B.O. Today

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It's B.O. day today...

I have B.O. today
no, not that kind of B.O.
well then again
maybe I have
you see it's been
a rather momentous day
in the simple, slow life
of this little blogger...

Thursday 30th of July,
exactly five weeks and two days
since that little innocuous tree root
conspired to put me in a Moonboot,
is the day the boot comes off

so promptly at 9am I arrive
at the surgeon's rooms
in the local Community hospital
set in the gum trees

and am directed
to follow the blue line
take two lefts
and get an X ray
follow the blue line back
to the Surgery and be told
that my ankle was looking
very good indeed...
Oh Happy Days


But the surgeon did tell me
to wear the boot
when I was out walking
or shopping
but I have other plans
with his approval of course

So I kept the boot on
for one last wander
back to my car
in the gum tree
encircled parking lot










and was enticed
by the floral perfume
of this tree,
the golden wattle
Australia's floral emblem,
to come
and pay it close attention...

Boot and I
together take one last
nature waddle
together

and while I was engrossed

in the weeping bracts
of tiny yellow

golden

and orange
tufts

of this beautiful
wattle tree

I became aware of
a gentle humming

of bees
coming to sip
on sweet nectar

I was hoping
that they were indeed bees
and not wasps
as I have an allergy
to wasps

back home
it is time to celebrate
with some earl grey tea
glace ginger
and a few walnuts

one of the most painful side effects
of my slow and sedentary life
of the past five weeks
has been chronic heartburn,
for which my much loved daily coffee
does little to alleviate
and does unfortunately exacerbate...

Now it is time
for my visit to the physio
to get the ankle back into action

I can thank the now somewhat
disheveled looking boot
for its faithful assistance
and willingly retire it

and while I may not
be quite ready
to skip with glee

I am so happy to be able
to walk back into nature


Oh Happy Days






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