Good to see this wonderful site back up! -- I'm assuming it's been down the past few days for all, not just a glitch on my end.
Anyway,the hiatus was just as well because we have been workig hard to Stay the Course through a mean hurricane, "Matthew." There is widespread damage here in coastal Carolina -- and inland as well. Schools still closed; power still off for many, roads a mess, rivers now flooding, piers shattered etc etc. At our own abode, somehow we escaped major damage -- don't know how because the back winds of the hurricane were fierce; looked out the sliding door for hours expecting to see a tree fall on us or a neighbor's place. Terrifying. Somehow the tall pines bent but didn't break or come down. Thousands in the area did bend, break and fall. Sad. A mess.
Then began the beautiful days after the big storm -- and what do I do? I fall flat on my face while walking Ellie. Don't know quite how it happened -- think it was the result of her suddenly lurching after a big black snake that apparently has taken up residence in our shubbery and mulch. A good snake, not a bad one -- the kind that eats things you'd want eaten. Anyway, suddenly I had fallen smack to the ground; face plant. Amazingly, apparently have only a scrape on my bionic knee, which still seems to work. I felt, though, for a day or so like I'd been in a car wreck.
Have a regularly scheduled echocardiogram today with my very skilled tech, so if anything is amiss there, she will find out. More later about that.
Hope all of y'all are well. Not sure if others were affected by the storm -- perhaps our founder, Cooker, was, for one -- farther inland but some impact I believe. Others too? Hopefully will hear from everyone.
Cheers,
Superbob
Anyway,the hiatus was just as well because we have been workig hard to Stay the Course through a mean hurricane, "Matthew." There is widespread damage here in coastal Carolina -- and inland as well. Schools still closed; power still off for many, roads a mess, rivers now flooding, piers shattered etc etc. At our own abode, somehow we escaped major damage -- don't know how because the back winds of the hurricane were fierce; looked out the sliding door for hours expecting to see a tree fall on us or a neighbor's place. Terrifying. Somehow the tall pines bent but didn't break or come down. Thousands in the area did bend, break and fall. Sad. A mess.
Then began the beautiful days after the big storm -- and what do I do? I fall flat on my face while walking Ellie. Don't know quite how it happened -- think it was the result of her suddenly lurching after a big black snake that apparently has taken up residence in our shubbery and mulch. A good snake, not a bad one -- the kind that eats things you'd want eaten. Anyway, suddenly I had fallen smack to the ground; face plant. Amazingly, apparently have only a scrape on my bionic knee, which still seems to work. I felt, though, for a day or so like I'd been in a car wreck.
Have a regularly scheduled echocardiogram today with my very skilled tech, so if anything is amiss there, she will find out. More later about that.
Hope all of y'all are well. Not sure if others were affected by the storm -- perhaps our founder, Cooker, was, for one -- farther inland but some impact I believe. Others too? Hopefully will hear from everyone.
Cheers,
Superbob
