More Snow Pics & Thank You

This picture made me think of Madsnapper Sandra, and  how you, my friend, can make everyday items into art with your camera. 

You may wonder what this old chair without a seat is doing out here in the middle of nowhere. I do too.

Fences, and a California gate for texwisgirl. This is where our walk started.......

we walked down to the main road, turned around.......

 and walked back to the house and then.......

up to the barn, which is behind the house a ways....... 

where the snow was deep and made Samson smile.

As you can see, it was a pretty good walk and I wanted to document it because Soldier looked so bad in the night, pooped in his sleep, and could barely get up. I worried he might die. But once he got outside, he walked all that way ( not much longer than a mile, but still, in deep snow) and he didn't want it to end. I wasn't feeling so hot myself after not eating properly for the procedure, but he inspires me. We are a good team of old dog, old woman, getting up and out with smiles on our faces. 

I thought of Dee Ready when I took this picture. I remember you liked the look of the juniper trees, so I thought you might enjoy seeing one covered in snow.

Finally, thank you so much for visiting and leaving happy comments about my good results yesterday. When I opened my blog this morning, it was like greeting some very good friends for breakfast to celebrate my good news. So I leave you with this, which is a picture of my special branch. I will come back to it when buds appear in spring. I appreciate your friendship so much. 

Snow Day & Good News

While the rest of the country was deep in snow, California was not doing so well I heard on TV last week. Several inches below normal after a couple of dry years. So the snow that came in the night was badly needed. I think we got 6 - 8 inches here at 4,100 feet and a lot more fell in the Sierras. 

If this had happened yesterday, I would have had to postpone my colonoscopy procedure, which after all that horrible prep work would have been really, really bad. 

Fortunately, I was able to go and even better, the doctor came afterward and said, "no polyps, no cancer, no infection." He said something about a spasm that could cause my pain. I see him in a couple of  weeks so I will talk to him about it then. I'm much relieved and now I only have the procedure ordered by my new urologist left on March 22nd. It looks a bit complex and I will find out more about it now that this first one is over and done with. 

I overslept this morning and didn't wake up until eight to find my hubby on his way out the door with Samson. Snow seems to help him get out of bed early.

I ate a quick breakfast, took Soldier, and caught up with them.

Hubby slipped and fell. Samson is not overly concerned. 

Soldier struggled to get up this morning, but after we got outside he played in the snow, like a puppy, and walked with us through deep snow down to the mailboxes, back home, and then up to the barn. 

He was so happy, he didn't want his walk to end.

And neither did the rest of us. Samson truly belongs in the snow. He was having so much fun. He's feeling better too. I bought grain free turkey and sweet potatoes at Costco. Their brand. Samson loves it and it works well for him. 

He's also lost all the weight he put on while on steroids. He is not happy about it; I can tell he is hungry, but, with all his health issues, he just has to stay thin. 

Hopefully, no more posts about health concerns for at least a few weeks. But I will definitely post a lot more snow pictures.  I think I have a few good ones left to share.