The toes knows

 

This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home...

Every time I see my naked toes, I start saying that nursery rhyme. I went to the podiatrist's to check on the health of my toes. I'd never even had a pedicure. It wasn't quite the same, as no soaking nor massage was included. I had to massage my own feet...when I got home. But my nails are happily trimmed, not the photo above which is the "before" shot. I'm waiting to find out the results of test on the left foot's big toe which may have a fungus among us.

And in the waiting room was an Easter Tree. It was already 2 weeks past Easter, so I'm wondering what the next decorations might be. Memorial Day? Nah. May Day isn't likely either, living in this Bible Belt town, even though some friends will dance a May Pole in a nearby park in a few weeks. Sorry I don't have a return appointment to find out what they do with the tree the rest of the year!

Outside the medical building were the faces of these lovely little pansies.

The building at the top of my hill has some nice iris blooming.

Today I'm going to check with the pulmonologist's team as to next treatments after being home from hospital for 2-1/2 weeks. Tomorrow I see the Infectious Disease team. There was a late test result which may still need treatment. I'll hope (fingers and toes crossed) I don't need more antibiotics.

When we feel safe, our creativity unfolds like a beautiful flower.

Beauty and food

 

After seeing yesterday's goslings at Lake Tomahawk, I was given a cheerful greeting by these bits of sunshine. 

The last azalea I've seen this week.

It took several days before I finally got these cooked. Threw a mustard/mayo and panko sauce with garlic powder on the salmon...steamed the asparagus, and plopped dollops of sour cream on the un-mashed potatoes. The potatoes were sort of smashed together but not totally mashed. Pretty tasty anyway. I found waiting till dinner-time meant I had really low energy, so Saturday I actually cooked for lunch.

It actually rained! Saturday was a stay indoors kind of day. Then the universal remote for the TV broke. Mmm, good thing I had an audio book to listen to while cleaning up the kitchen.

Earlier in the week I picked up some baby-back ribs at Oakie Doakies. This was to celebrate some good test results from waiting 6 months wondering about another possible medical condition.

I've got more doctor's appointments coming up this week. Fingers and toes crossed that I'm going to be getting better and not need more drugs. 

I liked this statement especially with the beginning of "Stardate"...which I first heard on Star Trek. I loved Science Fiction, but realized that I no longer keep up with it...while not knowing any of the answers in that category on Jeopardy.

Unknown author. I wonder what ,,,, means.

Saturday so...

 

Hummingbird at Cardinal Flower, photo by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service via CC PDM 1.0.

Monarch Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed, photo via Canva

from the internet

Allen's Hummingbird

Quick shots out the window of pileated woodpecker. His huge blaze caught my eye but then he kept hiding from me.

From the internet

Breakfasting squirrel keeping warm while it was 44 degrees last Mon. morning (and due to be colder Tues). we had frost warnings again. But yesterday (Fri.) it got to 80 F.

Sharing with Saturday's Critters

And for Skywatch Friday...let's look a bit closer at Lake Tomahawk.

I spy a family of Canada Geese! Fortunately they were swimming in my direction.

Somebody was honking up a storm. These were tiny little goslings to have been way out in the lake. 

It may have been this lone goose, or maybe the family's protective ones. I imagined that the lone goose might have been their son or daughter from last year, and wanting their parent's attention. Or something else only geese know about...

Friday Florals

 A mix of early spring flowers to share today...(though this is now getting close to late spring)

Ornamental Cherry

Trout lily

Red trillium

And I enjoyed waiting for someone to work on a new key for my car by taking photos of some of the plants for sale at the hardware store the other day.

I think the guy told me this was a fire spike, but would love someone to give me a correct name.

Sharing with Floral Friday Fotos

Going outside my own life

 

On the other side of the ridge, near Old Fort, April 6. Dry conditions with winds have given North Carolina burn bans for most of April.

A dashboard bobble head collection. (No, I don't intend to do a series of dashboard photos in cars!!)

A  friend's first great grandchild. My first great grandbaby will be born in October!

This is the next book I will purchase. I read Maria Popova's "Marginalian" newsletter twice a week. She's brilliant.

Next to read: a friend loaned me her copy of "The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year."

 I'll start that as soon as I  finish "Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World."

These three are paper and print books. I can't recommend Sand Talk enough, though it is best read slowly, in my opinion. I love learning the symbols from the Indigenous People of Austrailia.

And I admit to listening to some lighter novels in the meantime, as I lie in bed waiting for sleep and playing solitaire. I have 6 more books on hold on the library system's Libby.

What are you reading?

Rear Windows part 2

 To finish my posts about a silly collection of windows of cars and trucks in front of me in traffic over several weeks in Tampa FL before I retired.

Rear Windows:

Adding to my Sepia Saturday challenge, as well as Tom's Signs2

Tampa Bay Buccaneers is the local football team

Ah ha, I could read this expiration date, 03-08. Thus this was taken between March 07, and August 2007 when I moved to North Carolina.

wish I had that bumper sticker!

That is all, folks.