so wash your hands....

When public health officials start talking about 'standard operating procedures' it makes me a little nervous. Swine flu is in the beginning stages having killed 100 people in Mexico and with outbreaks already discovered in the U.S. and Canada. While they have yet to create a vaccine to deal with this new strain, there is website offering advice to those concerned. Contact with anyone that has been in Mexico tops the list, along with staying home if you feel ill and covering your mouth when you sneeze or cough.

I've had the good ole American kind of flu. It was the sickest I have ever been. Deep fatigue and severe body aches are the symptoms I most remember - that along with being home for over 8 days and sleeping around the clock. It was awful. You forgot what feeling good feels like.

While I don't like to worry, I will heed the advice of those health officials.

Five hands

Mother's Day is coming up...

http://www.mrsongmillinery.com/

I would really like, just once in my life, to have the occassion to wear a hat like this (other than Halloween). Apparently Mother's Day is the big day for Mr. Song, the creator of the Aretha hat. I'm thinking I would look fetching in a small brimmed, crystal lined hat with a flapper bow. We could then do brunch...

A walk through Walker Sculpture Garden

Are we the Art?

Strange looking creatures in the glass...

The Walking Man and Me.

John wonders if this is a giant molecule of some kind??

Still better....

Lily is exploring the old Carlson Kiln near Barn Bluff

I've gone to 'manual' on my Nikon d80 and the pictures
are continuing to improve. These are fall leaves found
in the spring on Barn Bluff.

Bay Point Park - Mississippi river

I used photoshop to enhance this picture and add a spotlight effect.  Still learning photoshop too.