**Poppy photo taken in her yard by Natalie;
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**Photo of poppies out my back door taken by Natalie;
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**Photo taken in her yard by Natalie;
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Well it seems Monday’s surgery and the two subsequent sleepless nights from the killer migraine set off by the surgery finally caught up with me and completely zapped my energy, brought me to my knees sort of, and left me less than perky and chatty.  (Oh my gosh! Is that an awful sentence or what?! I’m embarassed to tell anyone now that I used to teach English!) Oh well, upward and onward! All I’ve done for days is to take it easy and take care of a mere few of the small things around here. I’ve been neglect with my blog and with seeing whet you guys are up to on yours. If being faithful in the small things is where my strength lies, then maybe that’s why tonight I felt up to this little update and the load of laundry I just started. I pray that all of you are well and hope to be back to being on top of my game, as limited as the game might be at my age, as well as back in the swing of things. Love, Natalie

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