Errands and Visits

 

I had to be at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA, this morning at 8:40. I was on time, amazingly enough. I got behind a school bus almost first thing and then another slow-moving vehicle, but I stayed calm and it worked out just right. They listened to my heart and drew three vials of blood for testing and discussed my surgery. I was out by 10:00 and headed toward home. I checked on my father's land in Lockwood and managed to talk to a couple of the neighbors and they are both interested in buying the land. That will help, as I have been paying the taxes on it since 1989. I just need to figure out a fair price. I stopped to visit my cousin Kathy for awhile. We were more like sisters than cousins back in the sixties. We both got married (she at 14 and me at 18) and drifted apart somewhat since our respective husband's didn't care for each other. Her husband was killed in a car accident a few years ago. Mine died six years ago from pancreatitis complications. Her new husband and my boyfriend seem to be able to get along with each other, so hopefully we will see more of each other. As long as I was out, I stopped to see my sister and her significant other before heading home. I was just in time to drive in the downpour. I had to drive very slowly most of the way home because the rain was coming down so hard and fast it was difficult to see. By the time I pulled into my driveway, the rain had subsided. I took a look at the flowers and decided it would be a good time to take some pictures of the flowers to show my grandson, Matthew. Since he helped me plant the flowers, I thought he might like to see how well they had survived and grown. This flower is a lisianthus. I wish it were a perennial, but am told it is not. I am going to try to put it in a pot and bring it indoors before the fall frost hits it. I love the purple and white flowers.