Once again. Pat and I headed for yonder Pennsylvania mountains
to soak up the Autumn splash of color and beauty. Three whole days on the road. Almost 400 miles. Up, down and around. Stimulating. Yet, calming. A great experience for us ol' folks.





Look, Pat! This here old road is as old as me!





Our walk along the Tuscarora Trail was the highpoint of our....uhhh, Autumnal venture.

No, Pat! This here water's too cold for swimming!








Cobalt blue skies! Classic Fall color everywhere!

Don't know the name of this lake along the trail. Very peaceful.















Here's one of the little outbursts of color -- one among many -- on our trek thru the woods.

Got home Monday evening. Great purrrs of welcome from Rollo and Rene. Great to go. Great to return home.

A JAW JOB!

Hi, y'all! If I remember correctly, a few days ago I shared a medical update with you. You know...the LUMP! I woke up about 3AM to this stabbing, jabbing pain in my neck. A trip to the bathroom. And voila! I had a lump the size of a baseball on the right side of my neck.

Luckily, Doc Connolly, my ENT jaw doc, saw me a few hours later and diagnosed a "hefty" parotid cyst. He then proceded to drain lotsa unmentionable crap from this ..."baseball on my neck". Great! For about 12 hours!

Then, the whole thing came back with a scream! Even bigger! (Little kids saw me at Acme and ran screaming to their moms!)

Ol' doc Connolly saw me again today, Fri., and took a more radical approach to my "baseball" problem. He inserted, jabbed a scalpel into the affected area. Drained more crap. Then inserted a medical drain into the affected area for the next 3 days. Lordy, hope this works!

At this point you're probably wondering why I'm sharing all this depressing, negative medical stuff with all of you. Easy! Each of you is a cyber-relative or a cyber-friend. As such, we share! Right! Thanks!