Comings and Goings

 Our tulip bulb order arrived last week. The rain stopped long enough for us to get the bulbs in cans one day and get them planted two days later. 

I helped stuff the bulbs in nursery cans with garden soil. I made a plan for where each color should be planted. Tom did all of the hard work of planting them.

Some are here, some are there, some are over there.

Monday we spent all morning at the KP medical  center, meeting with Dr. Chen, my orthopedic surgeon, confirming the need for an uploader brace for my right knee, so it can wait it's turn to get fixed, getting more x-rays, and getting pre-op lab work for hip replacement surgery sometime in January.

That was Halloween, but we have no little candy seekers come to our door anymore. I lit my Jack-o-lantern and wore my Snoopy shirt.

Tuesday I saw my podiatrist, Dr. Greenan, to have my fungal toenails tortured. 

Wednesday, today, I finally got back on my stationary bike, wearing my knee brace. It is breaking me in in 2 hour increments. Tomorrow I'll be up to 8 hours a day and holding.

Driving around the last few days we have discovered that the beauty of Autumn has finally arrived. This was part of the scene in yesterday's visit.

Tom spends time outside each day when he is not driving me around. I haven't looked today, but the greenhouse must be crammed full by now. All the tender plants from the patio are now in there, and all of the geraniums we had in pots. The bonsai trees are now under shelter in hoop houses on top of the garden boxes. The compost bins are filling up with plants pulled from beds cleaned up. 

I actually spent an hour outside myself this afternoon, cutting lawn edges. Cold weather, perhaps down to freezing, is expected next week. 

Fall color is still coming, but October is gone and winter is coming.

It's November.

One last little bouquet.