Early March

 March started off with me scrambling around trying to get tax paperwork organized and to the accountant.

I had my Dad's final tax return info to take to the accountant he used last year too.

Glad to have all this in the hands of the professionals now!

At home, I'm dealing with hundreds of Asian Lady Beetles...in the house.

I don't know if you can enlarge this photo and see just how many there are. This room is the worst. It's on the sunny south side of the house.

They come in every year...some years worse than others.

I can vacuum them up with the shop vac, then at couple days later there are this many again.

In December, I mentioned that I was prescribed a Holter monitor to wear because my heart was beating too fast.

So it was recommended that I have an ablation procedure to see if that could correct the problem. I was eager to get that scheduled...hoping that it would help me feel less tired all the time.

It seems to be successful! My heart rate is down to a normal healthy rhythm!

Because the procedure is done through a vein and an artery in both sides of the groin...an overnight hospital stay was required.

(Yep, that's Golden Girls on TV.)

One might think that the hospital medical staff would follow up by listening to my heart.

Nope, everyone that came in the room wanted to check the incision points in my groin.

 Except the custodian...I tried to show him but he wasn't interested. (Just kidding, lol.)

But I was glad to have them there when later in the evening, when they unclamped the incisions, a huge gusher of blood came pouring out!

They applied pressure until it stopped, then I had to lay flat and still for a few more hours.

Whew!

Next door, a logging company has set up lots of equipment. They are cutting trees throughout the woods to the side and also behind my property.

They bring the cut trees up to this area, where they saw the limbs off and cut the trees (mostly pine) into sections then load them on a truck.

Meanwhile, burning piles of branches and small trees.

So sad to see the cut off stumps where trees stood at the edge of the property.

Puss is curious about this change of scenery as well.

One thing is certain...one has to be ready for change.  I plan to plant more trees in my back field now and also let some of the area grow up naturally by not mowing.

I know I'll see Sassafras, Redbuds, and Maples coming up volunteer.

I'll end with this funny picture.  It's members of my non fiction book club in front of a giant screen during a Zoom meeting with an author.

The book was "The Martians" by David Baron.  Our leader, LaDonna, brought in alien eyes sunglasses for us to put on and surprise Mr. Baron. Funny!