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Female Williamson's Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus thyroides nataliae, 9 in. / 22.86 cm. UNCOMMON. RARE locally. Nests mainly in montane Pondarosa Pine forests, or in adjacent aspens. Wanders to lower elevations and other forest habitat in winter.
Kennedy Park, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA.
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Sorry everyone, getting behind with Flickr again! Here's a photo of Tim enjoying our boat trip along the River Avon in Stratford-upon-Avon. As you can see, we had the perfect day for it and Tim was enjoying it.
We've been having a bit of drama with Tim this week, with him feeling poorly and weak most of the time since we got back from our holiday. The symptoms are quite similar to Long Covid, with him feeling very tired, falling asleep in front of the television, sick a few times and having trouble walking. So we managed to get the ball rolling (not easy with GP surgeries in the UK these days) and a lovely young doctor saw him Tuesday and questioned him thoroughly. Next day he had to arrange blood tests etc (won't mention the other, in case you're eating!) and we had a quiet day.
We usually go to bed soon after 10 and read for a bit, but tend to be asleep by 11, so it was a shock when Tim's mobile phone rang around midnight. He answered to hear a foreign voice - this usually means a scam call so he hung up straight away. The phone went again, so he allowed the caller to speak. She quickly revealed she was a doctor from the out-of-hours clinic and wanted him to come to A&E as soon as possible cos of his blood test results! Tim was tired and asked if it could wait till morning, we had to sort the dog out, etc etc. She said that would be okay, just come along when ready. But about an hour of worrying and not being able to sleep we had to give in and wake JJ so he would know what was happening.
JJ rang Matt and Sophie and they kindly offered to drive us up to A&E, about 5 miles, and drop us off there. JJ stayed home with Harbie and M&S left us at the hospital around 2:30am and we were there together for over 12 hours! In the meantime, Tim met the triage nurse, had a couple of ECGs, bloods tests and a chest x-ray and their thoughts are he's very high in calcium - he has had half his thyroid removed in the past due to cancer, so I think they believe that might be responsible. He was put on a drip to flush the calcium through and I left him around 3pm while they waited for a ward for him (they are so busy in A&E and he shouldn't really have been 'dumped' there so long but there's a bit of a wait for a proper bed!).
JJ and I went back to see him last night in his ward and he was in good spirits considering. I thought he seemed to look a bit better as he was in the middle of his 3rd drip. Visiting hours are from 2 till 8, so that's probably when I will go up. Not sure if he'll be coming home today as they need to establish the cause for all the calcium and sort out medication (he's not on anything at the moment) and they will do a CT scan. So that's about it! I hope it all makes some kind of sense as I've written this quite quickly. Will catch up with you in odd moments between catching up with housework etc! Will pass on your kind wishes to Tim when I see him too! xx
I'm really running out shots to post! I better get myself out tomorrow and or Sunday to shoot some new stuff!
An update on my cat Monster - They think he has a thyroid problem which is causing issues with his heart rythms. There are more technical terms for everything, but that's it in a nutshell. Tomorrow I take him for more bloodwork, then they are going to do a T3 suppression test on Tuesday. Hopefully this will be the issue and it can be resolved with thyroid medication.
ZLATIBOR is a mountain of exquisite beauty. It has pleasant and mild climate, large clearings, exuberant pastures intersected with mountains with mountain streams and pine trees - which this mountain is named for.
The average hight is about 1000m above sea level.
Mountain and sea gulfs encounter here which speed up the curing and the recovering from large number of lung and heart illnesses, especially from illnesses of thyroid gland and anemia.
The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km2 (212,000 sq mi) and a population of about 55 million people.
The ancient Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula was “the Peninsula of Haemus” (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου, Chersónisos tou Aímou).
The Balkans are adjoined by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the east and branches of the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west (including the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Marmara seas).
The identity of the Balkans is dominated by its geographical position; historically the area was known as a crossroads of various cultures. It has been a juncture between the Latin and Greek bodies of the Roman Empire, the destination of a massive influx of pagan Slavs, an area where Orthodox and Catholic Christianity met, as well as the meeting point between Islam and Christianity.
The Balkans today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic, Romance, and Turkic languages, as well as Greek, Albanian, and others. Through its history many other ethnic groups with their own languages lived in the area, among them Thracians, Illyrians, Romans, Uzes, Pechenegs, Cumans, Avars, Celts, Germans, and various Germanic tribes.
The Balkan region was the first area of Europe to experience the arrival of farming cultures in the Neolithic era. The practices of growing grain and raising livestock arrived in the Balkans from the Fertile Crescent by way of Anatolia, and spread west and north into Pannonia and Central Europe.
In pre-classical and classical antiquity, this region was home to Greek city-states, Illyrians, Paeonians, Thracians, Epirotes, Mollosians, Thessalians, Dacians and other ancient groups. Later the Roman Empire conquered most of the region and spread Roman culture and the Latin language but significant parts still remained under classical Greek influence. During the Middle Ages, the Balkans became the stage for a series of wars between the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires.
Sorry,I've been returning comments slowly the past few days . Thyroid medication,and blood sugar problems are making me shaky,and very tired,so it's really hard to be online .All I want to do is sleep,and I find it hard to even do that. I will catch up with all of you as soon as I'm able .
Hope you all have a great weekend,and coming week. I look forward to getting back to visit each one of you to see what you've posted.
Thank you all for your comments. God bless you...Joan
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ZLATIBOR is a mountain of exquisite beauty. It has pleasant and mild climate, large clearings, exuberant pastures intersected with mountains with mountain streams and pine trees - which this mountain is named for.
The average hight is about 1000m above sea level.
Mountain and sea gulfs encounter here which speed up the curing and the recovering from large number of lung and heart illnesses, especially from illnesses of thyroid gland and anemia.
The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km2 (212,000 sq mi) and a population of about 55 million people.
The ancient Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula was “the Peninsula of Haemus” (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου, Chersónisos tou Aímou).
The Balkans are adjoined by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the east and branches of the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west (including the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Marmara seas).
The identity of the Balkans is dominated by its geographical position; historically the area was known as a crossroads of various cultures. It has been a juncture between the Latin and Greek bodies of the Roman Empire, the destination of a massive influx of pagan Slavs, an area where Orthodox and Catholic Christianity met, as well as the meeting point between Islam and Christianity.
The Balkans today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic, Romance, and Turkic languages, as well as Greek, Albanian, and others. Through its history many other ethnic groups with their own languages lived in the area, among them Thracians, Illyrians, Romans, Uzes, Pechenegs, Cumans, Avars, Celts, Germans, and various Germanic tribes.
The Balkan region was the first area of Europe to experience the arrival of farming cultures in the Neolithic era. The practices of growing grain and raising livestock arrived in the Balkans from the Fertile Crescent by way of Anatolia, and spread west and north into Pannonia and Central Europe.
In pre-classical and classical antiquity, this region was home to Greek city-states, Illyrians, Paeonians, Thracians, Epirotes, Mollosians, Thessalians, Dacians and other ancient groups. Later the Roman Empire conquered most of the region and spread Roman culture and the Latin language but significant parts still remained under classical Greek influence. During the Middle Ages, the Balkans became the stage for a series of wars between the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires.
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ZLATIBOR is a mountain of exquisite beauty. It has pleasant and mild climate, large clearings, exuberant pastures intersected with mountains with mountain streams and pine trees - which this mountain is named for.
The average hight is about 1000m above sea level.
Mountain and sea gulfs encounter here which speed up the curing and the recovering from large number of lung and heart illnesses, especially from illnesses of thyroid gland and anemia.
The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km2 (212,000 sq mi) and a population of about 55 million people.
The ancient Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula was “the Peninsula of Haemus” (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου, Chersónisos tou Aímou).
The Balkans are adjoined by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the east and branches of the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west (including the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Marmara seas).
The identity of the Balkans is dominated by its geographical position; historically the area was known as a crossroads of various cultures. It has been a juncture between the Latin and Greek bodies of the Roman Empire, the destination of a massive influx of pagan Slavs, an area where Orthodox and Catholic Christianity met, as well as the meeting point between Islam and Christianity.
The Balkans today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic, Romance, and Turkic languages, as well as Greek, Albanian, and others. Through its history many other ethnic groups with their own languages lived in the area, among them Thracians, Illyrians, Romans, Uzes, Pechenegs, Cumans, Avars, Celts, Germans, and various Germanic tribes.
The Balkan region was the first area of Europe to experience the arrival of farming cultures in the Neolithic era. The practices of growing grain and raising livestock arrived in the Balkans from the Fertile Crescent by way of Anatolia, and spread west and north into Pannonia and Central Europe.
In pre-classical and classical antiquity, this region was home to Greek city-states, Illyrians, Paeonians, Thracians, Epirotes, Mollosians, Thessalians, Dacians and other ancient groups. Later the Roman Empire conquered most of the region and spread Roman culture and the Latin language but significant parts still remained under classical Greek influence. During the Middle Ages, the Balkans became the stage for a series of wars between the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires.
ZLATIBOR is a mountain of exquisite beauty. It has pleasant and mild climate, large clearings, exuberant pastures intersected with mountains with mountain streams and pine trees - which this mountain is named for.
The average hight is about 1000m above sea level.
Mountain and sea gulfs encounter here which speed up the curing and the recovering from large number of lung and heart illnesses, especially from illnesses of thyroid gland and anemia.
The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km2 (212,000 sq mi) and a population of about 55 million people.
The ancient Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula was “the Peninsula of Haemus” (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου, Chersónisos tou Aímou).
The Balkans are adjoined by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the east and branches of the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west (including the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Marmara seas).
The identity of the Balkans is dominated by its geographical position; historically the area was known as a crossroads of various cultures. It has been a juncture between the Latin and Greek bodies of the Roman Empire, the destination of a massive influx of pagan Slavs, an area where Orthodox and Catholic Christianity met, as well as the meeting point between Islam and Christianity.
The Balkans today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic, Romance, and Turkic languages, as well as Greek, Albanian, and others. Through its history many other ethnic groups with their own languages lived in the area, among them Thracians, Illyrians, Romans, Uzes, Pechenegs, Cumans, Avars, Celts, Germans, and various Germanic tribes.
The Balkan region was the first area of Europe to experience the arrival of farming cultures in the Neolithic era. The practices of growing grain and raising livestock arrived in the Balkans from the Fertile Crescent by way of Anatolia, and spread west and north into Pannonia and Central Europe.
In pre-classical and classical antiquity, this region was home to Greek city-states, Illyrians, Paeonians, Thracians, Epirotes, Mollosians, Thessalians, Dacians and other ancient groups. Later the Roman Empire conquered most of the region and spread Roman culture and the Latin language but significant parts still remained under classical Greek influence. During the Middle Ages, the Balkans became the stage for a series of wars between the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires.
I've been reading up on the health benefits of eating seaweed. Seaweed was once a commonly eaten (free) food stuff in Ireland but then it fell out of favour. It is still routinely added to animal feeds. Seaweed contains many important trace minerals, vitamins, iodine & tyrosine, which supports thyroid function.
Three or 4 years ago I received a 40g pack of a dried purple seaweed called Dillisk, produced by this company wildirishseaweeds.com/ It was part of a hamper, along with Achill Island smoked sea salt & various packs of delicious smoked salmon. My parents very kindly treat us to packs of smoked salmon from The Burren Smokehouse in Co. Clare every Christmas (see photo in first comment box)
So, after all these years of looking at the packet of seaweed in the cupboard (and having no idea how to use it), I finally took the plunge. I added some to a stir fry & discovered it's actually really nice.
For Christmas I suggested my sister treat us to a "Seaweed Starter pack" from the seaweed company. It contains 7 different types & a recipe booklet. The seaweeds are harvested by hand along the Wild Atlantic Way. I shall perhaps photograph the other 6 packets on wet days 😂
Pistache est allée hier chez sa vétérinaire pour le rappel de vaccin et une prise de sang de contrôle. A part ses valeurs thyroïdiennes un peu hors limite malgré son traitement, le reste de sa prise de sang était parfaite. Néanmoins comme elle a encore maigri (elle ne pèse plus que 3 kg 500), on va essayer pendant un mois d'augmenter un peu son traitement pour voir si elle va reprendre du poids. Elle devra refaire une prise de sang dans un mois.
Pistache went to her vet yesterday for the vaccine booster and a check-up blood test. Apart from her thyroid values which were a little off limits despite her treatment, the rest of her blood test was perfect. However, as she has lost weight again (she weighs only 3.5 kg / 6.6 lbs), we will try for a month to increase her treatment a little to see if she will regain weight. She will have to have another blood test in a month.
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ZLATIBOR is a mountain of exquisite beauty. It has pleasant and mild climate, large clearings, exuberant pastures intersected with mountains with mountain streams and pine trees - which this mountain is named for.
The average hight is about 1000m above sea level.
Mountain and sea gulfs encounter here which speed up the curing and the recovering from large number of lung and heart illnesses, especially from illnesses of thyroid gland and anemia.
The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km2 (212,000 sq mi) and a population of about 55 million people.
The ancient Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula was “the Peninsula of Haemus” (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου, Chersónisos tou Aímou).
The Balkans are adjoined by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the east and branches of the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west (including the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Marmara seas).
The identity of the Balkans is dominated by its geographical position; historically the area was known as a crossroads of various cultures. It has been a juncture between the Latin and Greek bodies of the Roman Empire, the destination of a massive influx of pagan Slavs, an area where Orthodox and Catholic Christianity met, as well as the meeting point between Islam and Christianity.
The Balkans today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic, Romance, and Turkic languages, as well as Greek, Albanian, and others. Through its history many other ethnic groups with their own languages lived in the area, among them Thracians, Illyrians, Romans, Uzes, Pechenegs, Cumans, Avars, Celts, Germans, and various Germanic tribes.
The Balkan region was the first area of Europe to experience the arrival of farming cultures in the Neolithic era. The practices of growing grain and raising livestock arrived in the Balkans from the Fertile Crescent by way of Anatolia, and spread west and north into Pannonia and Central Europe.
In pre-classical and classical antiquity, this region was home to Greek city-states, Illyrians, Paeonians, Thracians, Epirotes, Mollosians, Thessalians, Dacians and other ancient groups. Later the Roman Empire conquered most of the region and spread Roman culture and the Latin language but significant parts still remained under classical Greek influence. During the Middle Ages, the Balkans became the stage for a series of wars between the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires.
Zac is very much back in the game thanks to twice-daily medication. It turns out that his thyroid gland has been under-active, possibly for years, which would partially explain his huge weight gain with his previous master. (60 kilos back in the day when I collected him from the rescue kennels!) Getting him down to 35-ish kilos and keeping him there demands consistent vigilance and accurate scales, but he's worth it!
When we put our cares in His hands He puts His peace in our hearts.
ANNOUNCEMENT: On Wednesday July 10th I will have surgery to have my Thyroid Gland removed!! I am not sure how long I will be off Flickr but it shouldn't be long!! ;)
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ZLATIBOR is a mountain of exquisite beauty. It has pleasant and mild climate, large clearings, exuberant pastures intersected with mountains with mountain streams and pine trees - which this mountain is named for.
The average hight is about 1000m above sea level.
Mountain and sea gulfs encounter here which speed up the curing and the recovering from large number of lung and heart illnesses, especially from illnesses of thyroid gland and anemia.
The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km2 (212,000 sq mi) and a population of about 55 million people.
The ancient Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula was “the Peninsula of Haemus” (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου, Chersónisos tou Aímou).
The Balkans are adjoined by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the east and branches of the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west (including the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Marmara seas).
The identity of the Balkans is dominated by its geographical position; historically the area was known as a crossroads of various cultures. It has been a juncture between the Latin and Greek bodies of the Roman Empire, the destination of a massive influx of pagan Slavs, an area where Orthodox and Catholic Christianity met, as well as the meeting point between Islam and Christianity.
The Balkans today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic, Romance, and Turkic languages, as well as Greek, Albanian, and others. Through its history many other ethnic groups with their own languages lived in the area, among them Thracians, Illyrians, Romans, Uzes, Pechenegs, Cumans, Avars, Celts, Germans, and various Germanic tribes.
The Balkan region was the first area of Europe to experience the arrival of farming cultures in the Neolithic era. The practices of growing grain and raising livestock arrived in the Balkans from the Fertile Crescent by way of Anatolia, and spread west and north into Pannonia and Central Europe.
In pre-classical and classical antiquity, this region was home to Greek city-states, Illyrians, Paeonians, Thracians, Epirotes, Mollosians, Thessalians, Dacians and other ancient groups. Later the Roman Empire conquered most of the region and spread Roman culture and the Latin language but significant parts still remained under classical Greek influence. During the Middle Ages, the Balkans became the stage for a series of wars between the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires.
Fizzy! Not quite so lean as she was when she had the overactive thyroid. She's more of a dignified if attention seeking older lady now.
Sandy wasn't our cat but belonged to neighbours across the road. However, I often looked after him when his owners were away and he spent many happy hours dozing in our kitchen or wandering down the road to see what everyone was up to. The local primary schoolchildren adored him and he would often place himself out on the pavement or in front of the school gate at school out time or first thing in the morning. Sometimes as many as six children might be around him patting his head and talking to him -and he loved it!
Sadly, Sandy had a thyroid problem and despite tablets he gradually lost interest in food (although he could choose from an extensive menu!)
Sandy died in his sleep at his home on Sunday night -a well-loved "community cat".
This is Sandy where he shouldn't have been, on our kitchen table -with some editing. He was about 16-17 years old but he had a colourful history which included a life in London, going stray for months and being returned to his original owners after being in an accident, moving to Eastbourne -and finally deciding to move in next door to his original owners when they got another cat and a dog.
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September and October have the most magnificent skies here on the Banks! The sun and the clouds, that Carolina Blue showing off the ocean colors ... just amazing!
i have had such a busy month...with all the weather happening and having my mom here to keep her out of harms way in Florida. I should be taking her home next week and accessing the situation there. I have also had the stress of Bubba the Beach Cat being under the weather...diagnosed with hyperthyroid and then having a reaction to the meds and having to change to a no iodine diet...and still he may have to have a treatment that is going to cost me a bundle. Hoping and praying the diet will work to keep the thyroid from making too much thyroid hormone. Given the fact that he is not your average cat, i am a bit afraid the food may not work...he is one of only 2-3% of cats that the medicine he WAS on causes a reaction to. :(
Hoping for a somewhat calm and quiet fall and winter, teaching some evening art classes at my house...and seeking a gallery that will take my photography for spring,...
Hope all my friends on Flickr are well and look forward to seeing your work and getting some time to actually sit and look through it all and comment...sorry have been MIA.
Some artwork from last summer! Tim had a bad run of cancers in 2019 (the year my Mum died - I thought 2020 would turn things around, but no, the pandemic hit!!) One of the cancers Tim had was a Non-Hodgkins lymphoma and they used radiotherapy to zap it away. This is the mask he had to wear for the treatment. They gave it to him to take away and I decided to paint it!
Tim's doing well now but they are keeping an eye on him as there is something showing up on his last scan on his thyroid - it might be scar tissue from the surgery he had done but they are monitoring things.
Submission by artist Adine Schoonmaker for the brooklynartproject.com juried exhibition for Burning Man 2008 with wdydwyd.com.
"I spent most of my 20's suffering from undiagnosed Thyroid cancer and my early 30's in treatment and recovery. I began to feel normal and pretty and "alive" by my late 30's. I am now experiencing the excitement and passion and attention that i should have been enjoying in my youth. But now that i am "blooming", i am also noticeably aging. I do what i do because i still want to feel alive when men stop noticing me."
Here are pictures of Cosmo the cat taken during the months of August through November 2022 at home in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He is a good looking 16 year old cat, but this year, the vet found all sorts of old cat problems. He has cataracts, is on thyroid medicine and eating wet food - and that makes him very happy. Also some pictures here of his brother Runyon.
What a lovely day for a birthday! Tim decided he would take the day off and we spent a few hours in Chichester, where we had lunch in Crispins and Tim admired a motorbike!!
Quite a lot has happened since Tim's last birthday - radiotherapy on a lymphoma and surgery on a lump in his thyroid, but he has come through and we are making the most of life!
Happy Summer and Happy weekend everyone!
I know I am way behind on Flickr. I am just trying to catch up right now.
I found out last week that I have Hashimoto's thyroiditis. I have had hypothyroid since I was diagnosed at 19, but had no idea my immune system was attacking my own thyroid. So the last week I have been learning to live gluten-free and pretty much adjusting my diet and thyroid medications.
Anyway, I am really just taking time right now to get my health in check and be healthy and happy. I am still here!
I hope all of you are having a wonderful day....big hugs to all of you!
xoxo
unfortunately, the news about Stella is not as good.
We noticed that Stella was loosing weight back in the springtime. After a checkup, we discovered that she had a hyper-thyroid and we started her on medication.
She also has a tumor on her one mammary gland.
After several examinations and some x-rays we've unfortunately discovered that it's cancer and it's spread.
She's a fighter, and it's obvious she's not ready to leave us yet, so we'll monitor her to make sure she stays comfortable.
My heart is heavy.
I have been battling my thyroid hormones for a while now... I feel sad, and depressed lately.... I dont feel like doing anything, I just want to crawl in bed and stay there.... finally getting back on health insurance this december.... so I'll get this hormonal problem fixed soon hopefully....
have a happy wednesday everyone... and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
coming U N D O N E {July 28 // 212}
I've been thinking a lot about where I have come from, lost opportunities, change and who I'd like to be many years from now...
...There use to be a boy on the bus. On that bus we were friends, but on the school playground we were strangers. I was ashamed if my friends knew that we were friends. The day he was moving far, far away, he brought it up with me. I remember the movements of his face as he said each word; I remember exactly what he said to me and the disappointment in his voice. This boy will never know that from that day forward, I never lived two lives -- my friends on the bus were my friends on the playground. This boy's name was Mark, and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't remember this moment.
It is weird the memories we hold onto, the thoughts we think of each day.
Today I felt like my mother's H E A R T. It is hard to describe what exactly that means beyond the feeling. It is a feeling of wonder, curiosity, happiness and worry about all the people you've encountered in your life that you couldn't hold onto beyond the moment you had them. It is about missing those people; it is about letting words go unspoken in the presence of one another. Its about letting words out; letting feelings go; it is not about sacrificing your future; its about understanding who you were with these people, what you meant to them and what they mean to you. It is regret; it is struggle; it is the inability to fill your heart with others. Its disappointment, its wishing you were that much more stronger; its wishing things don't change. It is wishing you had your mother's heart.
We are composed of so many different types of living, independent cells that somehow live in a symbiotic relationship, capable of producing the same singular emotion together.
I had this fairy tale growing up, that my life could be perfect if I planned and was careful enough. I would never make a mistake, never fail, never be misunderstood, hurt or frightened by what was to come. I realized life doesn't work that way. It is messy and I just have to climb in it with my boots pulled up high, wearing my rain jacket, hoping for the best while I yodel with my heart in hand.
David Thoreau once said 'Heaven is under our feet as well as over our head.'
I see heaven in my family and friends because they are the foundation from which I stand on to reach the stars above. I wonder, if one day when I look back on my life I realize it was never about the big picture, it was really about the moments. And maybe one day I'll think back and string all those moments together and realize when I add them up that my life is more meaningful than I could have possibly dreamed of.
Just wait downtown, I'll be there. I just need a moment.
ZLATIBOR is a mountain of exquisite beauty. It has pleasant and mild climate, large clearings, exuberant pastures intersected with mountains with mountain streams and pine trees - which this mountain is named for.
The average hight is about 1000m above sea level.
Mountain and sea gulfs encounter here which speed up the curing and the recovering from large number of lung and heart illnesses, especially from illnesses of thyroid gland and anemia.
The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km2 (212,000 sq mi) and a population of about 55 million people.
The ancient Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula was “the Peninsula of Haemus” (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου, Chersónisos tou Aímou).
The Balkans are adjoined by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the east and branches of the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west (including the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Marmara seas).
The identity of the Balkans is dominated by its geographical position; historically the area was known as a crossroads of various cultures. It has been a juncture between the Latin and Greek bodies of the Roman Empire, the destination of a massive influx of pagan Slavs, an area where Orthodox and Catholic Christianity met, as well as the meeting point between Islam and Christianity.
The Balkans today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic, Romance, and Turkic languages, as well as Greek, Albanian, and others. Through its history many other ethnic groups with their own languages lived in the area, among them Thracians, Illyrians, Romans, Uzes, Pechenegs, Cumans, Avars, Celts, Germans, and various Germanic tribes.
The Balkan region was the first area of Europe to experience the arrival of farming cultures in the Neolithic era. The practices of growing grain and raising livestock arrived in the Balkans from the Fertile Crescent by way of Anatolia, and spread west and north into Pannonia and Central Europe.
In pre-classical and classical antiquity, this region was home to Greek city-states, Illyrians, Paeonians, Thracians, Epirotes, Mollosians, Thessalians, Dacians and other ancient groups. Later the Roman Empire conquered most of the region and spread Roman culture and the Latin language but significant parts still remained under classical Greek influence. During the Middle Ages, the Balkans became the stage for a series of wars between the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires.
Our 8 year old Saint Bernard, Gracie.
For the last month or so, things have been really rough for Gracie, and us. She started having trouble walking, and despite medication, it got progressively worse until she just couldn’t manage any more. We were referred to veterinary specialists, who after tests and scans, diagnosed a blown disc in her spine near the neck. This was operated on a few weeks ago and she has progressively got better, recovering well and nearly back to her good old self.
However, last week, tests carried out at the same time also revealed she had thyroid cancer, and it was not long after this devastating news that I took this picture.
She has since been back to the specialists again for further tests and scans, and they are confident that the cancer is confined, so she will undergo surgery again next Monday to remove it.
Fingers crossed, she will be back on the road to recovery by Christmas, and a great gift to us all.
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Happy Macro Mondays everyone.
אולי "המצב" אינו אחראי על איך שאת מרגישה וזאת היא בלוטת התריס? או אולי תופעות הקשורות לפיברומיאלגיה? =>
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דר נורברט קורלנד מחלוצי המטפלים בפיברומיאלגיה תפקוד בלוטת התריס. באמצעות גישה טיפולית ייחודית מאפשר דר נורברט למטופליו לחזור לתפקד בחיי היומיום.
Tikki had her yearly shots & exam Wednesday. Her kidney disease and thyroid are stable since October. She’s lost some weight, and it may be due to some nausea so I have some more pills to try to add to the thyroid. Wish me luck… here she is relatively happy although the phone in face doesn’t excite her…
ZLATIBOR is a mountain of exquisite beauty. It has pleasant and mild climate, large clearings, exuberant pastures intersected with mountains with mountain streams and pine trees - which this mountain is named for.
The average hight is about 1000m above sea level.
Mountain and sea gulfs encounter here which speed up the curing and the recovering from large number of lung and heart illnesses, especially from illnesses of thyroid gland and anemia.
The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km2 (212,000 sq mi) and a population of about 55 million people.
The ancient Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula was “the Peninsula of Haemus” (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου, Chersónisos tou Aímou).
The Balkans are adjoined by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the east and branches of the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west (including the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Marmara seas).
The identity of the Balkans is dominated by its geographical position; historically the area was known as a crossroads of various cultures. It has been a juncture between the Latin and Greek bodies of the Roman Empire, the destination of a massive influx of pagan Slavs, an area where Orthodox and Catholic Christianity met, as well as the meeting point between Islam and Christianity.
The Balkans today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic, Romance, and Turkic languages, as well as Greek, Albanian, and others. Through its history many other ethnic groups with their own languages lived in the area, among them Thracians, Illyrians, Romans, Uzes, Pechenegs, Cumans, Avars, Celts, Germans, and various Germanic tribes.
The Balkan region was the first area of Europe to experience the arrival of farming cultures in the Neolithic era. The practices of growing grain and raising livestock arrived in the Balkans from the Fertile Crescent by way of Anatolia, and spread west and north into Pannonia and Central Europe.
In pre-classical and classical antiquity, this region was home to Greek city-states, Illyrians, Paeonians, Thracians, Epirotes, Mollosians, Thessalians, Dacians and other ancient groups. Later the Roman Empire conquered most of the region and spread Roman culture and the Latin language but significant parts still remained under classical Greek influence. During the Middle Ages, the Balkans became the stage for a series of wars between the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires.
Haha - kelp does have all kinds of medicinal uses, iodine, vitamins, obesity fighter, thyroid regulator and is in Benni's dog food. I've tried chewing on leaves and it basically tastes like salt. Very hard to chew up and swallow in its natural form.
Mostly I like watching it swirl around in the ocean but I have seen kelp being harvested. Giant kelp can grow 1 meter per day and is one of the fastest growing organisms on Earth.
Mancha finally recovered form her thyroid problem. She will need medicine forever, but who cares? I just want her feeling great!
PLEASE, no multi invitations, glitters or self promotion in your comments, they will be deleted. My photos are FREE for anyone to use, just give me credit and it would be nice if you let me know, thanks - NONE OF MY PICTURES ARE HDR.
Like this old fishing boat I am in need of repair, I am having my thyroid removed (Monday) 9 January at 11am, so I do not know when I will be back on line. It will be at least 2 -3 days but could be longer, depends how I feel and when they let me out of the hospital. I will do my best to post a update on this picture, or a new one, ASAP, if at all possible. Have a great day and keep smiling.
ZLATIBOR is a mountain of exquisite beauty. It has pleasant and mild climate, large clearings, exuberant pastures intersected with mountains with mountain streams and pine trees - which this mountain is named for.
The average hight is about 1000m above sea level.
Mountain and sea gulfs encounter here which speed up the curing and the recovering from large number of lung and heart illnesses, especially from illnesses of thyroid gland and anemia.
The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km2 (212,000 sq mi) and a population of about 55 million people.
The ancient Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula was “the Peninsula of Haemus” (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου, Chersónisos tou Aímou).
The Balkans are adjoined by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the east and branches of the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west (including the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Marmara seas).
The identity of the Balkans is dominated by its geographical position; historically the area was known as a crossroads of various cultures. It has been a juncture between the Latin and Greek bodies of the Roman Empire, the destination of a massive influx of pagan Slavs, an area where Orthodox and Catholic Christianity met, as well as the meeting point between Islam and Christianity.
The Balkans today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic, Romance, and Turkic languages, as well as Greek, Albanian, and others. Through its history many other ethnic groups with their own languages lived in the area, among them Thracians, Illyrians, Romans, Uzes, Pechenegs, Cumans, Avars, Celts, Germans, and various Germanic tribes.
The Balkan region was the first area of Europe to experience the arrival of farming cultures in the Neolithic era. The practices of growing grain and raising livestock arrived in the Balkans from the Fertile Crescent by way of Anatolia, and spread west and north into Pannonia and Central Europe.
In pre-classical and classical antiquity, this region was home to Greek city-states, Illyrians, Paeonians, Thracians, Epirotes, Mollosians, Thessalians, Dacians and other ancient groups. Later the Roman Empire conquered most of the region and spread Roman culture and the Latin language but significant parts still remained under classical Greek influence. During the Middle Ages, the Balkans became the stage for a series of wars between the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires.
I discovered a lump on her throat...very likely thyroid cancer. She is having it removed tomorrow morning. Prognosis looks good. The lump is small, unattached and chest X-ray looked good.
I apologize for being so far behind on my 52 weeks. Between some camera problems/computer, getting sick, and being out of town, I'm finally able to upload something for you.
This post is not only for the 52 weeks group, but it also serves as a cry for help. We are STILL stumped with Dakota's hair loss. Her body hair has returned to normal (more or less) however her nose continues to get worse.
To recap, we've ruled out mange, thyroid issues, autoimmune disorders, ringworm, and hormonal disorders. She has started to itch her nose just a little, however the appearance of the area has not changed (aside from expanding). Still no inflamation, blisters, or anything that would indicate some sort of trauma. Antibiotics did not work.
Please see below for additional pictures and information.
About 5 months ago I received a diagnosis that finally explained my symptoms. In a way it was a relief to hear the doctor's words, but more so it was a heavy realization that none of this would go away.
I was diagnosed with Hoshimoto's disease, a genetic autoimmune disease that attacks the thyroid. The thyroid gland, which is part the endocrine system, produces hormones that coordinate many of the body's activities.
Its unfortunate to accept that extreme exhaustion, anxiety, depression, immune attacks, nausea, and sickness are what both my present and future look like. My symptoms will maintain or get worse. Some days feel normal and easy but most take more effort than they used to.
Despite this, I do not want to look at my life through the lens of limitation. I may be cold and sleepy all the time, I may not be able to "handle" as much as other people, but I will still live this life that God gave me no matter my circumstance.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11
For any of you who have been following Willy's progress after his diagnosis of hyperthyroidism - Here he is feeling much better & hugging a cushion.
You can tell it's 'his cushion' by all the snags in the fabric - & just look what he's done to my old lampshade's tassels!
She was rolling around in the sun and attacking the table leg.
She's been on the thyroid medication for 25days. It really helps. She's due for more tests to see her levels and to see if her kidney function is ok.
She looks unhappy, as do all my cats at the moment.
Cali & Marlee waiting for dinner at our custom screen door which allows easy and quick access in and out for the cats.
Organs influenced by AquariusAquarius Moon Sign:
Organs: Calf, ankle, shin, Achilles, forearm muscles, thyroid hormones. These organs are now more sensitive so provide them with extra care.
Surgical operations:
Surgical operations are not recommended during the Waxing Moon.
Several years ago when I started taking photos, it was this sort of thing I wanted to achieve. I don't think I'll stop, but I'm pleased to have got to where I wanted.
Away from Flickr I've recently discovered I have an underactive thyroid - and have had for 18 months or so. This has reduced my ability to be any good with Flickr as I simply fall asleep the minute I stop working.
Work has been busy, this was taken in Portugal, and this year I've had gigs in Bavaria, Graz, Berlin and Prague too, opened a new store and run several big events all over the UK. Which is just as well, as otherwise, yes, I'd have been asleep.
The doctor says I'll feel a new man and need a new wardrobe. So for some reason, the side effects of my tablets must be groping blokes and an urge to visit IKEA.
Hope all my old Flickr buds are ok. Sorry to have been so slack.
Josie is much calmer and very happy to be home.
She coped with the car trip very well and she was not car sick.
She was happy and affectionate at home when I let her out of the carrier. She was so happy to eat and drink straight away.
She is not supposed to be on the bed. I found her there. She doesn't normally get on my bed but she is now. It's a problem, she keeps going back there.
I have to wear disposable gloves when I touch her.
Her radiation levels are 92, which are just inside safe levels the vet said. She can stay 2minutes on my lap at a time but she's not a lap cat so that's ok. I can't pick her up and put my cheek against her.
For 2 weeks I can only touch Josie with disposable gloves.
I am very happy to have her home. I will test her thyroid levels in 3-4weeks, and the vet also wants me to do another urinalysis, that is a dip stick test on her urine, to make sure there is still no glucose present just as a precaution.
Josie has been drinking a lot since being home, and this does worry me. I won't relax until I see her blood tests and urine tests. I'm hoping the drinking is her just catching up. She's been drinking a lot even late tonight. Hopefully tomorrow she will calm down.
At the moment I must dispose of her kitty litter daily bagged and using gloves. That was important. The idea is not to give myself unnecessary radiation exposure due to the fact they don't know how it might affect humans even at these lower levels.
I sincerely thank everyone for your encouraging words and understanding, for your support in any and every way, it has been very helpful to me.
My eldest cat Keiko has been doing fine on her thyroid pills--we are relieved. With the warm sunny weather she's been really active. Just a few snap shots taken outside yesterday.
Our pet [cat] sitter is coming over at nine a.m. and will care for Keiko, June and Rusty while Emory and I attend church with my dad & siblings. Then we're going to brunch at a restaurant --so I'll be away most of the day.
Have a blessed Easter.
No need to comment as I will gone but I will not disable the comments.
It is with much sadness that I am posting this older image of Lily. most of you know her from many of the photos that I have posted of her over the years.
She was a rescue cat , she lived with us for just over 8 years and was about four years old when we took her in.
She had been battling kidney and thyroid problems for the last few months but succumbed to the dual diseases a few days ago.
She was small in stature but big in personality. Gave my wife and I lots of entertainment value and plenty of affection over the years.
We will miss her dearly, she has left a big hole in our lives. We still have two more rescue cats but Lily was the star of the trio.