FIRST PAIN FREE WALK DOWN NEWMAN ROAD.

 

Cheers were heard up on top of Olde Town Hill.  It was a very foggy day, but, I watched the fog move  and I did not move. I was still in the fog. Enjoying my music and the views. I was a very happy women out in the foggy marsh.   Call me crazy, but I was one with nature in that moment and having a great time.

My last knee operation was almost a year ago. The first knee was over a year and four months ago.

My surgeon said I could do it and I did it. With his help, the help of my PT partner, and my yoga teacher...I have fought a long battle and I won. 

Amen to me!!!!!!!

Thoughts on Getting Ready for the "Quiet Season"...Winter

                                        The full bloom of Autumn Leaves has arrived.

Apple cider, cider donuts, Halloween, and leaves falling out from the sky to the back yard.

I  miss the smell of leaves being burned from my childhood. The toasty smell was everywhere in our neighborhood. My mother always quietly monitored my father when he was raking his pile of leaves. One year his pile was too close to his car. He did not notice this when my panicked mother ran down the long front stairs of our house yelling as loud as she could to my dad. "Stop and Move your car NOW!" 

I loved watching the burning leaves and smelling the smoke of fall. 

Fall is a reminder that the Winter the "quiet season" is coming. Time to prepare is now. Round up the blankets, scarfs, and mittens. Buy jigsaw puzzles, matches and check the oil lamps.

The famous Friend's of Newburyport Library will have their book sale in late October. Time to pick up good books for the snowy season.  Saturday, a bag of books is now $2.00.

My counted cross stitch project is waiting for me.  I bought a enlargement mirror with a light that goes around my neck. No eye strain this year.

My snow shoes bindings rotted when I put off knee surgery. Shopping for a new pair will be fun and walking in the woods will calm my heart and soul.