We spent a few days in Bryant Texas with cousin Margaret and visiting Uncle Ben - now 99.
It was a very sad year for Dick and I. Brother Bill died after a long battle with althzeimers, and Irene died from brain cancer. Both deaths struck us deeply.
It was quite a monumental medical year too - I had two more stents (added to the seven I already had) - and really needed these, with an 85% blockage in my heart. Dick's hip got worse and he was scheduled for hip surgery, but had to have a pacemaker installed before they would accept him for the surgery. The surgery was not easy for him, because of the major accident he had in 1950, his body was twisted and the surgeon had to try three different replacement hips before one worked. The result was that he was in surgery for five hours which made his recovery much longer. It took a long time for him to get over the whole thing and actually his health has never been as good since.
Mair visited and Louise came and took care of Dick while Mair and I took a trip to the Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas and Phoenix.
But we were enjoying our move to Falconhead and delighted in the view we had from the condo, both spring and winter:
The Canadian Geese were with us all summer and lived in the lake above.
We also added the newest addition to our family in the spring of this year. McScruffy:
After having quiet laid back dogs for so long, it was hard to get used to the high energy of this one. But we just loved him and he and I took a long walk on the golf course each day, where he delighted in running as fast as he could and chasing the geese. He was about 1-1/2 years old and had spent the majority of his life to date in a small cage, being let out in the morning, lunch time and evening to do his 'business' and for an hour or two each evening to play with the children. The freedom he had at our house and on his walks was obviously a delight to him.
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