Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 4:25 p.m. in "The City."

The skies are cloudy, and the current temperature is 34° with light snow falling across the Tri-Cities area. It feels more like 28° with a slight wind out of the east @ seven mph. The NWS has forecast that snow to end @ 5:00 p.m. 

Tomorrow's sunrise will be @ 8:16 a.m. with sunset @ 5:25 p.m.

We got back from P/T @ 3:15 p.m. and while it was grueling, I am making progress and that feels good. I have good range of motion in my new knee and my therapist, Eric, feels I am doing better than expected. That's allowed me to progress using my new quad cane to walk around the manse more and use my walker less. What's not to like?

Otherwise, not much is happening around here. I am still grateful for Mary's above and beyond assistance with my basic needs. I guess I expected that the replacement of my knee would be a trying experience, but I'd never have done this well without Mary. 

When we go to P/T, I am now able to get myself into and out of the car by myself, something I was unable to do in the first two weeks. Once again, what's not to like?

On one sense, winter is a good time for joint replacement, with the exception of the snow and ice, I have no need to be out of the manse with the exception of the P/T appointments. I'm good with that. Mary has to take Ginger for walks, but when the only weather-related issues are cold temperatures, she doesn't mind those safaris.

I hope to return to a more regular blog schedule in the near future, but at some point, in March, I'll be out of circulation once again when my right knee is replaced. We have summer plans, so I should be good to go by then.

My camera awaits, as do my easel, my paints, and my colored pencils, which are calling out to me. That's not to mention a need to bake some cookies. I have plans to live many more years and so some pain now will make those years better.

That looks like enough for today. Ciao.