Spring showers

 This was the view from the driveway this morning when I picked up the newspaper. Our good neighbor's Grey and Rhiannon's horse farm after an overnight 1/2 inch shower. Gorgeous!

  Turning to my left, this view of our south pasture. I mowed yesterday. It sure hurts to mow off such beautiful pasture, but I know selling the herd was the right thing to do at this time.

  As I am still pretty limited as to what I can do (lack of strength and stamina, and occasional low blood pressure), Rita has been a trooper at the yard work. This area is rocky with thin soil, so she planted in these pots under the paper birch tree.

  This garden row is Walla Walla sweet onions and at the far end, Yukon Gold potatoes are up.

  This row was planted yesterday to 4 varieties of sweet corn with varying maturity dates....Quickie, Cloud 9, Kandy Korn and Peaches and Cream. Our intention is to make several plantings like this so we have sweet corn maturing all summer.

  I planted fewer tomatoes this year, so splurged and bought some big plants at Martin's Mennonite nursery.

  Blueberries in the foreground are blooming vigorously; the blackberries behind them are late this year and just starting to bud.

Medical Update

  Wednesday's chemo concluded the first 2 month regimen. Next week is an off week and then we start again. I am generally doing well. Have battled diarrhea the past 2 weeks which keeps me from maintaining my weight and strength. Have had 2 episodes of low blood pressure that needed to be treated with IV fluids. We are waiting on the lab results to see if I need an injection or an antibiotic. 

  I have lost so much hair that I finally got the "chemo buzz cut" and 2 more hats! I will look much better when I can gain about 20 pounds, too. (I've never said that before in my life! Always the other way around!)

  But we continue to praise God for the positive results of the chemo treatments!