Too much of that rainy weather lately.  🙁  More on the way.  🙁 🙁  Yuck!  I don’t mind the rain.  The earth needs it, but I don’t need the arthritis pain that tends to ride in on the rain.

I go back to the orthopedic clinic tomorrow morning.  I’m taking Sylvia with me this time to help ask questions.  Only after I had returned home from my first visit did the important questions begin to enter my mind.  In the last two weeks, I’ve been using an anti-inflammatory topical gel on the right hand and wrist, which have been so problematic.  The good news is that the gel has brought significant relief–even to the point that I’m able to spend more than a few minutes at a time here at the computer. 🙂

Just a quarter mile north of here, a pair of swans have established a nest on the edge of a natural pond.  I’m sure they appreciate this rain.  At least, I imagine that they do.

A short way from the pond (closer to us), the buzzards appear to have gone back to nest in the old hollow oak tree.  I love to watch the adults patrol the area as the glide by on silent, but powerful, wings.

Last Friday evening, there was some clear sky and I was able to continue my experiments with capturing images of the night sky.  I was pleased with the results, some of which I’ll share with you tomorrow.  As I shot pictures beneath a crescent moon, I could hear the neighborhood dogs and coyotes having a conversation.  It was interesting and enjoyable.  I’ll be doing that again.