Bee garden at Bandshell

Bees sure love these things. Anybody know what they are? Sadly, the bees don’t really show up in my pictures but there were a ton of them. And not just bumblebees - lots of honeybees! I rarely see those in the city. They must nest in the bird sanctuary.

Good health is so fragile

 Two days ago I was boasting about how I had built up my biking stamina over the summer, and was looking forward to taking advantage of today's predicted beautiful weather to maybe do a longer bike ride. Then I tried to walk across my kitchen, somehow got my left foot wedged under a half-closed freezer door, twisted it hard as I fell, and sprained my foot. And just like that, I'm temporarily disabled for who knows how long. 

It appears to be a classic Grade I sprain: localized swelling, skin discoloration but not an actual purple bruise, tender to pressure but not intensely painful. Unfortunately it doesn't take much swelling in the mid-foot to make walking impossibly painful. My foot doesn't hurt at all unless I stand up, and then it hurts so much that I practically fall down. *sigh*  The Internet says that the swelling should abate in 2-3 days, but of course full healing will take at least a couple of weeks. No telling when I'll be able to bike again, which probably means that I'll be starting from scratch again building up stamina. I am disgruntled. 

I'm not even going to try to get a shoe on for another day, just sulk at home. But if I can walk a little better by tomorrow this might be a good time to focus on boring indoor activities like getting my drivers license renewed.