning under its weight...Shortly after 7am, Herb and I were cacooned in winter clothing, shovels in hand...We have a set routine, he does front walk and the back steps, while I work on the deck...We could sit in our warm house and wait for it to stop snowing and the weather to warmup and melt everything, but that drives me crazy and we need the exercise...We took it slow and easy, but steady and by 8am we were back in the house fixing our breakfast of sausage, eggs, fresh fruit and toast.


After breakfast, I felt really sorry for the groaning trees and bushes, so with a 6 foot aluminum pole I got some more exercise by hitting the tree branches to shake the snow off and lighten the load...While I was doing this it snowed two to three more inches and again Herb shoveled walks and I redid the deck...The rest of the day we had intermittent snow showers and sun and this moring we woke up to no snow overnight, no shoveling needed so far...The week coming up, every day says snow showers...Time will tell.

On Monday, we did our tele-visit with Dr. Bell, neurologist in Bend OR...It was an informative visit, not really what we wanted to hear, but it seems better to know more than not...Hemosiderine is the name he put on the problem that causes bleeding in the brain and leads to confusion and other problems...This is a shortened version, of our almost hour long visit and we are still trying to wrap our minds around it all...When the Covid19 dies down, Dr Bell would really like to have another MRI and an in person visit with Herb...That could easily be four months away...So all we can do is go day by day and keep plugging along and keep busy...I balk at saying "let it snow." Hugs To All...OWAV:)

Between shoveling

All done!