Been over a month since been to this blog and was gonna quit it. But a couple peeps don't do face book and like keeping up with what is happening in my world.  So, let us catch up for the last month. 

Was hunting an old picture of the Heywood building in my Old Jennings file and found another that brought back memories. Do you remember it?

The pumping station at the bayou to supply water for the area rice farmers.

And the latest batch of wine I made from orange juice bought at Lyons. And , what's left of the Black berry wine on May 7th.

Did make a trip to New Orleans to bring Tysen Da Son home for a few days. Him and Da Bride catching up on things as been awhile since he was last home. Went and got him in the Traverse and a solo trip but brought him back with mom in place. Did a straight trip on 10 for the return as going on the 26,14, 90 route had some detours at New Iberia.

And the old stump has a sun flower. But not anymore as it died as flowers do so bent it over to the seeds from it could fall inside the stump.

Well, the little satsuma tree did not survive from the freeze. No sign if life at all. Did get 20 satsumas off it before the freeze.

So, in it's place, some other plants. Cantaloupes from seeds I saved a few weeks ago.

And the sunflowers in the front of the house. Really coming along.

My favorite place under the carport. Reading, napping, watching the birds and squirrels and listening to the sounds of the city.

Work going on between Plaquemine and Nezpique on the East side of Main. New sidewalks.

Newest batch of Blackberry wine. Now at about 10% BVA. Want to let it get to at least 12% before I kill the yeast. Taste test by Da Bride says OK!

And a restoration job going on with the old Manual store on S Main. Gonna be interesting to see the results. Also work going on at the old Heywood building.

So ends a summary of the last month and a half. Still babying the left hip but seems to be getting better. Only do a single Tylenol about twice a day. Sucks to get old and have old injuring coming back to haunt you. But, I still miss my motorcycle life for sure.

Me and my '2002 BMW R1150GS headed for the mountains. Loved that life for sure. Did rack up over 700K miles roaming our country.

Hello 5th day of May!

 Wednesday the 26th is here and me with it. YES! Coffee 1st for sure even at 3AM.

A trip to the shop to check on wine and still bubbling away at about 3 seconds per set of bubbles.

Oh well, since out here may as well clean the windshield on Da Wagon. Ah! A bit of exercise .

Back in the house and the heart monitor phone back on the charger due to 58% battery life. Sending unit still at 100% but putting it on charger for grins.

Plans for this day is waiting to see what the Winds bring. Absolute ZERO have to do. May go ahead and run the generator for about 1/2 hour later this morning.

Well , till Da Woman wakes up and comes to life slowly, Net Flix and You Tube.

Making my ride about coming back from my walk at the graveyard and on Main Street see this. Many years ago this was a bar. Is it coming back? Did find out tis gonna be a wine bar.

Mainly the rest of the week was putting up with the heart monitor. Needs to be charged and the phone and sensor within 30 feet of each other which was pretty impossible with my roaming about the house and yard when it was on charge. ;-)

Did replace the tail lights on my old trailer but didn't think to take pictures. Starting to pick dew berries but so far about a couple dozen picked but many many red and greens one on the vines. Future wine for sure.

Did bring a sample to wine to Bubba for a taste test and he loves is just as is. So, put some yeast killer in the mix and it's slowly slowing down the fermenting. Will check it later today but was a 12.2% ABV 2 days ago. Now need to get a sample for wife taste test. To me > It's all sweet. Probably the same silent stroke that numbed the right side of my face a few years ago knock out the taste also. ;-) Still smile and say nothing when the wife comes up to me with something she cooked and says " Taste This". I just smile and say " Very good! " ;-)

Did do the Nuke PET scan in Lake Charles yesterday. And bring that heart monitoring stuff back to my Dr's office. And told them " See you next week > the 9th to find out what the PET scan gonna show.

This morning Hmmmmmmm. Clean the bugs off the Wagon and Coffee and Internet and say dang > some more rain landed last night and a light shower while I was in the garage this early morning.

So , till the next!

Hiya April 25th

 And the 25th is on us already yes. 

Finally getting to know what the monitor and sending unit like on charging and keeping the 30 foot distance limit in mind though I do forget that once in a while. Ha ha ha ha. 

Did go See my Bro in law Jackie Taylor at  Harbor Hospice in LC town a couple days ago.  Spose to be going home as soon as they get all the stuff to keep him alive a bit longer in place.  

Did get my appointment set up for this morning yesterday.  Teeth cleaning and inspection to see what's up with that piece that came loose and out a few weeks ago. Sigh! 

Da Bride doing better with the back and shoulder every day but the dizziness is still there and memory is almost gone for present things unless reminded.  But, I'll take care of that.   Told her a few times,   " If you forget something a thousand times, I remind you a thousand times. No problem. "

Well onwards with the rest of this day. 

And a band at the Founders Park tonight. ;-)  So probably me and my gals will be present. 

 Wow! Over half of April gone and I forgot about this blog. Well , let's catch up. 

The main thing that happened this month was me going out for a few minutes while sitting, sipping wine and watching TV at the LA Bar in Lake Arthur. The TV going out of focus and me blinking my eyes and it goes worst and after about 3 blinks next thing I know was my friend Linsey shaking my shoulders and yelling at me to talk to her. Came back like nothing happened and all was good. She told me what happened and then the police showed up to see what the 911 call was about. So, I stood up and talk to them and even done a couple deep knee bend squats to make sure all was good. 

Next the ambulance came to check me out and a quick EKG and a blood sample all proved good and normal. Hmmmmmmmm. 

So , next day got to see my doctor and another ekg and blood work. All good! Next day to the hospital for more scans and ekg and blood work. No results. 

So a call from my heart doctor's people in Lake Charles moving my appointment up due to what happened. More tests and an appointment for heart monitor and PET scan in May. And me with a heart monitor for 2 weeks. Hmmmmmmmmm. 

So, continuing with my normal life style of sipping wine in the afternoons, doing some gardening and cleaning vehicles when needed. 

The other thing happening is Da Wife hurt her back lifting on plants containers. And no wanting to stay still to let it heal. Found my old back support we had to wear when working offshore years back and giving her a ruff times about staying still to let the back recover.  ha ha ha ha. But tis getting better even with her overly pushing it when it does not hurt lots. 

And the memory problem and dizziness still there and at times bad and better. We'll just deal with it. 

Gardening coming along slowly and kumquat tree looks to be coming back but no flowers yet.  The satsuma tree is good below the graft but nothing above but it did the same a few years ago after a freeze. So waiting for it to show up. 

The Fig tree! Wow! Gonna have a crop this year for sure. I'll be trading figs for other stuff to make wine with for sure. 

The dew berries are coming along and already have 7 in the refrigerator.  The early ripened one with many green ones happening. 

So that about catches us up for what's happened so far this month. 

 Another foggy but light wind morning as I got up at 02:30 to greet the world. 

Catching up on life the past week and a wow moment!  Last Sunday sitting at the LA Bar , watching tv and chatting with the girls working there, My vision went blurry , then more blurry and more .  Next thing I knew was my friend yelling at me to wake up. Then told me I was totally out for about 3 or so minutes. Next the police showed up to make sure I was good and ambulance came about 20 minutes later and run a few tests on me.  All was good like nothing had happened. 

Police called wife to come get me and my car and told her what happened.  So got home with her driving my wagon and neighbor was here waiting also. 

Next morning, Dr appointment made and at 1P  Doctor's nurse running tests, then talking to the Doc and off the hospital for more tests. 4 different ones.  So far, no word on the test results means nothing found. 

Oh well, we just go on from here and have a plan in case of getting a vision warning when driving. Get off the road and kill the engine. ;-) 

Then letting the people at the LA Bar know what's decided.  Telling my friend at the little place I go to a few blocks from the house about the incident so it something happens in the future there . 

Back to normal checking the garden for plants coming up.  A few making their present above ground. 

An under the house inspection for health of the home and he found a dripping leak under the kitchen I'll have to address Monday for sure. No use starting on it during the weekend and if need a plumber. ;-) ]

So, now, we see what live continues to bring that will excite us. 

Oh, yes , a surprise when seeing an obit up in facebook about an old friend. Don West, Jr as left us. 

 One Dr Visit a done deal! All good but wants me back on cholesterol meds. Okay Doc > You got it.

See him and nurses again in 6 months I hope. LOL He said " How old you are now Chesley? about 65? " Aw Doc Wilder, how about 58 years old " Ha ha ha He looked at my chart and him and the nurse laughed. " Uh , a month and a bit from 80 yr old dude. " ha ha ha . Had to laugh at that one. Next they gave me a shot. LOL!

Morning routine of removing bugs off the Wagon. ;-0

11th day of February. and your 45F self. Let's hope the rains are over with as parade time in Lake Arthur at 2:30PM. And I want to be there with camera in hand. Always a fun time over there.

Bugs already removed from the Wagon's nose this early morning and it's smiling and ready for today's adventures. Even a full tank of gas. YES!

Da Brenda says feeling pretty good this morn but knows the shoulder is still there. LOL told her you got a ways to go yet gal. Just maybe in a couple more months it's gonna pretty much be gone, but it was 6 months for me to feel hardly any pain when using my damaged shoulder which was no near as damaged as her's was and still, 11 years later still not the same in strength or overall feeling of my right shoulder.

So, let's chill and hope the Weather Gods are nice to LA this afternoon.

A few from LA Parade last year!

For sure so ready for Spring and get back into gardening.

Have 2 enclosures ready to dirt and plants

My kumquat tree before the freeze

And a week or so After the freeze

a picture of my 3 gals. Wife , Ella and Dee. Ella had hip replacement about 2 weeks before the wife had shoulder replacement.

And decided to black out the gold chevy sign on the front to black.

This day was a very foggy walk in the graveyard. But all the ghosts stayed in the ground LOL .

And the bride exercising that new shoulder joint. Think I'm gonna plant sunflowers there this year.

And my gal decided to get a new couch

Really beginning to wonder about my satsuma tree that did make 20 of them last year. If it starts showing life next month, in the ground it goes.

And after the pruning of the kumquat tree.

Gonna be a new begging for it after the freeze.

And a picture of both garden plots for this year. Have about 7 squash plants coming up in the near one and a couple cucumber plants in the far one. This last cold spell hurt them so we'll see and replant if need be.

And that about catches up today. Besides the wife getting fitted for new glasses then wanting to to Loggerheads for a glass of wine which was FINE with ME.

1st half of Jan 23

 As life rolls on with the recovery road for Brenda.  Paying her back for all the times I was injured plus the heart operation was fun for the most part. Even , at times with the sadness of her growing forgetfulness and lack of confidence , I do enjoy being there for her. 

Therapy sessions 3 times a week for the last month has kept the arm and body active. I enjoy meeting the therapists also. 

As per me in the last days, keeping the vehicle active and clean. Doing our afternoon rides when possible. Get's her out of the house and my fav country roads. 

A pictures of my near daily routine of removing bugs I gathered the day before when going out of town. 

Yes, Bayou Nez was getting up there in some of the rains this month. 

The lights of Arthur Boulevard in Lake Arthur as I was leaving the LA Bar. 

Just had to grab my M50 Canon for the rear view mirror shot of the setting sun. 

And today, a visit with Dr Holland to find out the next chapter in her recovery process. Of course, I'll be with her to fill in the blanks of any questions he has. 

So, Till the nextl.