Worth remembering

PG was having back pain that neither physical therapy nor her chiropractor could make go away.  Eventually, she made an appointment with the family doctor, who prescribed meloxicam.  We were concerned that it's an NSAID, but it's a pain medication that treats inflammation as well, and doesn't have side effects of drowsiness or dizziness.  It's worked well in her case.  

Today, we did some shopping, and she was able to walk around with minimal pain in each of the 3 stores (Costco, Target, and Walmart).  Still, due to the prior pain she wasn't used to that much physical activity, so she went to bed and sleep well before me.

I'm practicing ghost notes, reading New Yorker articles about Dick Cavett and Eleanor Roosevelt, et aussi des articles du Monde de Maia Mazaurette.    

Far From Perfect

From a video on Facebook featuring Charles Phoenix and a pink 1959 Cadillac.  The original owner was in fact a craps dealer at Harrah's casino.

 

A few moments in an ordinary day

On our way home from the doctor, PG spotted a blue heron flying above us, I'll guess about 20 feet off the ground.  Its speed and ours were close enough, and the road was clear ahead and behind us, so I got a few seconds of its grace.  

We reached an intersection with a stop light, and the bird continued over the road, descending quickly and landing on a patch of grass just outside an area that was left unmown most of the year.  Both PG and I got one last glimpse of the heron on the ground after the light turned green and we continued on our way.

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On the way home

Just across the border from Milford, NJ, 10/25/2024.  Added a small percentage of saturation to the original picture, but not so much as to be unnaturally gaudy-awful.  

Putting time to good use

Oxalis corniculata, the creeping woodsorrel, says Google Lens.  Wikipedia adds, "The flowers close when direct sun is not hitting the plant, hence the name 'sleeping beauty'."

PG was inside the building for an appointment.  I remained outside, but while the sun was bright, a chilly wind was making me wish I had worn a hoodie over my flannel shirt.  

But just a few steps farther along, behind the building, the wind was blocked and I could sit comfortably on the sloping ground.  Then I saw a number of these tiny wildflowers, and wildflowers are among the things I can't not photograph.  

On Facebook I wrote, "Sirens are blaring on an emergency vehicle speeding by, while a few hundred feet away, honeybees hover near these tiny wildflowers."  

The shadow in the image below is of a post connected to the ground wire from the electric meter attached to the wall.

Two more weeks

One side has Slim Shady, the other has Slick JD.