Fibromyalgia is a disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by fatigue, sleep, memory and mood issues. Researchers believe that fibromyalgia amplifies painful sensations by affecting the way your brain processes pain signals.

Getting old is just so much fun (NOT!!!!!).

On the bright side of life, God has blessed me with two wonderful sons, a nice home set next to a wildlife refuge, and a studio with large windows where I can sit and look at all the gorgeous birds coming to my bird feeders, bald eagles snatching up old hay from my pasture for their nest, and a multitude of sandhill cranes with their primeval calls, and even an occasional loon down at the river.

No beads today, I’ve just been too busy getting the pasture fences fixed up for summer and trying to get a garden in. But I do have pretty pictures,

a scarlet tanager,


And I found out that the birds I thought were some sort of dark Baltimore Oriole are actually Orchard Orioles,

and a house finch.