Pelican

While sitting on the beach in Sarasota a Pelican stop by for a visit. Picture taken by a Nikon D70 with a Nikon 55-200 lens. March 2007

Moms close call !!

On Friday July 25th 2008 my mother had a minor fire at her house. She put a pot on the stove and went outside to chat with a neighbour. Soon she heard the smoke detector go off and ran inside to a kitche filled with smoke. She manged to turn the stove off and open a few windows. She went out on the front porch and sat down. She realized that she was not well and called my sister. My sister who is a nurse called 911 for a fire truck and ambulance. When they took my mom to the hospital it was only then that my sister realized that mom was having a heart attack.
After some tests it was revealed that she needed double bypass surgery. This was done on Wednesday July 31st 2008. Which would have been her 54th wedding anniversary. My dad died of cancer at age 69 back on mothers day 2001. Everything went well and she is due to be released Wednesday August 6th 2008. Another close call.