Good morning on this frigid, so called Spring day! Our cardinals returned with some additional family this morning for brunch, I imagine. Coffee while we watch them congregate?
If we were having coffee, I’d tell you I’m on the home stretch after my surgery. I’m working my way back up to longer sessions on my treadmill and will likely try my elliptical today. I’m at the mercy of my surgeon and physical therapist, so I don’t how much longer my mini-retirement will be. My hip abductor muscle is still too weak, so that’s what I’ll be working on for at least the next three sessions.
Speaking of my treadmill, I was on it yesterday and was able to watch a black squirrel gather material to build a nest! I have my treadmill upstairs facing the window that overlooks the back yard. This squirrel kept bobbing his head up and down and after a while, I saw he had a mouthful of grass. He then bounded up my maple tree, hopped very thin branches to the next tree and disappeared from sight. A few minutes later, down the tree he came for the next load. He did this three times and I was able to zoom in. I’ll have to go out and see if I can find his nest.
If we were having coffee, I’d tell you how for a while I was afraid I’d mixed up my jalapenos and cilantro plants! They grow towards the sun, so I’ve been rotating the trays to keep them evened out, and when they first sprouted, the leaves looked the same. I promised a friend some jalapeno plants, so I was hoping I’d get this figured out and not give her cilantro by mistake! Luckily, they’ve begun to appear differently – cilantro leaves are round on the end while jalapenos are more pointed. Whew. Thank you, Google Images!
If we were having coffee, I’d tell you that I attempted onion rings in my air fryer yesterday and they were a HUGE success! I’ll be posting a write up later, so please come back and check it out!
More coffee? How was your week?
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Squirrel watching is definitely the way to go when walking on that treadmill 🙂
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It was neat to observe that! I’d never seen squirrels with mouthfuls of grass..
Glad to hear that you are improving following your surgery. What a wonderful sight to watch whilst you exercised. Glad you worked out the difference – you’d get a bit of a shock biting into coriander when you were expecting jalapenos (mind you much more of a shock the other way round.) Hope you have a good week.
Thanks Irene! It was neat to watch that work being done.. 🙂 Yes, I’m glad I figured it out! I can’t wait to plant them.
Lol, google images is great! I’ve used it for the very same purpose, of recognizing plants many times 🙂 Your post is inspiring. I hope you feel stronger for every passing day. Have a wonderful week.
Thanks Maria! I do feel like I’m improving with every passing week. So glad..
And now I want onion rings. Sigh. Maybe tomorrow after my doctor’s appointment!