Sandhill Cranes, the full bloom, Laurie working in the garden, and the latest beaver dam can be seen at http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2016/2/last-cranes-first-bloom

Lighted Lilies

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 Timothy Price6 Comments

http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2016/2/lighted-lilies

Snakes, Kitties, Lizards, Flowers & Hoodoos T – 22 Days

December 10, 2015May 21, 2019 Timothy Price10 Comments

http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/12/snakes-kitties-lizards-flowers-hoodoos-t-22-days

Kilgore & Tyler T – 23 Days

December 9, 2015December 8, 2015 Timothy Price7 Comments

Oil, plantation, flowers http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/12/kilgore-tyler-t-23-days

Sunflowers Sunday

September 6, 2015September 5, 2015 Timothy Price9 Comments

New sunflowers: http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/9/more-sunflowers-sunday

Flowers: Corrales Garden Tour (part 2)

June 8, 2015June 7, 2015 Timothy Price16 Comments

Photos from the 2015 Corrales Garden Tour can be seen at http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/6/2015-corrales-garden-tour. Interesting that the post for the 2015 garden tour coincides with part 2 of the Corrales Garden Tour in 2011.

Originally posted on June 8, 2011: The results of my PET scan last Tuesday are that, while most everything is normal, a couple of lymph nodes showed FDG activity. One had a standard uptake value (SUV)of 4.2, while the other was between 3.4-3.8. Anything over 3 shows excessive metabolic activity and is considered suspicious — however, the SUV is not necessarily an indication of cancer since an infection or inflammation will show increased metabolic activity.

My doctor is having a radiologist take a closer look at the PET scan to see if they can easily biopsy one of the active lymph nodes. She scheduled another PET scan in 8 weeks. If there had been no FDG activity, the next PET scan would have been scheduled in six months.

Our general feeling is that the FDG activity in the two lymph nodes is not a relapse, as a relapse normally shows FDG activity throughout the lymph system. However, since my lymphoma was very aggressive, we have to look at all suspicious activity closely; if it turns out there is indication of a relapse then we can treat it immediately.

The photos tonight are flowers from each of the gardens we visited on the Corrales Garden Tour on Sunday.

Life in the Ponds: Corrales Garden Tour (part 1)

June 6, 2015June 5, 2015 Timothy Price12 Comments

Today’s blog for June 6, 2015 was taken from the center at http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/6/on-the-edge-from-the-center. June 6, 2011 fell on the Sunday of the Corrales Garden Tour. This year’s garden tour is tomorrow, June 7, 2015, so photos of the 2015 Corrales Garden Tour should coincide with Part 2 from 2011 when I repost it on June 8, 2015. Confused?

June 6, 2011: We did the Corrales Garden Tour today. Six gardens were on the tour: three residential/commercial, three solely residential. What was most interesting for me is that all six had some type of water feature, from water gurgling over stones to large ponds with water lilies, gold fish, bull frogs, turtles and koi. So tonight’s theme is life in the ponds in part 1 of the Corrales Garden Tour.

The large ponds with critters were most interesting. The first garden we visited had two large green houses and a large pond as part of their garden. The owners were wholesalers of a variety of plants. Their pond had gold fish, turtles and bull frogs along with various aquatic plants. I discovered they had the bull frogs after a butterfly landed on a plant and a large critter jumped out of the foliage to get it. That critter was a large bull frog, who proudly floated for awhile after having his butterfly breakfast, which allowed me to photograph him. One of the turtles floated along the surface for a few minutes, then it would dive to the bottom of the pond.

The last garden on the tour also had a large pond which had koi and a lot of blooming water lilies. Koi are much more interesting than gold fish and, in turn, produced much more interesting photographs.

We’re sitting out on the deck listening to Luis Miguel in concert at the Sandia Casino Amphitheater. Dolly Parton will be there on July 20th. She’s sold out, but we will no doubt be able to hear her loud and clear. Santana is scheduled in September. He’s sold out, as well.