We are half way through the year and I am so tired of the WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE!

NOT MUCH TO BE HAPPY ABOUT IS THERE?

We need to find our own happiness and leave the UGLINESS BEHIND.

Or better yet get INVOLVED and HELP SOMEHOW!

As you know I am in need of some WONDERFUL MEDICAL ATTENTION or ADVISE!

This X-ray I had done in a chiropractors office after a massage that was PAINFUL.

I get massages frequently due to the tension in my back and neck.Have for many years now.

They have never hurt BEFORE YESTERDAY!

Long story SHORT I have asked for a NECK X-RAY in the past from my NEUROLOGIST and Medical Doctor.They always have skipped over it.

So, I sent them these two photos!

My MD is saying NO!

He tells me the eyes have nothing to do with the neck ………….

After me getting “BENT OUT OF SHAPE ON THE PHONE”he tells me he will have to see me in the office before giving referral.He will have his office call…………that was 6 days ago.I have called BACK TWICE!

Meanwhile, I got an Advise nurse on the line who put me through to a medical doctor who said,I’m not a neurologist you need to call their office.My neurologist is on vacation.I am having terrible headaches and PAIN in the back of my SKULL since the BOTOX INJECTIONS!It took two weeks for the site of the injection pain to go away and now I am left with TENSION and a FIST like feeling in the back of my skull.

I wrote the Neurologist an email on June 6,2024.

The message back to me is he is OUT OF THE OFFICE UNTIL June 24 ,2024.

I started ALL of this in JANUARY of this year,because I had noticed a RISE IN MY EPISODES FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.

JUST MAYBE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY NECK…………………..!!!!

But let’s back up to TWO WEEKS AGO!

RECALL I had BOTOX injected for MIGRAINES INTO MY SKULL,FOREHEAD AND BACK.

I have suffered immensely since that was done.Headaches, soreness where the injections were administered, headaches daily and OH MY GOSH MY EYE EPISODES are coming TWICE A DAY and with more of a VERTIGO FEEL TO THEM.Meaning no light headness just plain old DIZZY!

HORRIFIC TO LIVE THROUGH!

Leaves one so drained and ZAPPED!

I even SNEEZED and I got an EYE EPISODE!Because my head fell forward with speed and my neck got pulled.I couldn’t get to a chair.I had to yell for HELP from THE ITALIAN.

IN 2023 I had 45 eye episodes in total for the year.

AS of June 4th 2024 I have had 49.(That is just half a year!)

STANFORD DOCTOR WILL WEIGH IN ON THURSDAY…………I CAN’T WAIT!

SHALL WE TAKE BETS WHAT HER RESPONSE WILL BE?

ENOUGH OF ME AND MY WOES………..!!!!

LET’s HAVE SOME FUN!

LET’S GO TO LUNCH further south from where I live.

I was driven to SANTA CRUZ by a reader of THE VINTAGE CONTESSA her name is VIKKI.

We had lunch with HEIDI in her GORGEOUS COLLECTED HOME!

I LOVE THIS PHOTO I TOOK of HEIDI!

Her dress came from TARGET!

VIKKI ASKED as we were getting the tour!

(I know you were wondering!!RUN TO TARGET)

SHE COLLECTS THOSE ITALIAN TRAYS!

THEY ARE ALL OVER HER KITCHEN!

THEY COME FROM FLORENCE, ITALY……………my second HOME!

Can you see the food HEIDI PREPARED?

AN EGG SOUFFLÉ with ARTICHOKE HEARTS and a Quinoa salad with tons of vegetables that was DELICIOUS!A fruit plate with strawberries and watermelon and the GRAND FINALE was a chocolate mousse!

I find eating in, at friends homes is so much better than going OUT these days!

It’s SPECIAL as they put the time and effort into it and let’s face it the taste exceeds the LUNCH SPOTS!

THIS WAS THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR HERE FOR US IN Northern California.

Temps reached into the low 90’s.

These two started painting in their 60’s!Both accomplished artists and both do incredible PET PORTRAITS that don’t break the BANK!They both studied INTERIOR DESIGN and worked in that field for sometime as well……………SO THEY HAVE A GOOD EYE!

Vikki on the LEFT and her email is………Vbelle1@yahoo.com

Heidi on the right and her email is………heidimichelle.artstudiogmail.com

Just in case you want to inquire about cost and size and chit chat about ART!

Both WOMEN smart, educated and are fascinating to talk too.

Vikki knows how to LAND A PLANE and Heidi’s Father received TWO Purple Hearts from World WAR 2.

THAT SHOULD PEEK YOUR INTEREST!

Both WOMEN on INSTAGRAM here are their names there.

henryavenuedesign and heidimichelle.artstudio or heidimichelle.athome

PORTRAIT BY HEIDI

ABOVE and BELOW

MAY I SUGGEST HAVING A PORTRAIT DONE FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL FOR THE HOLIDAYS……….

I KNOW. I KNOW!!!

As A RECEIVER OF THESE GIFTS I CAN TELL YOU ITS VERY SPECIAL TO RECEIVE.

THE LADIES MAY HAVE DOWN TIME THIS SUMMER…………put your request in NOW!

(Emails above!)

UGLY TOES SORRY ~ Pedicure time!

The woman cut my nail way down low!

I asked WHY?

She said I had a FUNGUS, so she cut it out!

To me this will cause an ingrown toenail!

Please weigh in on this in the comment zone below!

Toes are NOT PRETTY!

I cannot BELIEVE I am showing you mine!

I choose NO POLISH on this day as I didnot want to sit there for too long plus with a fungus better to let the nails BREATH!

I have not forgotten the stuff I want to PASS ON to a new HOME………..that I mentioned in the Post before.

A SAMPLING of what’s to come…….

SILVER PLATED HEAVY CANDLESTICK

ETERNAL FLAME from FRANCE.

FRENCH CANDLESTICKS A PAIR.

SOLD.

OLD COFFEE POT would make a WONDERFUL VASE!

AUTOGRAPHED TO ME SO NOT GOOD AS A GIFT!

BOOK BY SHARON of MY FRENCH COUNTRY HOME.

There is a SAMPLING…………….of what I am cleaning out!

SILVER, BOOKS and FRENCH FINDS of years of antiquing for my shop and Home.

Half the year has gone.I have done A LOT of THINKING about what is IMPORTANT to me NOW and what I need to accomplish.I’m MOVING like a snail, which bothers me but not much I can do about it.Life and it’s challenges.We must find the GOOD in people NOT ALL PEOPLE but a few and keep that JOY coming.I have taken up CHAIR YOGA, which I’m LOVING!Ten minutes a day and I can do all the EXERCISES so far!My Theodorable brings me a GARDEN 4-legged treat each night in the form of a DEAD carcass!Betty, the dog tells me by becoming a “SUPER SLEUTH” with her NOSE!

The first round of roses are gone but the STAR JASMINE is in FULL BLOOM!

WE had a GRADUATE IN THE FAMILY this weekend and I got to pop into my FAVORITE CLOTHING shop for a LOOKY-LOU!I sent THE ITALIAN off to find an ICE CREAM!That gave me enough time to SCAN the SALE RACK and compile a MOUND!

( Remember I only get there about once a YEAR these last 4 years!)

Bottom line he only had to wait for me to be wrung up!I skipped the trying on stage as I know my size and styles.MARYANN I saw a PHOTO of YOU!WE need to CATCH UP!

BE WELL WONDERFUL READERS!

I am doing MY BEST to LIVE UP TO THOSE WORDS……………XXX