My best photos from my stay in the rehab hospital:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

The view from my bed:

[we can do it]

1. Are you home?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I am indeed home, since this last Sunday.

I hesitated to announce it since I was feeling pretty weird! But I'm better now; the weirdness is fading.

[PatSeg]

20. How long were you in rehab?

Good to hear you are home. I always do better when I'm at home.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

60. 2 weeks in rehab. n/t

[PatSeg]

66. I'm sure you are happy to be home again

When I was in rehab two years ago, "getting out" was almost like being released from prison.

[SheltieLover]

27. Yay! So happy you are home & feeling better!

[70sEraVet]

37. Great ro hear that, Peggy!!!

Thanks for the photo collection.

[summer_in_TX]

43. Wonderful news!

[Eko]

67. Nice to hear! take it slow.

[we can do it]

77. Glad to hear that ☀️

[Lonestarblue]

103. So glad to hear you're home again!

Here's hoping you're soon able to take photos at your local farmers' market.

[FalloutShelter]

2. Hi Peggy!

Especially love #2 and #4.
Go figure right?

Hope you are felling better by the minute.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Thanks so much, my dear FalloutShelter!

I'm glad you like those! #2 is certainly one of my favorites.

I am slowly, glacially getting better. This is not going to be quick.

[CousinIT]

4. Pegs! You're back!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Thanks for your enthusiastic reply, my dear CousinIT!

Yup, I'm back and very glad to have my big desktop computer to play on.

[Climate Crusader]

5. Beautiful. Hope things are going well.

(from one of many "Peggy" fans).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thanks so much, my dear Climate Crusader!

Glad you enjoyed my photos.

Things are going OK. I miss the structure of the hospital. Now the structure is up to me.

[Walleye]

9. Welcome home, great to see your post and your cool pics

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Ah, thank you so much, my dear Walleye!

I appreciate your very kind words.

I had a great time taking all of those!

[littlemissmartypants]

11. Welcome Home!!!

It's the double reflection in the second shot for me, CP.

Stay encouraged. ❤️

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. Thanks so much, my dear lmsp!

I appreciate your kind remarks. You encourage me!

[2naSalit]

12. Glad you're home!

Hope you're feeling better!

I like pics #2 & #4.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. Thanks very much, my dear 2naSalit! I'm glad too.

Things were a bit weird the first couple of days, but it's fading now.

#2 and 4 seem to be the favorites!

[Moostache]

13. Good to see your recovery is progressing...best thoughts and wishes! (n/t)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. Thanks very much, my dear Moostache!

Yup, my recovery is progressing but alas, it's glacial! Love your thoughts and wishes!

[Teacher of the Year]

14. It wasn't as pretty here while you were gone.

Very glad you are feeling better. I'm not surprised you were out looking for something beautiful as part of your healing. :0) Stay well. We need you here.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. Aw, what a lovely thing to say, and thank you for it, my dear Teacher of the Year!

Taking photos is in my blood for sure. My iPhone performed well, I think.

I sure hope to never be this sick again.

[irisblue]

15. Glad you are home &the hospitalground crew does nice work

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. Thanks so much, my dear irisblue!

The crew outside really does nice work. It's a lovely space!

[NNadir]

16. You must be improving to be able to provide us with your art.

We are all pleased to see it, and wish you further progress in your recovery.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. Thanks so much, my dear NNadir! I am driven to post what I have.

Glad you're enjoying it.

I have lots of progress to make. It's glacial.

[Grim Chieftain]

17. Lovely photos, Peggy!

So very glad you are home and on the mend. Please take care, pamper yourself and know that you are in our thoughts and in our hearts.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

41. I appreciate your kind words a lot and thanks for them, my dear Grim Chieftain!

I'm doing what I can to get better and your support is essential!

[kairos12]

18. Welcome home CaliforniaPeggy.

Peace and strength to you.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

42. Thanks very much, my dear kairos12!

Those attributes are so very important!

[senseandsensibility]

19. So happy you're doing well and enjoying your hobby!

No doubt being able to do that will help in your recovery. You rock, CP!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

44. Thanks for your great thoughts, my dear senseandsensibility!

I do enjoy taking and processing my photos; I'm limited by the fact that I don't drive yet. But it's coming!

[boonecreek]

21. Good to hear you're home.

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

BTW, great pics.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

45. Thanks very much, my dear boonecreek!

I wish it would speed up!

And I'm glad you enjoyed my photos.

[Orrin_73]

22. Welcome back Peggy

[CaliforniaPeggy]

46. Aw, thank you so much, my dear Orrin_73! That's lovely.

[mountain grammy]

23. So glad you're home CP

Love the pictures all good wishes to you!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

47. Thanks so much, my dear mountain grammy!

There's no place like home!

I loved taking those photos.

[radical noodle]

24. Great photos

But I bet you're happy to be taking photos at home now. So happy you're doing well.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

48. Thanks so much, my dear radical noodle!

Actually, I haven't taken any photos since I got home; it takes more energy than I currently have. I can't even drive yet!

But it will come.

[highplainsdem]

25. Great photos! And I'm very glad to hear you're home!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

49. Thanks very much, my dear highplainsdem!

Glad you enjoyed my work.

No place like home!

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

26. That almost looks like Century City

[CaliforniaPeggy]

51. Very smart of you, my dear BlueWaveNeverEnd!

It IS Century City!

I enjoyed the views very much.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

63. I worked in CC more than 30 years ago!! Glad you are recovering

[SheltieLover]

28. Happy to hear you are home & feeling better, Peggy!

Excellent pix, as always! Ty for sharing!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

52. Thanks so much, my dear SheltieLover!

Glad you enjoyed my work!

[SheltieLover]

57. Always!

[Deuxcents]

29. Welcome back to where you've been missed and anxiously waiting for your healthy return 🌺

We’re gonna be wanting to hear how you’re recovering and are so happy with the beauty you see with your camera..a sure sign of things to come

[CaliforniaPeggy]

53. Thanks so much, my dear Deuxcents! Your kindness means a lot to me.

My photographic eye is always awake and searching for suitable subjects!

So when I'm stronger, I will definitely make use of it.

[George McGovern]

30. Wonderful to see you again Peggy! Your name is synonymous with fine photography.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

54. You are defintely too kind, my dear George! And I thank you for your generous thoughts. n/t

[Diamond_Dog]

31. Peggy, you are such an accomplished photographer

You even manage to find interesting images from a hospital bed! I’m just blown away!

If there ever was a DU photo contest with the theme of “Angles” ….. I think you’d definitely make the top choices.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

55. Aw, thank you so much, my dear Diamond_Dog!

What a great thought! Angles.

[Mira]

32. Memories for you

fabulous sharing to me.
Im so very glad you are recovering and are at home and have the wonderful gratitude shining all over you and are sharing it all with us.
Love you Peggy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

56. Thank you, dear Mira, for your generous and tender words . . . They touch me deeply.

Love you too, dear Mira.

[NJCher]

35. Happy to hear from you , Ms. Peggy. :)

The first photo with the pink flower is a study in shape contrasts. Grass blades criss-crossing, almost oval blades (with a tip on them), and round buds.

The last one, with the bright yellow umbrella, is a color contrast.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

58. What a great analysis, and thank you for it, my dear NJCher!

I felt what you said, and that's important.

[HeartsCanHope]

50. Great photos, CaliforniaPeggy!

So glad to hear you are home, too!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

59. Thanks very much, my dear HeartsCanHope!

Glad you enjoyed!

There's no place like home.

[niyad]

61. Such excellent news, dear Ms Peggy. huggggggs. Continuing vibes

for your complete recovery and healing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

68. Thanks so much, my dear niyad!

Love those vibes!

[Fla Dem]

62. Going through what you went through sure didn't kill your creativeness. Great pics!

And a belated WELCOME HOME!!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

69. Thanks so much for your lovely thoughts, my dear Fla Dem!

I suspect that nothing could kill my creativity--it might be submerged for a time, but it always comes back.

Thanks so much for all your great wishes!

[MIButterfly]

64. I'm so glad you're home, CaliforniaPeggy!

I hope you feel better and stronger every day. Thank you for the photos and keeping us posted on your progress. I wish you all the best, always!

Much love,
MIButterfly

[CaliforniaPeggy]

70. Thank you so much for your generous thoughts, my dear MIButterfly!

I don't think my progress is that quick; I'll take whatever shows up!

[bluescribbler]

65. Nice images.

So glad you're back and shooting.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

71. Thanks for your great thoughts, my dear bluescribbler!

I hope I'll be able to get out of my house for some real photos--new ones--very soon!

[peggysue2]

72. Very nice pics, Peggy

Better yet is seeing you’re back.

Take care.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

75. Thanks so much, my dear peggysue2!

Glad you enjoyed.

It is good to be back!

[surfered]

73. Glad you're home and hope for a speedy recovery and good outcome. 🙏

[CaliforniaPeggy]

76. Thanks so much, my dear surfered!

I appreciate your generous remarks! I can only hope that my recovery will be speedy!

We know the outcome will be good, based on what I've learned so far.

[surfered]

80. 👍

[peacebuzzard]

74. Glad you are home, sweet friend...

you knocked it out of the ballpark! Welcome home!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

79. Awww. . . thanks so much for your generous remarks, my dear peacebuzzard!

Everyday I'm glad to be here.

[marble falls]

78. Don't have a photo, but ...

... after my bladder surgery I was encouraged to sit in a chair as much as possible within a couple days after the "procedure". I was wired up, tubed up and carried a bag to collect urine.

I'm a determined individual and I decided that if I worked slowly, I'd just swing my body over the side of the bed, gather up the wires, tubes and bag, turn and sit. It didn't work and I got bound up turned half way, the call button out of my reach, stuck like a fly in a spider's web.

In just a few minutes a nurse walked in and untangled me and got me sat down.

"Boy am I glad to see you, how'd you know I was in deep?"
"I came in to find out why you were mooning the nurse's station!", she said.


I am so glad you've pulled your 'escape' off and are doing well. And thanks for the photos, especially the first one.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

81. Thanks for sharing your incredible story, my dear marble falls! Yikes!

I didn't have any adventures quite like yours. However, I'd lost my call button several times, until I figured out how to keep it in reach! Then I was OK.

Glad you enjoyed the photos!

[peacebuzzard]

98. omg forgive me, but I chuckled at this scenario

marble falls, we must be somehow related because that is what would have happened to me.....I always get lost in some kind of pickled mess. Glad you made it out of your web and are here to tell the tale...I mean it was a tragic situation to be confined like that, but thank goodness you made it out and lived to tell the tale!

[gademocrat7]

82. What great news!

Thank you for sharing your rehab photos with us. So glad you are home and recovering well. Take care.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

84. Thanks so much, my dear gademocrat7!

I love to share!

I am taking care and enjoying being at home.

[debsy]

83. Welcome home!

It is great to hear you are back! At least you had a bit of nature and some blue sky to look at while you were at rehab. The flower is so vibrant and looking up between the two buildings gives quite an architecturally satisfying view of that beautiful blue!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

85. Thanks so much, my dear debsy!

It was wonderful to see that bit of nature! The sun, the breeze, the colors--all helped me.

I was thrilled with my photo of the skyscrapers! Always wanted to get a shot like that--and now I have.

[orangecrush]

86. Thanks Peggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

87. You're welcome, my dear orangecrush!

[JMCKUSICK]

88. I'm so thrilled that you owned your joy during your stay CP,

And that you then went and got yourself some.

That's the best part of this story for me.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

90. Thank you so much, my dear JMCKUSICK! I always seek joy.

I don't always find it, of course. But when I do . . .

[JohnnyRingo]

89. I guess beauty is wherever you find it.

And you have a knack for finding it.
Get well.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

91. You got that right, my dear JohnnyRingo . . .

I'm very lucky.

And indeed, I am getting well, even if it's slower than I'd prefer.

[Randomthought]

92. Amazing

You are so talented

[CaliforniaPeggy]

93. Thank you so much, my dear Randomthought!

I certainly have the photographer's "eye." It has gotten more skilled as I've gotten older.

[orleans]

94. glad to read that you're home, peggy. hope your adjustment back to "normal" life hasn't been too

overwhelming.

and great pictures.
you might've lost some sleep or some weight in that hospital / rehab
but you certainly didn't lose your magic touch with that camera

[CaliforniaPeggy]

95. Thanks so much, my dear orleans!

Actually, my adjustment back to whatever "normal" life is, has been pretty overwhelming at times. It's weird!

However, my photographer's eye is as steady and reliable as ever. Thank goodness! And all of those were taken with my iPhone 11!

[Skittles]

96. very nice

I think life is good as long as we keep seeing the beauty

[malthaussen]

97. Sprung you already?

Aye, it's a tough old bird ye are.

-- Mal

[HAB911]

99. Photography..........the best medicine!

[Rhiannon12866]

100. Welcome home, Peggy! And those are spectacular photos!

Maybe you could come up with an appropriate contest theme for those skyscrapers!

[Callalily]

101. So glad to hear that you are home and feeling better!

As I always say, there are photo ops everywhere and your photos prove that!

[OldBaldy1701E]

102. I am so glad that you are doing better and you are at home!

The world is a bit better now!

[Clouds Passing]

104. Nice pics! Take it easy. The healing process can be slow. 💚