Thursday, February 18, 2016

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Tonight's picture was taken in February of 2009. Mattie was in the child life playroom at the hospital and had just finished creating a very decorative airplane hanger out of a card board box. Mattie's art therapists and child life specialist knew how much Mattie loved boxes, so literally when deliveries came in, they saved boxes for Mattie. You would be amazed the various ways he could transform a box. He made all sorts of things like a haunted house and an apartment complex (with an elevator that worked on a pulley). 


Quote of the day: The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. ~  John Muir


I went to see my neurologist today about all the issues I have been dealing with for weeks now. My symptoms keep evolving and more just seem to pop up, so he is going to do extensive testing on me. I am all for it to try to explain what I am dealing with. 

My symptoms make it impossible to work, concentrate, and truly function on a day to day basis. So today, all I could do was rest and by the afternoon, I dragged myself outside to walk. 

Along my walk I saw some lovely sights, despite how cold it was outside. Fortunately it was a beautiful sunny day. The flags are at half mass at the Kennedy Center in honor of  Chief Justice Scalia's passing. I thought the composition against the blue sky was noteworthy. 

As I walked along the Potomac River, I passed several geese. They were honking away and seemed interested in me as I walked by. One goose actually followed me and walked beside me. 

Hiding out on a rock in the water, by the shrubs, was this wonderful Great Blue
Heron.

When I got home, perched on our bird feeders was this huge Cooper's Hawk. I am NOT in love with the hawks who try to eat our sparrows. But the sparrows are quite clever and seem to know how to escape from being captured.