Up for air

Hmmm, let’s see if I remember how to do this . . . A certain major event has prevented me from being able to spend any time comfortably at my laptop, and I’m only now able to devote a few minutes at a time.  To put it briefly, my left knee joint was replaced on November 5, and a few complications have made the adjustment considerably less smooth than I had anticipated.  It’s apparently not anything to cause undue concern, I hasten to add; it will just take lots of time, patience, stamina, and physical therapy.   Enough said. Meanwhile, I’m enjoying looking out the window at those of the trees that still retain some of their autumn foliage.  One of our very favorites is this young black oak, which was looking particularly sleek yesterday morning after an all-night rain.