Hollywood!

Apparently, the red anti-collision light at the top of the Capital Records building in Los Angeles has been spelling out “Hollywood” in Morse code for the past 70 years. Pretty fun!

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Lights and sunset

I caught this nice sunset picture, with my Christmas lights on the deck. I'm glad that the squirrels have focused on the first string of lights, and left the second string alone. The first one happens to run past the bird feeders, and the deck box where we used to put out the bowls of seeds for the squirrels and larger birds. I had the lights daisy-chained, but after they chewed out several sections in the first string, I dragged the power cord around to the second string, and so far, we still have some pretty lights out there in the evenings.

Pretty sunset

Beautiful and surreal sunset clouds tonight - especially with the moon peeking through the clouds. 

Impromptu Picnic

We had a tasty takeout quesadilla dinner on the grass by the river. Very pleasant in the shade of the trees, with a light breeze blowing. Couldn't think of anyplace else to go, on this 95° afternoon, where we wouldn't have to leave Mandy at home in the air-conditioned house. Jennefer is testing the folding lawn chair she gave me for my birthday last year. It's got some cool compartments - one in back to refrigerate a decent amount of picnic supplies, and even a cup holder built into the arm. Cool.

Nice sunset

We have a nice sunset developing, it appears, from the reflection we can see from K's room at Life Care. See Facebook for the pic.

Pretty in pink

Such a gorgeous rosy mountain sunrise this morning, trimmed with subtle Autumn colors... Pic on Facebook.

Nice Evening

Gorgeous sunset tonight, as seen when coming out of Buck Center, and then walking with Mandy to Dinner -- I'm sitting here enjoying a tasty French Dip sandwich and chicken lemon soup at Abe's, with Baklava for dessert. A little slice of heaven!

June's Here!

K and I went to her appointment at the transplant clinic on Friday, talked to an MSW and an MD about the "next steps" in the process of trying to qualify for, and how to deal with, a kidney transplant. I've been wondering about this for some time, so I finally asked straight out about a pancreas transplant, and though the doc was a little hesitant because of her age, he didn't rule out the possibility. Next, our HMO will have to decide what they want to pay for. Right now, her only kidney transplant possibility would be from a cadaver, since everyone who's volunteered as a donor so far, doesn't qualify for various reasons. This doc mentioned something interesting: a surprising number of people are living with only one usable kidney, but don't know it, I guess the point being that two healthy kidneys are truly redundant. If Kaiser decides to go for a dual Pancreas/Kidney transplant, then the only option would be a cadaver, and we're off to Chicago at some point, for an evaluation. The doc says the good news is, they only like to take a dual organ transplant from young cadavers, in which case both organs would be likely to last longer. However, he recommended jumping at the opportunity of a live kidney transplant, since they generally last far longer. Somewhat unpleasant considerations, but necessary for us.

I went bike riding Thursday afternoon to Chatfield Dam, Saturday morning around the Lee Gulch loop, and Sunday to Bear Creek Dam. The little flying bugs are really out, this time of year, and the Cottonwood trees are all dropping their big fluffy seeds, too. The air is full of stuff. We feel like the personification of that old joke about how you can tell a happy biker by the bugs in his teeth. It's interesting, collecting heart rate data for each ride, with my new exercise watch. K and I were at Costco this week, and picked up a specialized biking backpack for $19.95 that has a water bladder inside, with a little nozzle that goes over the shoulder. The main idea was to get all the biking support junk (rain jacket, tools, snacks, etc) off the bike, but the water thing is pretty cool too. I tried it out today, and it works pretty well.

K and I took a walk along the Platte River Sunday afternoon, from the Nature Center down to the wildlife preserve, round trip almost a mile. The bugs and cottonwood seeds had a real presence. I don't remember either of them being such a big deal. But the walk was fun and the sunset was very peaceful. We even saw a beaver swimming in the reeds in a shallow spot.

Nice Sunset

I wandered out onto the deck to watch the gorgeous sunset this evening, and startled a big fluffy fox down the hill, who loped over westward into the shadows. I did catch a nice panorama picture of the sunset, if not the fox, for posterity.