Haven’t been out for many walks lately as I have been consumed by choosing products for our Florida rebuild after the storm surge. I also made the decision (in one of my less sane moments) to make quilted Christmas gifts for all family members that will gather at our house this year. I did however walk down our short drive to take some photos of the gorgeous Maple tree in the side yard when it was at its most colorful.
The leaves have since fallen and we have what seems like an early snow on the ground. It was challenging for Jim to get the leaves raked and I stopped myself from helping because the raking and bending would have inflamed the arthritis in my lower back. Our son came to help with the second raking but there were still leaves that hadn’t fallen. Then we got the best help of all – we had a couple of days of very strong winds – like rattle the rafters strong – and we looked out and all the rest of the leaves were gone. We smiled big. It seems like one of the greatest challenges of reaching old age is to recognize that we can no longer do many of the things we used to do and to (gasp) let someone help us when we can do it perfectly well ourselves.
This post was inspired by Becky’s November Squares theme Walking Squares. It’s a nice theme, Becky.
A New Day: Living Life Almost Gracefully 
Beautiful colours Pat.
Sorry about the arthritis. Have you tried tincture of Devil’s Claw? The Arthritis Society endorses it. I have arthritis in my right knee and it certainly helps me.
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Interesting. Where would I get it?
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Well that’s a good question. Do you have a reputable herbalist anywhere near you? I can give you a link to where I get it, and that may have more info about how to take it etc (you need to take it for at least a month to notice the difference) but as it’s in London the shipping, even if they would do it, would be prohibitive I imagine. I buy half a litre at a time. But in NZ I managed to buy a much more concentrated tincture, so that’s a possibility.
https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/complementary-and-alternative-treatments/types-of-complementary-treatments/devils-claw/
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Gorgeous tree!! I had to laugh at “we can do it perfectly well ourselves”. My husband has finally decided he shouldn’t climb a ladder to work on the roof – thank goodness!!
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Have you noticed that we also have a hard time listening to reason or logic? Good thing we can laugh at ourselves.
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Beautiful colours! I’m sorry to hear your Florida home was hit so badly by the storm, I know how much you love your winters there.
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Wonderful colors. So are you not going to Florida this year?
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Thanks – we will be going but only for a week at a time because we were flooded with salt water and sewage with Hurricane Ian. The condo insurance company is in the final phases of removing contaminated things, cleaning and sanitizing, fixing electrical, and replacing drywall. Then we have someone to rebuild. It will be ready for us next year at this time. 🙂
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That’s good but still a little traumatic. Sorry this happened to you.
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🙂
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Wonderful colors…does seem like more assistance is needed these days.
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Beautiful color! Our colors were not so great this year. And no matter how old we are, we CAN still do everything, right? Ha ha ha.
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Yet another stunning photo…thank you for this glimpse into a true Fall transformation.
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WOW. Incredible color on that tree 😀 😀
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Lovely tree!
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