Monday, March 11, 2024

AROUND THE HOUSE I AM FINALLY WALKING WITHOUT A CANE:))

 A PAIR OF CANADA GEESE ON OUR PARK'S POND EARLIER TODAY
A light snowfall continued through the night but no matter, we had a big orange sunrise, and old Sol along with milder temperatures immediately set to work getting rid of the snow.

 YES. WE DID GET A BIT OF SNOW OVERNIGHT

 BY THE END OF SUMMER THERE MIGHT BE NEW HOUSES HERE
A routine drive around our Park for Pheebs and I this morning.  Things sure look a lot nicer with sunshine and blue skies overhead.  A big change from Sunday's cold drab, and dreary, snow-laced day. 

 IT WASN'T UNTIL I EDITED THIS PHOTO THAT I SAW THE CANADA GOOSE
It's the 28th day out from my hip surgery and I am now finally walking without a cane in the house.  The 'waddle' I wrote about a few days ago yesterday turned into a caneless wiggle with a touch of dodder.  I'm not quite up to putting full weight on my leg yet but I am quickly getting there.  When outside to feed the birds I still use my cane just in case.  Today I'd say the wiggle is gone but the slight dodder is still there and I will probably have that until my hip can again bear my right leg's full weight.  After a hip replacement, it is sometimes possible for the affected leg to be a touch longer than the other leg.  This may or may not be the case for me and I'll know better once I can get out to do some longer-strides real walking.  I'm looking forward to that.  And, since Saturday night I am also happy to say that I am finally off those heavy-duty pain pills as well but they sure did serve their purpose and help me out when I needed them.

Turned out to be a nice sunny 37F day but I couldn't seem to drum up any enthusiasm for going outside and doing anything.  I figure it was probably the temperature but I've had a few days recently where I haven't felt quite up to par including today.  Having experienced a few 50F days last week I guess I am already spoiled by the early Springlike weather.  Tuesday is looking good at 60F.  Maybe I can get out into the yard and kick up my heels.  If I'm feeling alright after physio in Exeter that is.  

 LOOKS LIKE ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS WITH HIS SMART PHONE MAYBE TAKING A FEW PHOTOS
It's all rather natural for me during cold snowy winter months or hot and humid summer months to think about alternative living locations.  So I typed into Google, 'what countries have the best climates?  Greece, Portugal, Spain, Ecuador, and Mexico came up along with a few others.  It's also rather natural for me to think of different living styles, different ways of doing things, and different ways of thinking now in these last later years.  And, more than ever I am asking questions like....where could we go that is warm all year round?  Could we live less stressful lives.  Would getting along without television and the internet simplify our lives somehow?  Oh, I don't know.....just thoughts that go through my head sometimes.

 MOTHER NATURES IDEA OF AN ICING TOPPED PINE STUMP DONUT
A Blast From Our Past:)) It was March 10th, 2011 when we pulled up stakes near California's Joshua Tree National Park and traveled north along the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to a dusty little California town called, Lone Pine.......Boondocked In The Evening Shadow Of Mount Whitney

Al's Music Box:)) Singing The Blues is a popular song composed by Melvin Endsley. The highest-charting and best-known version was by Guy Mitchell and spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard chart from 8 December 1956 to 2 February 1957. 

GROANER'S CORNER:((  A woman announces to her friend that she is getting married for the fourth time.  "How wonderful! But I hope you don't mind me asking what happened to your first husband?"  "He ate poisonous mushrooms and died."  "Oh, how tragic! What about your second husband?"  "He ate poisonous mushrooms too and died."  "Oh, how terrible! I'm almost afraid to ask you about your third husband."  "He died of a broken neck."  "A broken neck?"  "He wouldn't eat his mushrooms."

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One morning the phone rang at 3:00 a.m. in Jeff's house. He picked up the phone and a woman asked, "Is this 555-1111?"  "No, this is 555-1112." Jeff replied.  "Oh, I'm so sorry for disturbing you." The woman said.  "That's alright," Jeff said. "I had to get up to answer the phone anyway."

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"Yesterday, scientists revealed that beer contains small traces of female hormones.
To prove their theory, the scientists fed 100 men 12 pints of beer and observed that 100% of them gained weight, talked excessively without making sense, became emotional, couldn't drive, and refused to apologize when wrong.  No further testing is planned."

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3 comments:

  1. It might be good to ask the physio staff if your not feeling up to par is part of the process,and if coming off meds can cause that, I try to get all the info I can while at a medical practitioners office.I hope if they do put more homes near you it's still a rural
    feeling area,Mary

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  2. Good progress on your walking, Al. You'll be ready to resume your morning walks/drives when the weather turns spring.

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  3. Beautiful reflections in your water pics. Love the snow but I bet you're tiring of it by now. I think your resident may be holding a bottle of beer :-))

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