26 Things #3 - Green (and other stuff too)

The month of February is slowly winding down, and as it does, my deadline for my 26 Things project is rapidly approaching. The things that are remaining on my list are definitely challenging, and I'm hoping at this point that I'll be able to complete the challenge. But if not, a new list will be posted for March and April, so I'll be able to start on that one next week. Yeah! In the meantime, though... I've stared at #3, Green, since I got the list. What to shoot? There's so much green around us, it seemed both ridiculous and challenging at the same time. This afternoon, though, as I was wandering around near my front door looking for something to photograph (because when I miss one day on my blog, I feel bad; when I miss two, I start to think I need therapy), I happened to look up at the ferns between our house and our neighbors'. The sun was shining right on them, and from the underside they looked really interesting! So many shades of green, light and dark, shadows - it was really pretty! So I took a few, and thought that I'd done a pretty good job of fulfilling another Thing on my list.

In the other stuff department... Jim and I took Molly to the surgeon today for her second (and last!) post-operative X-rays. The news was great! He said she's around 90-95% healed, and showed us on the images the differences between what the bones looked like on the day of her surgery and today. Wow! The bones have fused perfectly, and where there was space between them, there's now new bone. It's incredible to see. (Seeing the metal plate and screws is still a little ick-inducing, though.) Molly's now been given the go-ahead to do some off-lead running/playing, as well as taking walks up to an hour long. He said to remain cautious about jumping and things like that for another 4-6 weeks, but that she looks great, and should be fine. (We also have to be careful that she doesn't injure her other leg, but let's not think about that quite now.) So we're happy. Erin was very happy, and show Mollly some Lab-love when she got home from school.

Molly was kind enough to show Erin some right back!

And, just so she doesn't feel left out, a picture of the Puss.