Despite nasty bouts with the flu, Annie and I are back at home resting up after a busy couple of weeks. Susannah, Dotty and Bea were here September 8 through the 16th (see slide show in previous post) and we had a great, if tiring, visit. We dropped them off at the Albuquerque Airport last Wednesday, spent the night in a motel, and then had Annie's first appointment with the Rheumatologist in ABQ. Dr. Nunez was wonderful, and put Annie on some new medication, as well as ordering all sorts of X-Rays and Blood Work. There's a possibility that Annie has Lupus, not (or along with) RA.
The blood tests should tell us more. Monday we drove to Las Cruces to be with our friend Terry, who is undergoing extensive spinal surgery. While there, we took a couple of drives up into the Organ Mountains. What amazing country. Terry's husband Brian came with us and the two of us hiked around a little while Annie basked in the sun in the parking lot. We saw barrel cactus everywhere. Here in the mountains, it was still in bloom.
I had assumed that the desert bloom was over now that fall is upon us, but there are still flowers everywhere, including these huge white, lily-like flowers that I'm told are a kind of gourd.
On the way home, I got some pictures of the cotton fields outside of Hatch, almost ready to pick. The red in the background is a field of chile peppers. Most of the chiles are already picked, but a few fields are still being harvested. Don't know if they've mechanized the cotton harvest, but peppers are still picked by hand.
Despite nasty bouts with the flu, Annie and I are back at home resting up after a busy couple of weeks. Susannah, Dotty and Bea were here September 8 through the 16th (see slide show in previous post) and we had a great, if tiring, visit. We dropped them off at the Albuquerque Airport last Wednesday, spent the night in a motel, and then had Annie's first appointment with the Rheumatologist in ABQ. Dr. Nunez was wonderful, and put Annie on some new medication, as well as ordering all sorts of X-Rays and Blood Work. There's a possibility that Annie has Lupus, not (or along with) RA. 
The blood tests should tell us more. Monday we drove to Las Cruces to be with our friend Terry, who is undergoing extensive spinal surgery. While there, we took a couple of drives up into the Organ Mountains. What amazing country. Terry's husband Brian came with us and the two of us hiked around a little while Annie basked in the sun in the parking lot. We saw barrel cactus everywhere. Here in the mountains, it was still in bloom.
I had assumed that the desert bloom was over now that fall is upon us, but there are still flowers everywhere, including these huge white, lily-like flowers that I'm told are a kind of gourd.
On the way home, I got some pictures of the cotton fields outside of Hatch, almost ready to pick. The red in the background is a field of chile peppers. Most of the chiles are already picked, but a few fields are still being harvested. Don't know if they've mechanized the cotton harvest, but peppers are still picked by hand. 
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Hi Guys,
I am going to be out your way in December. Would you like a visitor the first weekend of that month (12/4 to 12/6)? I will probably bunk-in at the local Motel 6.
--Bill daisies143@roadrunner.com
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