Sunday, June 23, 2024

In late May we were in Albuquerque for over a week for the surgery, hospital stay, and time to begin to heal before traveling. Then Michael spent a month back in Las Cruces continuing to heal. We took short walks every day in the cool of the morning. Last week we went back to Albuquerque for a one month follow-up with Michael's surgeon. These photos were taken over that time period.


Albuquerque

View from our hotel room



Free breakfast at the Holiday Inn


Long hours of waiting


Hotel corridor at the Holiday Inn


Second breakfast at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center


Bronze sculpture of Native American woman at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center


The Albuquerque Museum

La Virgen de Guadalupe


Contemporary Mimbres-style Pottery





Bronze raven on museum roof


A Shower in a Dry Year - painting by Peter Hurd


Karl - painting by Andrew Wyeth


Message from a concerned parent


Back in Las Cruces

Colorful adobe house in Mesilla


Torch Cactus bloom


Hedgehog Cactus blooms


Organ Mountains at sunrise


Curve-billed Thrasher


Great Roadrunner


Organ Mountains and field of Golden Poppies



Organ Mountains and dust storm


Organ Mountains with storm clouds at dawn


A pre-dawn walk in the neighborhood


Home Sweet Home



7 comments:

  1. So glad the surgery went well and that you’re on the road to recovery 💚 love you, let me know if you ever have any nursing questions!

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    1. My only question is Why are nurses so awesome?

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  2. Celebrating the beauty around us - daily inspiration! It’s a harsh climate filled with beauty both subtle and grand.

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  3. Good to hear that you're healing fine. Love the pictures, especially the one with the sunset in the background. I am sending healing vibes to you; I hope you feel the energy. Love you both!

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  4. Love to y'all along this journey of recovery!

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  5. Hi Mike , hi Dennis and I am so happy with your email you sent out about where you’re at with your cancer or would it go away. And thank you for the beautiful photos as usual and I am so glad you are healing well I can’t give you a hug because I’m now in Illinois healing my doing healing myself, you probably heard I was hit by a car walking across a parking lot so I’m still in the process of healing from that and do appreciate prayers. You’ve got my prayers and my healing thoughts with you. Always love to both of you Kathleen. 🥰🙏

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  6. Beautiful pictures as always. Glad you are recovering and sending energy for healing and patience. Thinking of you a lot. Ma

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