YAG Laser

 
I had an early ophthalmology appointment this morning at the Longview Kaiser.  My right eye has been blurry for the last couple of months and my optometrist referred me to ophthalmology.  My doctor checked and found what I thought it might be, scar tissue on the backside of the cataract lens.  I had it removed from my left eye about 4 years ago.  The doctor did the YAG laser surgery on my right one today.  After what ever they use to dilate the eye wore off I am happy to report that everything is clear and sharp again.  On the way to Kaiser this morning we noticed the river had came up quite a ways from the atmospheric river that is hitting this area, so we stopped and took this picture.  I spent the afternoon watching YouTube with sunglasses on until my eyes stopped being dilated.

Physical Therapy, Jordon's Basketball

 James stocked me up with pellets on Tuesday and had lunch here.  He stopped by again on Wednesday just as we were getting ready to head to Orchards for my physical therapy appointment.  We didn't get to visit very long because I had scheduled it in the afternoon so Vera could go to bible study.  The traffic was fairly light and we made it with plenty of time to spare.

I tried to take a picture of the Physical Therapy entrance but when I checked later all I had was this picture of my shoes and the carpet.  I am not sure what I did wrong.  My appointment went great and my left leg gave way once while she was having me walk in the hall.  After checking the strength in both legs she is sure the muscles in the left leg are weak because of the two surgeries I had done on my toes.  I now have exercises to do twice a day.  I am noticing a difference already after 3 days.  On the way home we stopped at 3 Peaks for halibut fish and chips.

We stopped at the Kelso Safeway on the way home for gas and a few things.  I took this picture and sent it to James so he would know we made it home safely.

I got the Airacobra wing repaired this week.  I think the patch will fade after a few times in the sun.

Today we went down to Jordon's basketball game at Coweeman middle school.

Debbie and Josh were the coaches today.  The team got their first win today and they were really excited.  As always we had a great time watching the game.

Wing and Computer Repair, Snow and Birthday

2-6-2025

I was moving my Airacobra wing the other day and put my thumb through the leading edge.  Today I started repairing it by putting some reinforcement pieces behind the sheeting.
 2-7-2025

James came up today and brought me a load of pellets for the shop.

2-8-2025

Jordon had a basketball game at Coweeman Middle School.  We had a great time watching the game.  I saw him make a nice bounce pass to a teammate, he gets better every time we go to a game.

The hard drive on my computer has been failing to boot up at times.  I opened it up today to find out what size and type of hard drive it was.  Then I got on Amazon and ordered the highest rated SSD they had.  I got my laptop out and started using it until the new one shows up.

2-11-2025

James came up during lunch at school and ate his lunch here.  We really enjoy these visits.

2-13-2025

It started snowing today and by 1 PM this is how it looked by our driveway.  We didn't go out in it, this picture was taken by the county public works department

UPS came before the snow started so I was able to install the new SSD today.  Boy did it make a difference, the computer boots up much faster now.

I took this picture at 2:17 PM, the snow had really came down fast.  We had almost 3 inches by the time we went to bed.

2-14-2025

This is how it looked the next day at about 8 AM, we had picked up about another inch of snow.

This picture was taken out the living room window towards Abernethy.

Vera found a recipe for Old Fashion Rhubarb Cake online and made it.  It turned out great and I have been having it every day for lunch.

2-17-2025

Today was my 86th birthday.  We spent a quiet day at home puttering on the computer.  Then we met Bev, Michelle, James and Mik at the El Compadre for dinner to celebrate Bev's and my birthday.  Bev's in January, but she got sick so our plans to celebrate it then got canceled.  We had a great evening together reminiscing and enjoying great food.

2-18-2025

James came up and replenished my pellet supply and brought his lunch to eat here.

I didn't take any pictures today but a friend we used to fly with sent me this picture of my Aero Master biplane when we were flying near St Helens OR on the Luttrell's field.  In the background is Cliff who ran the hobby shop in Longview.  This picture was probably taken in the early 70's.

Snow from above

 

After taking last nights picture of the shop I charged up the drone batteries so I could get some aerial pictures of the snow today.  The first thing I did was take a picture of myself.  I bundled up before going out as it was 28 degrees.

After my selfie I climbed up to 165 feet so I was clear of the trees and took a picture of the house.

Then I climbed up to 350 feet and took a bunch of pictures of the area and this one of the house.

This picture is looking South towards the Kelso, Longview area.  After this picture I hit the Return to Home button and it landed within a couple of feet of where it took off.  As soon as it shut its self off I grabbed it and headed into the house to warm up!  This afternoon I finished recovering the top of my Skylane's wing so it is ready for the next flying session.  Vera baked bread this afternoon and it tastes great.

 1-27-2025

James brought pellets to me today.  He has also been stopping by after student teaching.  One day he came up to ate his lunch here and we had a nice visit.

1-28-2025

We made a mail run today and stopped at Lions Pride Park again.  Not as many fishermen as last time, I counted 7 vehicles on the beach today.  The sun on the water was sure pretty.

Instead of going back through town we went home over Bond Road.  There is a spot where you can pull off and look at I5.  I took this picture from there towards the Southwest.

1-29-2025

I went to the 57/58 class lunch today.  Because of the way Thanksgiving and Christmas fell there hadn't been one for 3 months.  I had a good time talking to a couple of classmates and telling them about my new drone.

2-2-2025

The snow was kind of strange today, a light dusting this morning.  This afternoon it snowed hard for a little while and it melted off again.  I got one half of my wing covered today but didn't accomplish much else.
2-3-2025

We woke up to snow again this morning and it melted off again.  I put up some trim above the cabinets in the shop this afternoon.  After dinner I was sitting at the computer and looked at the security cameras and everything was covered with snow again.  After I located my phone which I had left in the car when we got the mail.  I went out to lock up the shop and took this picture of the shop and snow before I walked across it.