Nature can be very healing

And writing about Nature can be very healing and freeing too. I'm trying to get over a summer chest cold but it is harder now that I'm already 78 years old. If all goes well for me I likely will be in Shasta Again to meet with my Robotic Hernia Surgeon in the next week sometime in Redding.

However, today I'm outside in our hot tub because I think it's warm enough for me at about 99 degrees. I find I can stay much longer in a hot tub if it stays down to 98 or 99 degrees year around. I've got it up to 99 because lately the weather is a little cooler than I like it but it is still almost 60 degrees Fahenheit out. 

Though Redwood trees don't live in my yard (mostly because they can get really huge and big and then you have to think about your house surviving something this big if it falls. However, I planted two Monterey pine trees that were volunteers in my back yard now that are 20  to 30 or more feet tall years ago now. I would say about 3 out of 4 of the ones I planted in my back yard or front yard are still alive for one reason or another. The telephone poles in our front yard were a problem for one of them when it got big and so we had to remove it after the telephone or power company butchered it so bad that it wasn't happy anymore.

But, today the roses are blooming still and the nature is wonderful today of the trees I planted  years ago now are doing fine (even though one of my oak trees isn't happy with one of the bigger ones taking some of it's light from the sun. But, Oak trees in California are especially hearty and seem to live through almost anything unlike some Monterey Pine trees that are also native to the California Coast from about Morro Bay North to Oregon and possibly beyond. They like the foggy climate where they get moisture year around and the same for the Redwood trees. However, I live within a mile or so of Redwoods on a trail nearby so I can be with the Redwoods which are really amazing trees on every single level.