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Today is Astrida's birthday so we are enjoying a peaceful day in the garden with the sun beaming down on us. All is springlike now, however snow is forecast soon!
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Started my chemotherapy cycle 5 (of 10) today. The (guarded) good news is that my onconogists reading of my recent PSA, bone and CT scan data indicates that the cancer is responding positively to the treatments.
Ornaments::
Pepsid;
Hydrocortazone;
Curstisin;
Taxatere (Docataxel);
Zofran;
Saline solution for flushing.
The infusions took 4 1/2 hours. You will notice the tube protruding from my shirt. It leads tot my implanted port through wich the various fluids are infused.
Mostly, I stay very postive thourgh the experience, aided by the many who share their concern, compassion, support and prayers.
I hope they all know how much I appreciate and love them.
Homemade card made from card stock & sweet embellishments. Card measures 5 1/2 x 4!! Inside has been left blank for your own personal meassage. Comes with matching envelope.
This small tree is native to parts of eastern Europe and northern Iran. It has been cultivated in England since Medieval times. Attractive white flowers precede the development of fruits which resemble small browniish apples.
The fruits were commonly eaten but not so now as they need to be kept for a lengthy period until they soften and turn to a pulp inside.
Found growing in a Gloucestershire garden, presumably as an ornamental.
Our second night in the country (as Mongolian people call all it's outside Ulaan Baator). We camped in this "nowhere" close to this tree.
Photographed using the Kodak Tele-Ektra 300, and Lomography's "Tiger" 110 format film.
Taken in Olinda, Victoria, Australia.
Sapotaceae (sapota family) » Manilkara zapota
man-il-KAR-uh -- Latinized form of the S. American vernacular name for Malabar
zuh-POH-tuh -- from the S. American vernacular name sapota
commonly known as: beef apple, chicle, chico sapote, chicozapote, chiku, naseberry, noseberry, sapodilla, sapodilla plum • Bengali: সপেটা sapeta • Hindi: चिकू chikoo, sapota • Konkani: चिक्कू chikku • Marathi: चिकू chiku, चिक्कू chikku • Tamil: cappotta, சீமையிலுப்பை cimaiyiluppai • Telugu: sapota, సీమ ఇప్పచెట్టు sima ippacettu
Native of: tropical America
References: Top Tropicals • Dave's Garden • EcoPort • M.M.N.P.D.
Tussock moth defoliation near the Silvies Valley. Malheur National Forest, Oregon.
More about the defoliation from Mike McWilliams:
"Sometimes [the defoliation] is just in the tops, but more usually whole trees, grand fir and Douglas-fir and crossing over on to ponderosa pine! Messy feeding, more yellow than red. Whole hillsides are defoliated, and the spatial accuracy of the polys seemed good, although we also saw severe defoliation further west that it was mapped (T18S, R31E, sec 30)."
Photo by: Mike McWilliams
Date: August 29, 2018
Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Blue Mountains Forest Insect and Disease Service Center.
Source: Mike McWilliams collection.
Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth