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  • aussie-cat
    aussie-cat Member Posts: 5,502

    Lovely photos, ladies.

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,928

    Sailing is fun. My former BIL had a racing boat we would take out on Lake Washington. One summer he managed to becalm everyone for long periods of time. No motor, 1 paddle. After that we were leery.

  • bandwoman1234
    bandwoman1234 Member Posts: 5,895

    Hi all,

    Just wanted to share an update. I finally got word that my biopsy was benign. It was scar tissue. I am back to mammograms every six months after just graduating to annual last year. So relieved!! It was a long 16 day stretch to find out but I can finally have my 5yr celebration. My 93 yr old mom had a mini stroke on Monday night but she seems to be okay now. If we had not had her in a facility we would not have known. Now I hope to visit with her for three weeks in May. Thanks for your support.

    Nancy

  • hikinglady
    hikinglady Member Posts: 625

    bandwoman1234 /Nancy - thanks so much for posting this update---YAY, what a relief!!! What anxiety you must have lived with during that waiting time. You definitely need a good 5-year celebration; enjoy, and Congratulations! I hope your mom continues to do okay; how nice that you'll have a visit with her next month.

    My Loropetalum Chinese Rubrum "Fringe Flower" is blooming. We have clouds and rain this week in Portland, so this plant is quite cheering as it says a spring hello!

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  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,928

    Band Woman, Doing the happy dance with you! Wonderful news.

  • aussie-cat
    aussie-cat Member Posts: 5,502

    Nancy, I'm so glad your biopsy is benign!!! Congratulations on your 5 years. I'm sorry your Mom had a mini stroke but it's lovely that you can visit her next month. Sending hugs.

  • bandwoman1234
    bandwoman1234 Member Posts: 5,895

    Thanks Hiking, Wren and Cathy.

    Thanks Hiking for sharing that pretty Fringe Flower. That is a very bright a cheery happy to spring bloom.

    I don't think the news has really sunk in yet. I've had more tears and I am not usually a crier. I will do the happy dance eventually!!!!

    Nancy

  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184

    Yippee, Nancy!!

  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184

    imageRose's are starting to bloom

  • bandwoman1234
    bandwoman1234 Member Posts: 5,895

    Thanks Lisa.

    Wow, that rose is a beauty. I love the color!

  • hikinglady
    hikinglady Member Posts: 625

    SoCalLisa GORGEOUS! Portland has lovely roses, but not until mid June. Right now, we have rain and cherry blossoms and rain and leaf buds and rain and magnolias. And rain.

  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184

    hiking..we will be traveling up that way this summer to visit our son in Enumclaw, Washington . I hope the sun will be shining then.



  • aussie-cat
    aussie-cat Member Posts: 5,502

    Lisa, beautiful rose! I love the way the colours vary.

  • hikinglady
    hikinglady Member Posts: 625

    SoCalLisa Oh yes, summer in the Pacific Northwest is terrific. April showers bring May flowers, and all that. Oregon and Washington have beautiful summers. Portland's International Test Rose Garden is a super gorgeous park. Its best glory is the month of June, but it's lovely all summer. It's on a hill, adjacent to our wonderful Forest Park, and is worth a visit if you like roses!

  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184

    Hiking, I really do love roses!

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  • aussie-cat
    aussie-cat Member Posts: 5,502

    Lisa, what a beautiful rose!! I love it!!!

  • hikinglady
    hikinglady Member Posts: 625

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    This was my morning sunrise view, from our lanai, where DH and I are on the north side of Kauai for 8 days. This is is my big trip to celebrate finishing treatment, being healed, and feeling strong. It’s expected to rain most of the time! Oh well, we will still enjoy ourselves. We have blue sky right now, and will try to do a bit of an ocean dip soon!

  • bandwoman1234
    bandwoman1234 Member Posts: 5,895

    Another beautiful rose Lisa.



  • bandwoman1234
    bandwoman1234 Member Posts: 5,895

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    To Hiking for finishing treatments. Have a great time in Hawaii and enjoy the ocean and the rain!!!!


  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184

    congrats hiking. Have a wonderful time in Hawaii ❤🏄🏝🏝🏖🏖🍹🍹🥂🍾

  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184

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  • aussie-cat
    aussie-cat Member Posts: 5,502

    Lisa, that's a good bird photo. Do you know what kind it is?

  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184

    I think a king Fisher

  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184

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    just now

  • bandwoman1234
    bandwoman1234 Member Posts: 5,895

    That bird is a kingfisher imitating the King. (Elvis that is) LOL Lisa that is one bird I have only seen but not photographed. Good catch.

    Love the butterfly pic. Such vibrant colors! Nice job Lisa.


  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184

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  • bandwoman1234
    bandwoman1234 Member Posts: 5,895

    Lisa, that one is a beauty!!!!

  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184

    Thanks Nancy, I was just looking out the kitchen window and there he was..

  • aussie-cat
    aussie-cat Member Posts: 5,502

    Lisa, those butterfly photos are lovely and clear!! The flowers are pretty too.

  • bandwoman1234
    bandwoman1234 Member Posts: 5,895

    I saw a Painted Lady Butterfly today but I don't think it will survive the snow we are to get tomorrow. Here a some sure signs of spring in Illinois.

    The Canada geese have been on their nests. This one perhaps on guard.

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