Tired of Mowing

We are only partway thru summer and I am already tired of the routine of mowing the yards. It is usually too hot to be out there all day. The good thing is I am getting a tan.
H saw a snake up in a tree, now I keep thinking one is going to fall on me when I go under them. I don't mind snakes as long as they are on the ground and I am on the mower. I didn't know we had any tree climbing snakes in Ohio. I will have to look them up to see what kind it is.

Heel Spur

I have been having problems with my left foot since February, the heel hurt, then the area behind my knee started hurting, so I must have been walking to protect my heel. I have been taking lots of Ibuprofen to help with the pain. Yesterday I went to the podiatrist(foot doctor), x-ray shows I have a large heel spur with inflammation of my tendon. First they brought in all these pamphlets on freezing the nerves, surgery, and shock waves to break the spur. I opted for conservative treatment, so they put a cortisone injection in my heel. OUCH!! But I must say the foot feels better today. But I don't, I couldn't sleep last night at all, I was up and down so many times, I finally went to sofa to watch TV. Nothing on at night.
It is now AM, I still don't feel sleepy. So the 4th will be a long day.
Happy Independence Day to everyone! Don't forget to display your flag. And enjoy your cookouts.

Fishing

H went to Michigan with Bob, our brother-in-law, for a few days a couple weeks ago. They went fishing, worked on their 5th wheel, and made some game boards. Bob sent some pictures of H fishing, but I could not get them to load on my blog. So just try to picture him in a boat, fishing.

The weather has been really hot, but today is refreshingly cool, nice breeze.
H has been working part-time at his old job, doing construction inspection. Hoping to save enough money to make traveling this winter feasible. Our truck is diesel and you all know how expensive the fuel is. We are thinking we will just go to Arizona and stay the winter there, rather than drive all over the place.

We sat with 2 of our grandchildren last night, we made wild strawberry ice cream, yum-yum. H has been picking the berries, yesterday was the last of them. I made 5 batches of wild strawberry jam, which we will split with the kids. The wild ones have a sweeter taste the regular, only problem, they are very small and it takes a long time to remove the stems.

Old Friends

John, Syad, and H got together for lunch and talk last Friday in Mt. Vernon, OH. They used to all work for ODOT, Syad still does. They also would go to Lake Erie every spring to fish. Good for old friends to get together once in a while.

I went with H to Mt. Vernon, but I went shopping instead of lunch with them.

Memorial Day Weekend

We took a trip on the Goodtime III in Cleveland on Sunday, this is a picture of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The boat toured a section of the river then out onto Lake Erie. Can see Progressive Field where the Indians play.
The Q where the Cavs play.
Voinovich Park, right beside where the boat is docked.
The Browns Stadium.

The Science Center. H found some mushrooms in our yard, not very big, but did give us a taste of one our our favorite springtime foods.

Karate

Matthew getting his black stripe on white belt. He is learning Japanese as well as karate.
Matthew helping make the cake for cub scouts.
Samantha sitting in a swing.
Matthew with the tropy for best design of a pinewood derby car for cub scouts.

Signs of Spring

I was mowing lawn yesterday, while H was cleaning out flower beds. He found this nest of bunnies, so new their eyes are not open yet. We didn't touch them, but did have to use leaves and sticks to get them to go back in their nest.

The trees are flowering and leafing out. Spring is always so beautiful.