Today we celebrate a day of Thanksgiving. We count our blessings and give thanks for family and friends. I am also grateful for my wonderful patients, some of whom I have provided care for a few decades, if one can believe that! I am also grateful for the opportunities I have had to serve on medical missions. I just returned from Honduras teaching at their surgical oncology residency program and American Samoa to help with their community cancer program. Will write more on that later.
And I am grateful for the gift of companionship of my pups, and especially the time spent with my precious Fionnegan who died in September. Despite Gunnarr and Shorty also being sad, we keep good company with each other and enjoy each and every day.
The end of the day. The western coast of American Samoa is the last land mass before the International Date Line - hence it truly is the end of the day!
A pair of hyacinth macaws in a tree looking at me looking at them! These gorgeous creatures were spotted on a birding trip to Brazil.
From my Gunnarr and Shorty and me,
We wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels over the holiday weekend.
It took three separate tries to get a side-by-side picture of them.
For some unknown reason, or maybe because they have always lined up with Fionnegan, Gunnarr has taken to howling every time I try to get a picture of them on the porch. And it is not just one howl, but repeated times. Poor little fellow.
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