room with a view

mum and I went to portland yesterday to visit aunt peg. she's at maine med on the cardiac floor. she seems to be doing pretty well. she had her fourth stint put in on friday and they're going in to replace her pacemaker batteries on tuesday. they say that the batteries in those things are only supposed to last five years, tops. aunt peg has had her pacemaker for over six so she's well over-due for some new ones.

being on the ninth floor and having a west-facing room, she has some pretty awesome views! and her bed is right next to the window so she doesn't even have to get up to enjoy them. this is right outside her window ... the brand new (by a couple of years, now) helicopter pad that sits atop the new parking garage.



in the farthest distance you can see mount washington, still snow-covered. unfortunately, I couldn't get a decent picture of it. but just east of the white mountain range you can see westbrook's sappi paper mill. I was shocked at how big it is. driving past it, it obviously looks rather large. But we were a good 10 miles or more from it and still, it loomed over everything!




Also right outside the window was the Portland Seadogs home field. too bad they weren't playing yesterday because it was the perfect view.










right next to the seadogs field is the deering highschool football/soccer/track field. When you're traveling on the interstate at night and you see lots of bright lights ahead of you, it's usually either the Seadogs or Deering Highschool playing or both. I can't imagine what their power bills must look like with all those lights!



well, i'm off to do some work on my book. that's right, I'm writing my first ever craft book! and I'm very excited! I'm sure there will be snippets to show you soon, so stay tuned...