" Surrounded"

Like the chicks in this picture, I'm saying WHEW I'm glad that's over!











That's not me on that table, but I was surrounded by one exactly like this yesterday! There's really nothing to it! Except for having to have blood drawn beforehand and being hooked to a drip IV, it's a piece of cake! You lay on your tummy with boobies hanging in two holes, they put ear plugs in and head phones on you and play music of your choosing to drown out the loud noise of the machine. I chose Celtic and went to sleep twice during the 45 minute procedure. I talked with the Radiologist and he said my PC doctor will get the report by Friday. He said; they may not be able to tell much except that it does give a closer view but a needle biopsy is basically the only thing that really rules out anything. This was done so that if they decide I should just be watched for changes, this will make ANY change much easier to detect. So now I'm hoping that it will be just a watch situation instead of let's get a needle biopsy!Besides nearly FREEZING to death waiting on the radiologist afterwards....not so bad!

I have a plan to do nothing but read, review and interview in August on the blog! These are some books that MUST be read ............The "Shades of Gray"by Jessica James book which has knocked " Gone With The Wind" out of it's long held # 1 spot on Amazon, will be given away as Jess sent me a personalized signed copy and I had already bought it new. So the one I bought, will be a giveaway! I plan on asking for giveaway copies of the others when I submit their interview questions! :)

When I got home yesterday, a beautiful site awaited me! An Amazon box! My book club, Awesome Read, has been suspending meetings because we have had two of our elderly members pass away recently. So, we have decided not to meet until September. We decided we would pick a series to read and give members till December to read them all. It is Stephanie Barron's "Jane Austen mystery series". There are 9 books so far in this series and most Amazon reviews rate them 4-5 stars, so I'm looking forward to these! I ordered all 9 but only 7 arrived in this box along with a few other books. The others are:

" Jane Austen's World" by Maggie Lane. I love Jane Austen and saw this while ordering the mystery series so I threw it in the cart! Also a couple of books that had been recommended to me,

" Bread Alone"by Judith Ryan Hendricks. This is a 1st novel from Judith about a woman who after divorce, goes to work in a bakery! " Every good and Perfect gift" by Brenda Jernigan.

This is also a 1st novel by a hello...North Carolina writer and it's set in a small NC town!

So I'm waiting on another Amazon box today( when you order Amazon Proper, you can track it) with the other two Jane Austen mysteries, Greg Iles just released " The Devil's Punchbowl" ,

"The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane" by Katherine Howe. A novel in which a young woman selling her deceased Grandmother's house discovers Granny was into witchcraft and " The Black Flower" a Civil War novel by Howard Bahr that was recommended by Gary Carden when he, I, Vicki Lane and Katherine Magendie had dinner in Hendersonville after the bookfest. This book is set in a famous house in Franklin, Tennessee that I have visited several times, Carton Mansion.

The picture below is of a book I ordered from England I'm also expecting to arrive soon. Isn't it gorgeous? I plan to read this and a couple of Elizabeth Goudge children's books, " Linnets and Valerians" and " The Little White Horse" to my two Grans, Kohl and Molly ( the girl's ) when they come here shortly to spend a week with Nana!

Now to the post title Surrounded. Besides being surrounded by doctors, machines and books........
We were, NO kidding, SURROUNDED by clouds of all shapes, sizes and color last evening. At 7:40 P.M. I took these pictures! Now the pond is on the East side of the farm. It looked like we had an eastern sunset!

From the east...

EAST...

EAST...

South...

West...

WEST...

North.........

North East.........

West...........

North West...

East.......

South East....

Same shot with flash...by the way, NOT ONE DROP OF RAIN resulted from this! :(

Thank You to each and everyone of you who prayed, sent good thoughts and vibes to me over the past few days, I really have NO fear, worry or anxiety over this now. I believe it will turn out to be NOTHING and I give credit to all of YOU for Surrounding me ! * MUWAH * :)