Project 365 ~ Survivor (Day 9)

This lone dandelion was spotted in our backyard today. A survivor of the frozen cold that surrounds it. Frosty jaws snapped shut as it wonders what happened to the warm sunshine and grass that graced its view just days earlier.

Mother nature can't seem to decide whether she wants rain, snow or arctic cold *grin*. We have gone full circle from rain and flooding to now frozen snow. Half of our yard is behind trees and hedge so it never sees the sunshine and becomes a veritable winterland for much of the time full of icicles and snow.

Giant puddles in the fields left from the flooding have turned into miniature skating rinks and the children are waiting impatiently for the pond to freeze thick enough to skate on. Unfortunately this freeze is only supposed to last a few more days and the cycle of rain, snow & frozen conditions will run its course again and any ice that covered the pond will thin or disappear again.

Sometimes I long for those ultra cold conditions of the prairies where the snow is consistent as is the dry cold, but I love living on the wet west coast and spring will appear much quicker than I can imagine it :)

Hugs,
Rosina

PS. You can see more of my Project 365 photos HERE :)

Celebrating

Celebrating.....

That's just what we have been doing around here!! I wanted to share with all of you the wonderful news we received this week regarding my dad's colon cancer and surgery.

HE IS CANCER FREE!!!!

The tests results came back and there is absolutely no cancer in his lymph nodes or any of the surrounding tissue that was removed with the section of his colon. That little 1 cm portion they removed seems to have been the entire spot of nasty cancer that was growing inside of him. Oh my word it is a miracle. Thank you so much for all of your prayers and well wishes. I just know they helped :)

The doctor removed his staples and the incision continues to heal nicely. There is still one spot right around the belly button that is slowly healing but there is no infection and the doctor said he is doing great. So for now he is supposed to continue taking it easy for at least another 5 weeks and then they will do blood tests every 3 months for the first year and an annual colonoscopy from here on out to make sure they keep a close eye on what is happening internally.

I know my dad is strong and puts on a brave face but this past week of waiting was extremely hard on him. You could just see by looking at him that he was worried. His spirits were low and he looked grave a lot of the time and today he looks just like his old self and he has even been out walking around the property a bit more. I don't know what we would do without him and I am just so thankful to the Lord for watching over him during this past couple of weeks and to all of you wonderful friends that have emailed, called and checked up on us.... You're the BEST :)

Big (((Hugs))),
Rosina