A very scary Halloween Month
















I've been quite ill almost continuously since our Alaskan cruise. This culminated at the beginning of the month with a diagnosis of cancer of the kind that brought my mother down in just five months, 35 years ago after she was first diagnosed. For almost a week I didn't know how long I had to live, until I had my first appointment at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. As it went, I had contracted a very severe bacteriological infection, and my doctor at Huntsman took the strategy that it was this rather than cancer that was responsible for all my symptoms, which if taken at face value would result in a cancer diagnoses. After a number of blood tests and a bone marrow biopsy, I was cleared healthwise from having cancer. Now, all I have to do is to get through all the other tests they want to do to check out any ailment. This seems to just go on and on. We're gone on vacation and will be back in a while.

Utah Gets its Snow Again
We awakened this morning to the last in a series of winter storms that started on Monday, each leaving snow a little lower on the mountains. This one reached the valleys, dropping 4 inches of snow at the house. Now, if I just had a beach cottage in Australia until next April.

The Red Tree out Front

The City of American Fork was kind enough to plant this beautiful red tree just across the street from us. I suspect that it is some kind of a maple. As Fall has continued with morning temperatures in the 30s, the tree quite suddenly turned bright red, so we thought it nice to get pictures of Marolynn and I beside the tree.
It's still quite dry with afternoon temperatures in the 70s, and we're still picking tomatoes.

The Last Aspen

We spent a delightful day with my brother Bob and Shirley who are spending the week at a resort in Park City. They drove us up to the top of Empire Pass into snow country and into this pretty area where up above winter is making its first appearance.
Bob and Shirley are doing very well and are planning another long trip in January