We saw some nice clouds on the way home from the Mexican restaurant on Sunday night. We had just finished eating our traditional Wednesday lunch of huevos rancheros, rescheduled for Sunday evening because of Leah’s slow recovery from her surgery. Most of the western sky was covered with dark clouds, but there were some pink clouds peeking through gaps here and there.
As usual, this was taken with my iPhone. It does not capture the contrast in brightness and color, but it was the best I could do. I keep saying I’m going to take an actual camera along with me everywhere I go, but I keep not doing it. With a camera I could have zoomed in on the pink areas, but even then it would not have shown enough of the darker clouds to see the real contrast. I imagine a better photographer or a better Photoshopper could get this shot.
Leah did OK with the huevos rancheros, but she didn’t really eat much. She said her eyes were bigger than her stomach, which is probably pretty small these days given how little solid food she is eating. The incision and the interior of her abdomen are still hurting. That combined with arthritic pain in her neck forces her to lie down occasionally through the day to try to calm the pain. It’s slow, but she’s making it.
I know Leah is ready to have the pain go away. It’s very wearing to hurt. Lying down takes a lot of stress off those core muscles that are healing. Hope she can eat a bit more soon.
Those clouds are beautiful, even though the photo may not live up to the actuality. Yesterday we had very high and isolated patches of cirrocumulus.
Love seeing those pink clouds peeking there. It is a beautiful sky, and the iPhone did a good job showing us a bit of what you actually saw.
I hope Leah’s recovery speeds up and that she starts to feel better and more comfortable. I have degenerative arthritis in my neck with all kinds of bent-out-of-shape discs pressing on each other. It is such a painful bummer. I use an ice pack on my neck when the pain really gets to me. Maybe Leah could try that (if she hasn’t already), with hope that it would bring her some relief. Please send her my best wishes.
Minnie and Robin — Leah told me to thank you both for your kind words and thoughts. I think it means a lot to know someone is thinking of her.