SPRINGTIME AT HOME

I have joked about having a nose job and eye lift here but it turned out to not be funny. Basal cell cancer was found on my nose and lower right eyelid. Both removals went so deep that I had to have plastic surgery on both. The nose is a pretty well healed back to normal. The eyelid will take a little longer and was really ugly with “panda eyes” on both eyes. Some stitches were taken out yesterday but three more have to come out next week. I have been promised there will be a little ‘tuck’. We’ll see. In the meantime I look like a pirate with one eye closed but no patch.
Zoe has been teaching a five-week course in beginning computing and loving it. Evidently her students love it too as she has been getting all kinds of accolades. You know Zoe, she works very hard most of the week perfecting her lesson plans and it shows. My painting classes are over for the summer (except for open studio) and I have almost completed my first painting. I am very happy with it. I knew it would be a little difficult for a first painting as it had so much detail but I have learned a lot and am happy with the results. It was very well received in the class presentation. I already have my next painting picked out to do.
The climate here is so conducive to plants that the flowers are just beautiful. The maintenance people do such a wonderful job that we have a riot of color everywhere. We have a yellow rose bush that I especially enjoy. I love having fresh flowers in the house. In front of the house is a profusion of a flower called ‘Lily of the Nile’. I thought it might be related to papyrus but it turns out to be of the amaryllis family.