Life In Remission

Sandy is doing very well. Her life is back to normal. We've hosted Thanksgiving dinner for her family and we've been doing some local traveling.

at the Fair Oaks Dairy Farm in Indiana.















Colors at Starved Rock State Park, near LaSalle, IL.















Waterfall at Starved Rock State Park.





















Canyon wall in Starved Rock State Park.















Collecting Army Worms on the trail at Starved Rock.















Sandy and I took Julie's sofa to her in St. Paul.
We'd stored it in our basement since August 2006.
Here's Julie and Todd.






















Ava turned 4 on November 10th.
Her birthday party on the 14th was in her new home in Woodbury.















Ava gets her cake.





















Julie's self-portrait with Ava.






















Sandy hosting Thanksgiving.





















Historical Society Museum in Elgin, IL.















An Elgin watch.




















Sandy at the General Store in the Elgin Museum.





















A chance encounter with Sophie, peering over a park bench.














Next day, we drove to see the lighthouse at Michigan City, IN.















A smokestack near Michigan City.





















1 of about 80 deer pictures that Sandy took, west of Michigan City.














Sculpture in basement of Lake County Courthouse.






















"Quacky Tourist" outside John Dillinger Museum.






















at Popolano's in Chesterton, IN.






















at Popolano's for lunch.






















After we got home we put up a couple Christmas trees. This is how Sandy's been spending her time in remission so far. She has another appointment with her oncology doctor, Doctor Yamada, on December 16th.