Footie Update

Sunday was week 7, I thought I would be in the clear by now, but no.  Still so stiff that I can't point my toes, despite swimming nearly every day.  Try to spell your name with your toes, tracing the letters out.  I can't do that, my foot is like a plastic thing at the end of my leg, the stiffness forces a limp, in spite of my efforts not to.

So yesterday I started a new program.  It's called jumping in the pool.  At first I felt things in my foot crackling, like bubble wrap, on each landing.  It was not painful, more...a new sensation that was unpleasant. After an hour of bouncing like Tigger on crack, I was frozen through and got out of the pool (the pool is FREEZING and in the shade).  I have to wonder what the lifeguards think of me, often the only person in the pool and I all do is go to the 8 foot end and tread water, cycling my legs for a whole hour and then swim slow laps with just my arms because I can't kick with my right leg.

Upon climbing out, something happened...my foot was not stiff.  I could push off the steps, I could walk to my towel without that awkward small limp.  Grocery shopping with Matt last night, I walked right beside him, I even trotted a little way to get some fruit.  It's back stiff today, but not AS stiff and the pool opens in an hour and I will be in that water, hopping like a mad flea!  I am hoping I have stumbled upon the thing that will expedite the healing.  Eeee!

Headed Home

It started pouring again as we drove off and cleared up again almost as fast.

Then rained again...

I decided to play with the new-to-us camera

It does a few things I have not played with before, like mosaic:

Dramatic:

I think it's HDR

Watercolor:

Fisheye, which I have used before, but I liked the shot!

And a totally new one for me, reflection:

I love this part of Tennessee/Alabama with the rolling land and little mountains off in the distance.

Headed up Bankhead, nearly back!

Thanks for coming along with us, hope you enjoyed some of the sights!

Parks Place

A few of the mushrooms are from the Visitor Center, but most were at Park's new property,

so I lumped them all together here!

False turkey tail

Milky indigo (edible)

Rabid squirrel infestation!

Park and Matt going up the steep road, though it barely looks steep here...

Awesome views!  It's a great spot!

We headed out to the visitor center from here and said our farewells to Park before heading home to wash up our poison okay selves.

Can't wait to get back up to Cumberland!