Down to the Bare Bones

I took Wayne to the bone doctor today. The clavical is definitely broken. We had his elbow X-rayed just to make sure it was OK and there were no brokens bones there--just a lot of pain and swelling. Dr. Brooks said to come back in two weeks for another X-ray of the collar bone and that we would be able to tell more when some of the swelling went down in that area. We will be keeping an eye on it to make sure that it heals correctly. He wrote some more scripts for pain since Wayne is not sleeping too well and we paid and went on our way. He gave Wayne some VERY simple exercizes to do to keep his shoulder mobile during the time his clavical is healing. He won't be able to do them for a while but as the pain subsides some he should be able to move a little more. Right now he needs a lot of help just getting in and out of bed! On another note, the telephoto lens I ordered to go with my new camera came in today. I took some more photos of Sasha--pls ignore the green eyes. I don't have the time nor the patience right now to correct them. It is really clear and you can see every hair. I love my new camera!

Life Happens

I received a phone call late last night from my husband, Wayne. He had been in a pretty big motorcycle accident at Jennings Race Track in Jennings, FL (just below Valdosta, GA). He doesn't remember what happened except that he thinks he was going into turn #13 a little too fast. His last glance at the odometer showed about 105 mph! Good grief! Tony (our son) says his back tire may have been a little too worn on the edges and that could have been what caused him to wreck. Wayne can't remember anything other than going into the turn and then waking up flat on the ground with the EMT talking to him.

Wayne went to the ER at Valdosta in an ambulance where they poked, prodded, stuck and X-ray'ed him to a fare-the-well. No internal injuries; no internal bleeding; no massive head injuries. Just a broken right collar bone. Amazing. His leathers (a leather suit that zips up to cover him from head-to-toe much like a diving suit for motorcyle riders) showed only a little scratching on the tops of both shoulders and his helmet didn't look too bad either. All of the protection that they wear (a back/spinal/chest protector, leathers, gloves, boots and helmet) really proved its value yesterday. Although bruised both physically and in the ego, Wayne is doing pretty well. We got him home last night and got some pain pills in him and he is doing OK all things considered. He's going to be sore for a few days but by the Grace of God he'll live to ride another day. We go see the local bone doctor tomorrow.

Here are a few pictures of the motorcycle, Wayne and the dog that hides under the bench anytime anyone goes near one of the motorcycles in the garage!

New Camera

Yesterday I finally received the new camera I ordered last week. It is a Nikon D80 and it is sweet! My lenses from a previous Nikon camera fit it plus I order a couple of other lenses for it, too. Here is a photo I took of Sasha while trying it out this morning. I also tooks some photos of a bird out in the marsh behind our house. It was fishing for breakfast. I enjoyed it so much that I traded eating my breakfast for watching the bird eat its breakfast. It was so quiet and peaceful in the backyard this morning. I wish I had more mornings that I could spend out there taking in all of the nature that is there and just absorbing all of the peacefulness to be had when enjoying God's creation.

First Post

Today I decided to enter the world of blogging. I hadn't really planned on it but Wayne was gone most of the day and I had been doing other things on the computer any way. When it looked like it was going to rain (ruining my plans for going to the island to take pictures this afternoon), I decided to investigate creating my own blog. Hey, I started an on-line photo album this morning so this seemed like the next natural step in keeping up with technology. I don't know how often I will be able to post but at least I have a place when I feel like it now!