Birds, Bugs, and Butterflies, OH MY: December 2015

I know it has been a long time since I did an update...some of you know why and others might not...so to end the year 2015...I will bring you up to date on the year......

I have been having problems with my left hip for a while now...I went through the therapy, the injections (which helped for a while) and finally I got a hip replacement on Sept 28. So I have not been out and about except for a few car rides.....This is what my hip looks like today!

I have this new equipment which took away all the pain I was having and plus the pain pills too! It has been a slow process and each day is better than the last...during recovery I had the stomach virus and vertigo....but finally got to get rid of my cane and venture out!

Today is December 22, beginning of winter, and it is over 50 outside...I went for my first long walk to the park....wearing only jeans and a sweat shirt...felt just like spring!!!!

The first thing I see on my walk....

Dandelions!!! Blooming in winter!

Robins singing in the trees....thinking it is spring......

And a Starling or two .......

Then my first view of the park...I can't remember the last time I walked down to the park...

I just stood and enjoyed the beauty of the Park for a while.....

I am going to let you just look at the pictures and enjoy.......

Under a bush was some ducks still sleeping.....

Mallard Ducks

Park Squirrel

My favorite tree....

Geese came running thinking there was food....

The single Swan...This man comes down and feeds the swans everyday...they know him and they came on the double to see him...He can even touch the Swan.....

Here comes the family Swans........Mother

.....Father

.......Baby.....

I spotted this lone Common Merganser swimming and diving in the lake.....

The beauty of the trees in the park caught my eye.......

All too soon it was time for me to head home...didn't want to over due it on my first long outing.....

Saw Cardinals in the trees on the way home.....