flower lights and meadowlarks

[gurdonark]

Prior to my 7:30 a.m. test Wednesday at Baylor, I was given a contrast drink that promised it was a berry smoothie but has a more milk/yogurt/mildly sweet flavor.
I like the CT Scan apparatus. Not only did I get to have my first IV injection, I also found myself intrigued by the doughnut-like machinery, the robotic voice saying "breathe in" and "breathe" and the "do not stare at the laser" sign. When the contrast agent was piped in intravneously, I felt a rush a bit like having my face too close to the heater.

Wednesday evening I stood outside a Boston Market in Garland, waiting for my wife to pick me up to take me to Arkansas. I got a cell phone call from my specialist, advising me that the test results were already back. My CT test had been administered to explain this and that in my personal health outlook. The test was to determine, in part, if I had condition aa or bb or even cc. The test appears to have excluded bb, the option that would have led to an exciting new medication for me.The next step will be to see if I have aa or cc. I was pleased to get the test back the same day I took it. So far the resulting news is what I had expected, and causes no qualms. I am happy that my doctor got in touch with me so soon, especially given the holiday weekend. I have learned a lot of new vocabulary words.

We drove home to Arkansas for Thanksgiving. My father's wife made a wonderful turkey dinner, topped off with gingerbread men.



We had a great visit with my father, his wife, my brother, his wife and son, my sister's two children, and my father's wife's two grown children. Thursday afternoon my nephew defeated me at three games of chess.Thursday evening my brother, his son, my father's wife and I played Monopoly, which was fun.

Friday afternoon my wife and I went to the holiday display at Garvan Woodland Gardens near Hot Springs. We listened to most of what proved to be Arkansas' loss to LSU in a football game as we drove down scenic and rural highway 9.

About an hour before dark, we arrived at the garden, and we stayed until 6.30 p.m. The holiday display was lovely:























We drove back home last Friday night.

On Saturday, I visited the Hagerman National Wildlife Reserve, at which I saw lots of meadowlarks, snow geese and raptors. I wish that my kestrel and harrier pictures had turned out better (they are omitted here0 but I still was pleased with what I could see.













I drove back to Allen on country roads, past cows:



I stopped to see the poinsettias at Crump's garden nursery in McKinney:



Visiting the tables of poinsettias just after Thanksgiving is one of my holiday traditions. I bought a red kolanche for 7 dollars and 93 cents.

This has been a great Thanksgiving holiday.

Comments

[melegyrn.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you received acceptable results from your test.
I always enjoy your photos but this time-I like them all especially Lake Hamilton, lights and leaves, and the autumn bridge.

Thank you!

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

The bridge images were so great because the lights and the leaves blended in so well together. Capturing the images was a bit of fun point and shoot!

[bardcat.livejournal.com]

hope all will be ok with your health

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I am very hopeful.

[elainegrey.livejournal.com]

The dowitcher (?) and oil well make for an interesting pair!

I'd love to get poinsettias, but they are not good feline company. Instead we picked up a glossy red anthurium and an blazing red cyclamen to add floral color for our holiday.

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

The wetlands reserve and the oil pumps somehow work together, as improbable as that may seem.

Our dogs ignore plants, but I usually get a kolanche.
Our pride and joy, though, is a holiday cactus that
reliably blooms just after xmas each year.

[tuscendi.livejournal.com]

What a lovely Thanksgiving weekend. Loved the photos, particularly the meadowlark and the slider.

It was eerie to see an oil pump in the middle of a nature preserve but then again I've never seen oil extraction except in movies.

I have oil pumps and refineries on my Farm Town (virtual) farms so I don't have to depend on gifts of fuel from others. I'm such a hypocrite in my heart the way Jimmy Carter had lust in his heart.

I "pray" for your good health.

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

The oil wells work surprisingly well there,which seems wrong but makes sense at the site.

Thanks for the well wishes on my health!