Elsewhere in the Garden

We've got some pretty interesting plants growing, so let me share a little of our current late May garden.  It's changing fast of course, because the last few things are getting planted.

The Leopard's Bane is blooming, providing a nice bright yellow patch.

And this is a really rare plant that grows in the limestone barrens of Manitoulin Island.  It's so rare that it doesn't have a common name, so we call it Manitoulin Daisy.

I hope you get the idea of the Forget-me-nots spreading through the garden.

I managed to get a picture of the female Song Sparrow that is nesting close by.  How's that for camouflage?

Update

So I did break my leg the other day, but it doesn't feel like a big deal.  You need to understand that paraplegics like myself lose strength in their bones quite quickly, developing osteoporosis.  We are  frequently subject to fractures because the muscles are no longer contracting.  It doesn't hurt because of course I have no feeling in my leg anyway.  I was totally unaware of it happening.

In any case my caregiver convinced us to get it looked at, so yesterday I rode myself over to our town's small hospital.  They took ex-rays, consulted with the doctor and then took more.  It turns out I fractured both my tibula and fibula, spiral fractures due to twisting my leg.

The way it happened was quite innocent.  Our newly renovated drugstore is no long wheelchair friendly.  It's very crowded and hard to turn around in  I was maneuvering to get close to the card reader which is up high, when the counter caught my toe, pulling it sideway a little too far.  My caregiver described my foot as 'loosy-goosey'.

They put my lower leg in a cast and sent me home, telling me to keep on riding around!  The good doctor applied the cast to position my lower leg in the natural position it would have while I'm in my chair.  So we were able to go to church today.  You can stop worrying about me!