Audrey had on some cute kitty socks!
The first place cow on which any 2 year old could ride was so cute!
While my car was being worked on by "RT Auto" I got to see their window decorations...what kind of bird might this be?
I'm pretty sure this is a reindeer looking over the cars being fixed.
My son may have paid twice my weekly grocery money for their tree (closer to three times!) but I then spent about twice his tree price to have my car fixed!
Thursday was a real positive doctor’s visit though, where the vascular expert said my blood flow to my feet was better than last year, and so good I wouldn’t need to have it checked at all next year! I attribute it to having climbed stairs to the second floor at my son’s house for a week. By the time I left I could rely upon my leg muscles completely and didn’t have to pull myself up with my arms also on the railing! Of course I still was out of breath.
So now to get those lungs to work at a better level!
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Today's goddess:
The Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük is a 8,000-year-old Neolithic baked-clay figurine unearthed at Çatalhöyük, a Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia which existed from approximately 7100 BCE to 5700 BCE (inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012). It depicts a nude female seated between feline-headed arm-rests. Generally thought to depict a fertile Mother Goddess in the process of giving birth, a handful of scholars now suggest that such figurines (found in great numbers at Çatalhöyük) may represent elderly women who had risen to prominence and achieved status in Çatalhöyük. The sculpture is on display at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, Turkey.
Info from World History Encyclopedia
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Congrats on the positive health report … and getting the car fixed too, I guess.
ReplyDeleteBoth of the little bodies which allow me to move about in my environment are doing ok now. Next up is to get another key made for the car, as I only received one when I purchased it from a used car dealer several years ago.
DeleteI love your header!
ReplyDeleteIt's fun to window shop while waiting for repairs. I haven't been out, except to visit my client.
You do have the cameras to capture your critters when you are safe and warm inside!
Delete...I know Oakland Nursery well from my nursery days in Ohio.
ReplyDeleteI wondered if you strayed that far. It's quite an outfit, and yet has a tiny greenhouse.
DeleteGreat news about your improved health!
ReplyDeleteThanks, every tiny little bit helps. But I'm sitting much too long here at blog/computer...my knees and ankles complain when I stand up. I need more walking hours!
DeleteNice to read you got a good health report.
ReplyDeleteThanks. It was necessary to go upstairs to my room when visiting my son...but at least a bathroom was on the same level...many times I've been in a basement bed and needed to climb stairs in the night for my usual nightime bathroom visit. I was glad my granddaughter was willing to switch with me.
DeleteI'm very glad to hear you're getting the benefit of the stairs! Maybe find some stairs to climb now and then near home? They're a great exerciser.
ReplyDeleteI live on a hill with plenty of stairs to go up and down. I found the difficulty descending is wearing my glasses which have the close-up lenses at the bottom - so taking them off I can go down without any fuzziness in vision!
DeleteDefinitely something to celebrate! Hurray for good blood flow!
ReplyDeleteOh goodie, a celebration to plan now. Chocolate will be involved. And maybe French pastries!
DeleteThat's wonderful news about your feet. I am 80 and live alone in a house with 31 stairs. I think it's good for me! I always try to hold the railing as I use the stairs just in case. JanF
ReplyDeleteGlad you've got strong legs! I do have a hand on railings most of the time still, but can actually come up my 5 steps with lots in my arms when I come home from shopping. If they're not too heavy at least.
DeleteI love all the Christmas decorations and critters. Those socks are cute.
ReplyDeleteGreat news about your blood flow and your feet!
Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend. PS, thanks so much for leaving me a comment.
Eileen, you are sure a special blog friend...hosting Saturday's Critters each week, and commenting here almost daily. Thank you so much.
DeleteI am glad to hear that your circulation to your feet is better, Barbara and I hope you continue to improve all around health wise! ur house has stairs and i always feel like it is a good workout when I have to go up and down multiple times a day. I like your cute socks and funny cat and donkey photo! Enjoy this festive season!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I just need to find motivation to go climb the stairs every day!
Deletei LOVE the critter socks, genius for saturday critters!! beautiful images today, i enjoy seeing the christmas decorations and reading about your improving health. enjoy the rest of your weekend!!
ReplyDeleteoooooh and those poinsettia, lovely!!
DeleteThanks, I’m glad you enjoyed my critters today, But I’m afraid that weekend is pretty much over. We are due for snowy weather tomorrow, but not freezing, so who knows what will happen.
DeleteCongratulations on the good doctor visit!
ReplyDeleteThank you every bit of good news is worth savouring!
DeleteThe lighted reindeer and the little riding cow are so charming. Glad you had such a positive week!
ReplyDeleteThey sure didn’t have a little fuzzy riding cows when I was two years old. I had the standard wooden rocking horse.
DeleteAn interesting collection of critters.
ReplyDeleteThanks not your every day collection of critters – but then Eileen gets lots of fun critters each week.
DeleteThe cat and donkey are quite a pair.
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