National Cesarean Day

 O.K., I am three days late. But did you know that January 14th is National Cesarean Section Day? I didn't, till I saw it on the news, then researched it. All my photos are from T.V. and the web.

The first successful cesarean operation in America was performed 230 years ago. Dr. Jessee Bennett operated on his own wife, Elizabeth, in a log cabin in Virginia on Jan. 14. 1794.

Desperate to save her child, Elizabeth begged her husband to perform the Caesarian section. Dr. Bennett had to choose between attempting to save only his wife, or attempting to save them both through a procedure no one had successfully completed, a cesarean operation.

He assembled a crude operating table from two boards supported by barrels. Dr. Bennett gave his wife laudanum to make her sleepy and had two slaves support her on the table while Elizabeth's sister held a tallow candle to light the makeshift operating table.

Dr. Bennett’s wife Elizabeth and the baby, his daughter Maria, both lived to old age.

Dr. Bennett refused to publicize the details of the surgery during his life. He said other doctors would never believe that a woman could survive this hazardous operation, done in the backwoods of Virginia, and he was "damned if he'd give them a chance to call him a liar."

“I told my doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.”

Henny Youngman 

Just Peachy

This post is all due to The Mad One, known as The Mad Snapper. She did a post about the Pantone color of the year, Peach Fuzz. For one thing, I hate the name! Why not something pretty, like Peaches 'N Cream? Who wants Peach Fuzz on their walls?? But I digress. Two of our rooms are painted peach.

The Mad One herself does NOT like peach. She may even go as far as hating it! Maybe she will like mine better when she sees that I have seafoam carpets. She loves aqua-type colors. Here it is with the matching peach trash can. The carpet is much more seafoamy, as the camera could not capture it right!

I also have these pretty peach storage boxes and a peach striped chair.

Plus this peach mini cabinet with drawers.

By now I am assuming The Mad One may be actually gagging. Perhaps these lovely plants in the room will calm her down.

I apologize for the peach overdose to Her Highness Of Snapping. All in fun of course. Please feel free to post colors that I hate.

Light Show

 Our granddaughter wanted a light projector for her bedroom for Christmas. It projects sky-like multi-colored patterns and stars on the ceiling and walls. We got her this one, and I just had to show you what it does!! We turned off the living room lights and she ran it. WOW. I took a ton of photos, and still end up posting too many. But I just couldn't choose between these.

 “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” – John 1:5

The Crowded Apartment

Since my last post was The Painted House, I thought that today I would post The Crowded Apartment. No, they don't paint the front. But they crowd in as much stuff on their teeny porch as they can. I posted this for other holidays, and here it is this Christmas.

There are gems of wondrous brightness
Ofttimes lying at our feet,
And we pass them, walking thoughtless,
Down the busy, crowded street.
If we knew, our pace would slacken,
We would step more oft with care,
Lest our careless feet be treading
To the earth some jewel rare.

Rudyard Kipling

The Painted House

 I think most of you remember the house a few blocks away. They paint the front for every holiday. And it was the same this Christmas. Here it is right after being painted.

And now they are just starting to decorate.

But you ain't seen nothing yet! Remember how the entire yard is crammed full of decorations?

This is over the front door.

And I kinda like the giant bells.

And not just one tree! So once again, the painted house people have outdone themselves.

"A designer knows when he has reached perfection not when there is nothing left to add but when there is nothing left to take away." 

—Antione de Sainte-Exupery

Christmas Day 2023

    Hi everyone! I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for all of your concern, cards and prayers. I have the most wonderful blog friends.

    So, here is our Christmas day. The family came over here. Here are Phil & I with our granddaughters in matching pajamas.

Ann Marie, the oldest, had the prettiest nails!

Here are the cute little heart earrings I got Jazz.

This is our son trying on the hat we got him.

Doesn't this look just like a jar of Claussen pickles? But it is really pickle gummies!

I had ordered this awesome new game. It is kind of like Jenga, but it is a tower of pom poms. You carefully remove one at a time, and put it up higher on the tower. They somehow kind of stick together. It was a huge win!!! We played it over and over again.

Dara playing chess with grandpa.

I had ordered this Lego-type gingerbread house for them to make.

But look at the instructions, and this is only part of them! So needless to say, this did not get assembled.

Jazz made this walking robot in no time flat.

Returning Next Week! Happy New Year!

 Wishing you all a very Happy New Year, with many blessings in the future! I was discharged from the home health nurse about four days ago, but am still having home P.T. Thank you so very much for your e-mails, cards, and prayers. They meant so much! I was almost totally paralyzed when 911 took me to the hospital. Back home, I pretty much had to learn to walk again. I am almost back to normal now, and will be visiting and posting regularly next week. Till then, I thought I would post some of my favorite photos from the past,  being as this is the first post of 2024.

Happy New Year from The Shenandoah Valley. Where sometimes, you can actually drive right through the clouds.