Musings

One of my PT assignments this week is to walk, not terribly far, but many short excursions. I did little walks inside the house, and the Guru and I also walked around the block…and a bit more…on a lovely, sunny, autumn afternoon.

The Guru says I always/often find the insects on the flowers. I think this time of the year they are busy and liable to stay on the flowers because their time is short. Can’t really say “making hay,” but along those lines.

I struggle with headlines…there’s a core of a good idea to this one, but, truly, it comes off not-quite-right.

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Some kind of oak…and a frond of mimosa.

Last week when we walked in the park I noticed the path had mostly downed sycamore leaves. Or did I notice them because they’re large?

Tomorrow might well be a good day to obtain new data.

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Turtle day. Which means I saw the surgeon. Fifteen weeks since surgery.

Major new activity permission. I am now allowed to wean from crutches and boot. Yay! And I don’t see the surgeon again for three months. Yay! I can walk, but no running and no weight-stress on foot (e.g., “those kinds” of sports). And these are the rules until I see the surgeon again.

I’m pretty ready to put down the crutches, for the most part. So I did as we went off and did errands after the double appointments of surgeon and PT. Shopping stop one and two. And into the house. To rest the affected limb, before….

As the day wore on, we did one more errand run—I wore the boot and leaned on the Guru a bit in the parking lot…. Now, tired, tired foot. But I’m happy to teach ankle, knee, and other parts the old tricks they used to excell at.

Foot…tired. And Sammy happy! And using crutches this evening to help tired foot/body get around….

Hey, that tomato…the sum total of the produce that remains in the wee garden…that’s really a few plants.

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I read that these flowers voted today. I’m pretty sure that was spread by Russian bots.

Are Russian bots related to bot-flies? Bot-flies are darned icky critters.

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Is it mostly inertia that we do this seasonal time change stuff? Could we agree on changing a half hour permanently? Oh, my, wouldn’t that mess things up on a grand scale!

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We wandered across the piedmont in glorious sunshine headed for Athens. Our route took us through the four-corners called Youth. The Guru asked where the fountain shop (shoppe?) was. I wondered if it was down by the lake that you may be able to make out to the right of the yield sign.

By sunset we were trackside, enjoying great company, yummy BBQ and smoked cauliflower (never had it before; tais-tee!).

Also note rose in lower left; by the time we left, it was mostly closed for the night. I don’t think it altered its pace due to today’s time change.

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I’m thinking this flower/weed is butterweed/cressleaf groundsel, or a closely related species.

We got out for a short loop, the Guru, me, crutches and The Boot. We decided not to push it and so didn’t go terribly far (no record setting today!), and somehow the Fitbit even deigned to give me a massive nine active minutes.

The bonus on our walk was that when I spotted this bumbler s/he was on a lower flower, and then flew up to this cluster, where I could actually reach down to photograph her/him.

And not drop a crutch.

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We took healing in another direction today…a more sedentary direction (in comparison to the last few days)…. The Guru moved my desktop machine to my desk (table), and I faced the double screens (click click)!…foot elevated on a small cooler….

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We started the day with a chore list, mostly household “business”…but also an outside walk. We went to the Park! And walked around the (big lobe of) the lake! We examined the leaves beginning to change, exclaimed at the population of geese and ducks napping/paddling/feeding, watched a father and two young sons fishing, and discovered that the drinking fountains are already turned off.

We also needed a few grocs, and my quick tour of TJs showed that the T-giving items are mostly already stocked…several versions of stuffing, pumpkin flavored this and that, spiral-sliced hams, and…Brussels sprouts on stalks.

And…I cracked 5K on the crutch-steps! Yay!

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No park visit today. Instead, we visited the FIL, went to appointments, and did errands. Such undertakings garnered me around 2300 steps.

And my PT-guy was happy with my progress over the last week…go big toe!

Not that the scraggly boxwood to the left is being abandoned to MaNachur to fill out before the shrubbery-trimmer begins to manicure it. The trimmed specimens are boxy (right) and conical (center). I expect the sparse, uneven specimen is slated to be boxy.

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