Dear Reader:

Yesterday was such a “magical” day in so many ways…the results of my white cell blood count had risen…still low but no longer “critically low.” Staying off Ibrance (“The New Normal”) cancer medicine for three weeks did the trick. It was the first time my white cell count has risen out of the “critically low” category to low normal in over a year. Hallelujah! (And I feel the difference…not “hitting the wall” like I once did in total exhaustion.)

My IBrance daily dosage was lowered and in three weeks we will see if that has helped maintain the white cell count or if we need to switch to another cancer medication because of this challenging side effect…but for right now..I am just happy to have moved up a notch. * I really think having the foot wound healed has taken some stress off the immune system and it can use its reserve elsewhere now.

On the way home I drove around Tea Farm, the neighborhood next to mine… stopping to pull over at the “magic” spot where the fairies live :)…complete with mushrooms, hollow trees and pretty flowers. I think I must have gotten some pixie dust on me because all of a sudden I was seeing “magic” everywhere.

First I looked at my back yard neighbors’ trees shining in the late afternoon sun…sparkling like diamonds…gorgeous! How many people can see this scenery every day of their lives? How blessed I am!

*Research shows that “simply spending time near or gazing at trees can relieve stress, lower our heart rates, help us heal faster and improve our mental and emotional health.” The Magic of Trees- Tess Whitehurst

Then the magic…with the late sun’s rays hitting my grandsons’ Japanese Maples underneath the leaves…the cool red leaves on top burst into flames as the sun hit the back of each leaf. (same tree branch)

The same thing happened with the Confederate Rose bush (slowly coming back from its winter nap.) No hocus pocus...simply the magic of the sun’s rays hitting the leaves from different angles turning sunbeams (reflecting off the leaves) into instant technicolor!

I continued walking around just breathing in the cool crisp air…it felt like fall yesterday…rejuvenating! I kept shooting the photos from underneath the plants and trees upward towards the sun…a different perspective of beauty…like in these two red tips (given to me by Doodle for my birthday years and years ago!)

And speaking of “magic” Jakie  is “consumed” with cars so he was in “car heaven” at Disney World at the Magic Kingdom during spring break with his family. It was the annual flower show exhibition time there (my favorite) and “Mater” from the movie Cars had been made into a topiary! Mandy said it was actually cool in Florida…jeans and jacket weather…but packed with spring breaks going on all around the country!

Sharon Joyce found the perfect verses from Scripture to go along with the theme from yesterday’s blog on “Biomimicry”…returning to nature to solve modern problems. *Thank you so much Sharon!!!:)

Job 12:7-10 New International Version (NIV)