New Nose?

How do you like my stylish new nose?

Think I can start a new fashion trend?

Actually, I had surgery on my nose and for 48 hours I had ice packs, one hour every two hours for the first day and then one hour every four hours the next day. Here's what I looked like with the bandages during this time.

This was the look when I took off the bandages. I think the tin nose made a better fashion statement--though the grand kids didn''t appreciate the glamour or the humor. I was taking my clues from the tin nose in the film "Blazing Saddles". The grand kids thought it looked more like I was imitating C3PO in Star Wars. Generation gap, no doubt.

Does Money Grow On Trees?

Of course money grows on trees--and here is proof. We have 4 papaya trees growing next to our house. You can see the fruit turning gold telling us it is time to harvest a delicious treat.

Some like to season the fruit with a squirt of lemon and a sprinkle of sugar. and eat it with a spoon.

Others like to blend it with a banana, ice, a dash of milk and some yogurt as a smoothy.

Here's proof from the local supermarket that the fruit is worth it's weight in gold.

We figure we have already eaten $80 worth and another $250 worth are getting ready for us to enjoy until after Thanksgiving. Like I said, money grows on trees.