Life
So I did get back surgery, almost ten weeks ago, at the end of August. It was a successful operation, but the recovery process has been arduously slow, and intitally very painful. During the first few weeks of the recovery period, doctor's order's were "frequent short walks", and rest. Luckily, my grandmother's house has the best backyard in the world for walking around in circles in. The first week home from the hospital I noticed a change taking place in the majestic old live oak tree that presides over the space at the far side of my circuit. The foliage appeared to be thinning, and there was a faint popping and clicking I began to notice when standing under it, barely audible over the normal rustle of the wind in the boughs, but if I held real still (keeping those core muscles engaged...) It began in the higher branches, but after a few weeks, the lower branches began to loose their leaves as well and when I inspected I discovered that there were thou...