Saturday, March 17, 2007


A few days ago we had a visit from Viktor. Suzy was very excited about it, just like Viktor. On the other hand Figaro was of the opinion that Viktor had to learn some dog manners and snapped at him a few times. Viktor took the reprimands to heart and settled down a bit - but not much. Viktor's hair on the head had changed from silver to white and despite the butcher job of somebody cutting off hair around the nose and eyes he looked fine.
Otherwise I can tell about spring in the area. Trillium is in bloom and violets are out in many places.

Sunday, March 11, 2007


As you probably remember, I am not feeling too well. I failed a stress test and got 2 'stents' inserted around my heart. The problem was that did not seem to help too much. The stronger problem with catching my breath changed to an easier one, but then also a problem arose by just walking around the block. The changed problem was traced to a medication, which changed the heart rate from about 78 to 56 beats per minute. Now I am off this particular medication, but have to wait for 2 to 3 days until all traces of the medication are gone from my body. This is sometimes a bit frustrating and I have bouts of feeling upset. I do hope things will improve even if only slowly, but that they will get better.

On a more positive note: red tulips and a delightful azalea have joined the blooming parade. In addition forsythia, magnolia, and the first blooming trees now. I already loved the dark rose color last year and I think it is some kind of a plum (Velda thinks it is a cherry – OK, maybe). Don’t really know for sure but as I said I love the tree with its joyous looks.

HA! It seems the beta-blocker mediation has been removed from my body; I am feeling really well again.


This is the upandgo blog for me. The address is synergy-upandgo.blogspot.com

The title in Google is German.

I am trying to get going again on this blog.

New pictures about spring flowers have been put up.

Have fun!