The chairs, the chairs!! Patrick recovered all the dining room chairs.

OOOH, it was hard to get the color to come out correctly on the camera. Patrick changed the white balance.

I look forward to going down to Shalimar for Thanksgiving every year. Shirley cooks tons of food. We have a nice quiet dinner with Patrick, Glen, Tricia and the darling grandchildren.

I am thankfull that our children were able to enjoy my parents when they were young and healthy. My mother had a warning stroke when she was 54 yrs old. Her blood pressure was sky high. She was put on medication but did not like it, so she stopped taking it. When she was 56yr she has her first major stroke. Before the stroke she was a traveler, homemaker, volunteer and fairly active. After the stroke she was lucky to be able make a pot of coffee. In fact it was three months of in home care before she could make coffee.







The moral of this story is if you have high blood pressure, pay attention, take your medicine. Watch for signs of stroke. Take care of yourself.

I am happy to have now arrived at the age of 57 stroke free.

Today is Thanksgiving and we were supposed to spend a quiet Thanksgiving with the family in Shalimar. Unfortunately the parents are still not well so we stayed here. So what do I have to be thankful for today?? NO COOKING, it was great eating leftovers all day. So I had some time to take some more pictures!!!

Lizard on a lawn chair!!

AHHHHHGG!!!! Type is not lineing up with the pictures!! Preview looks fine but once posted, the text is not lined up. !!!!!!

Yesterday we cooked turkey with all the trimmings and had a small Thanksgiving Celebration here with my parents and Patrick's mother. Mom and Dad are not well and have been staying here since sunday.

YEAHHH. Patrick has done a great job on a custom

entertainment center made entirely of Mahogny. It is not finished but here is a preview:

The hardware was custom made in the USA.

Patrick has done a beautiful job on this furniture. Looking forward to using it.

I think this is a common box turtle. Not sure why he/she was sitting on the sidewalk. I just happen to have my camera that day. At least he is headed away from the street.

http://www.weeksbay.org/photo_gallery/reptiles/reptiles.htm For info on alabama turtles follow this link

This is the new Daphne City Hall. I usually walk here about once a week. They have lots of room for hanging local art. This building is quite a step up from the ugly old building.

Mobile Alabama, Navco Road. My parents live near here.

This shopping center was flooded during Katrina. To their credit the Grocery Store and General Dollar reopened and are still in business. The grocery store took out the Deli and put in a Liquor store. There is also a bar, pizza shop, chinese food and this urban limited place.

A bar on the corner, opposite the shopping center. This building was once a gas station

This house was once a nice home. It sat vacant for over 20 yrs. Around 2005 someone bought it and renovated, then it caught fire. Now people go in and set more fires.

This is the water near the bars and behind the gas station. There was a dead body pulled out of here.

Another Bar. In the 60's it was a Dairy Queen

Call me crazy, I wanted to document this place before it gets worse.

Like the turtle I am stuck in the middle of the sidewalk. Which way do I go??

I was out on a walk when I saw this turtle minding his own business. He/She and I both need a nudge to get where we are going.

We had a blast raising 5 beautiful children and living all over the country. Northern California is still my favorite spot.

Right now husband and I are living in Daphne Alabama. We live on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay. Here are some pics from my favorite walking path.

This blogging thing is NOT as easy as it looks.