It's been a quiet Labor Day for me. Pat headed off early this morning to meet Stayton in the mountains for some fishing. I finished reading the YadaYada Prayer Group for the second time. That's a record for me, I usually don't watch movies twice unless it's been a long while. ( I did watch The Sound of Music again this weekend! At least parts of it. )This book is fiction, but so real to life. I enjoyed it more the second time around. I'll be waiting the sequel from daughter Lisha, until then I'm on my third sequel of At Home in Mitford.
This weeks marks six weeks of rest and recovery from my surgery. I see my Dr. in Denver, tomorrow, I guess. Had thought it was scheduled for Wednesday, so if that can't be changed I'm off across the mountains by myself tomorrow. Depending on what she tells me, I may be back to work next week, light duty. This is the longest period of time, in my life, that I have been "shut down".
Fall is definitely around the corner. The cottonwood trees are dropping yellow leaves, which the deer are eating up just outside the fence, however, one of the does did come over the fence this morning and had managed to prune my flowering plum bush before I chased her back across. We have a short section that is a little lower, on a hillside, and she finally got up the nerve to come across. There's not much in the yard now, but don't want her to chew the branches back.
The birdwatching is pretty mundane, the last of the orioles have left. The Redwing Blackbirds are gone, pretty much down to sparrows and doves for now. There's a lot of natural feed with the sunflowers all seeded out. I'm in no hurry to see the snow, so I'll just enjoy what we have.
The Sharp Shinned Hawk made a visit a few days ago, as luck would have it, my camera batteries were low. Would have been a great photo too! I was just watching him as he was rotating his head almost 360, when I got a chill........Bubby was out there rolling in the grass. Now I don't know if that would have been a little too big for the hawk, but I quietly called Bubby inside. Can't imagine seeing him soaring over the fence in the grips of that hawk!
Got a few more minutes til Pat gets home, so guess I'll settle down and read some more.
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Yesterday, being rainy here, was a good day for reading, but I did up some laundry and mopped the kitchen/family room floor. We have another rainy looking day today, but so far it hasn't rained.
Good luck with your doctor check up, hope all goes well. I've had surgeries where I couldn't do much for six weeks, and it sure does get boring.
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