Summer is here

We have had a very good spring, and now summer in Buena Vista. Although we have had no rain for months, we are enjoying our usual delightful dry mountain weather. Hot sunny days and cool nights, no humidity and very few bugs. The Arkansas river is running fast and full, and so is Cottonwood Creek which runs through town.

The second week in June, we drove up to Cottonwood Pass to see the snow. The county had just finished plowing the road for the big "Ride the Rockies" bike event. You can see just how tall the plowed drift was.

The next photo shows Doug standing in front of the yellow climbing rose in our yard. This looks more like summer!

Our days have been busy with routine things like lots of yard work. Doug has been bothered with low back and hip pain, but that is not from his cancer - "just" sciatica. He tried the chiropractor without success and is now getting accupuncture.

Both Doug and I volunteered to help with our church's Vacation Bible School this year. That was a lot of work and called for lots of patience with the kids, ages 5 to 10. We had to pray for more energy for the adults and less energy for the kids! We ended up feeling blessed at the end of the week.

God has been very good to us, and we continue to live busy active lives. The myeloma is ever present in the background; we are happy to leave it there.

Life is very good, praise God.