Again, I have an urge to write. It has been a very rough year for both my husband and myself. Our physical efforts and desires do not keep up with our interests and ideas.
The recovery from back surgery was speedy and the results are very good. For a while I even was standing as straight as a board. How wonderful and exciting. I have not been able to increase my upper body strength fast enough and so by mid summer slumping was trying hard to take over. I attribute a lot to my body recovering from being away from the Remicade infusions and have to restart that association.
However, there were early mornings that were enjoyable and I could sit in the garden and rejoice in all its glory. The iris blooms were as large as my hands when they were spread as wide as they could be stretched. It is a joy for me to sit there and work (piddle) with my flowers. I love to clean and clear the debris from around each clump. I talk with them and enjoy their colors and perfume. Our back yard is beautiful. In June the iris were gone but the yard was full of blooming Rudbeckia and enormous Oriental Lilies. Frank has done a remarkable job on our grass and we thoroughly enjoy the results that it brings to the view. As the weather got warmer and than, hotter, I moved back inside until mid September.
Working frequently in September we have the yard in great shape for the Fall rains and colder weather that will be here after Thanksgiving. The iris are trimmed to about 6 inches so they will be well prepared to brave the winter storms, especially the strong northern winds. The same is true for the day lilies. Frank has cleared the daffodils and tulips of their dead stalks. We dressed them with some Fall fertilizer and they are tucked under a layer of mulch for the winter. Hopefully it is enough that they will not try to bloom too early.
With regrets we have canceled our Fall cruise to the southern Caribbean islands. Physically I was not able to make the trip even if we stayed aboard the ship the entire time. We were both disappointed but we have plenty here that we enjoy doing together within our own home. It has been difficult preparing meals everyday but I am getting stronger and hopefully that will change. We have many interests and readings we want to continue plus we enjoy being with each other. There are many days that there just isn't enough time. We fall into bed and then start all over the next day.
We miss each of you and wished we were closer; but, for this time, that is the way it is. Just want you to know that you are often in our prayers and our thoughts.
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