King Cake

 A tiny baby, beads, and a chocolate coin.  And all that delicious king cake.  With cinnamon dough and lovely crunchy sugar.

That just says it all.

It was the nicest day, temperature in the 60's before heading downward again.  A few months ago as I sat in my chair hurting I imagined going for my favorite walk, heading down the hill and walking on a street a couple of blocks away.  And today I walked it.  No cane.  

I admired a bigger hill that could have been a different way back but this wasn't the day.  Soon though.  I'll end up this day with 6000 steps.  So grateful.

Sort of New Wall Hanging

 My daughter visited over the weekend and said that the Christmas star wall hanging had to go.  She browsed through the rolled-up wall hangings under my bed and came up with this one.  I really didn't remember making it, it must have been out of the rotation for a long time.

It's very scrappy, and I always like scrappy.

I'm in a mood to tidy up, not a big spring cleaning, just putting things in their places, or maybe getting rid of them entirely.  My mental health always gets a boost when there is less "stuff" here and there.  

Ever since Christmas there had been a good-sized gift box waiting to go to its recipients.  On Saturday I made a trip to the post office and sent it on its way and picked up a pack of "Garden Delights" forever stamps.  Package gone, wall hanging replaced, I think that's the last of Christmas.

Yesterday I went to church for the first time since some time in November.  Took a loaf of banana bread to a friend.  And had a recent personal record of 4000 steps on my fitbit.  

Tonight, especially after my round of exercises this morning, I'm really feeling the increased movement.  I'm remembering that recovery isn't always a straight upward diagonal - it had been a little while since that reminder.