Sunday

I'm guessing the knee is continuing to heal. I go to see the doctor Monday afternoon to get the bandage removed and find out what the next step (no pun intended) is for the recovery. I imagine it will be some P.T. Let me just say that for what is relatively minor surgery my body is certainly not springing back to full strength. I am sleepy just about all the time and any physical effort makes me feel overheated and weak. I saw Sarah Conner on the TV show Sarah Conner Chronicles get a 9mm round through her leg two weeks ago. Sure she was hurting, especially when the doc had to dig the bullet out of her leg in an improvised operating room. But when the following week's episode rolled around it was like nothing had happened to her. I guess I'm just not tough enough.

If you look carefully at the white thing framed by the two tree limbs you will see a finch feeder with some finches clinging to it. Of course the picture does not do credit to the bird frenzy that plays out daily at the two bird feeders that we have on our Mimosa tree in the back yard. The finches in particular are all over the feeder like day trippers at a cheap Atlantic City buffet. Sometimes there are up to eight of the little buggers clinging to the sock. The other feeder gets the rest of the bird nation which yesterday included a scrub jay and some doves.

Since we are talking about birds, here is the cockatiel Buster with his pet boy Craig. They get along well together and Buster is training Craig to take him out of his cage and sit still while Buster walks on Craig and pulls his hair.