HFF everyone!

HFF ANDY in red

Thank you in red, Fred!

A good thing it is all behind you now. A bright and happy fence Andy and I love te colours of the leaves
HFF and have a lovely weekend

Well, I don't want to bring autumn on too soon, Carol but I wanted a (sort of) fence and this is one shot I found that I hadn't uploaded before!
Many thanks ..and yes, I'm getting things sorted out health-wise. For example on Sunday I did 41,000 paces according to my pedometer. But then I don't wan't to encourage hubris again!

Definitely not!! That sounds impressive Andy. I am pleased you are doing so well.
As for the fence and leaves - well Autumn is my favourite time of year so I am pleased to see the colours here.

Love the music by the way. I always wondered about their name, - better than average I would have thought!! A clever album cover too!

Their name came about because an American soul singer was amazed they weren't black Americans. And the jokey retort was that they were 'just your average white band'. The name stuck and I think it's a good one. They are one of my all time favourite Scottish bands!

I think it is good that we, humans, do not know what the future will bring. Therefore we should always enjoy the present moment. HFF Andy.

Well I always liked Camus and his like, so I can't agree more with that existentialist way of reasoning, Christa! Many thanks!

Beautifully red, Andy. HFF to you and yours. I'd say "keep putting one foot in front of the other", but it seems that may have been part of the problem! 41,000 paces? Crikey, that's a year's worth in my book.

Take care and stay safe, mate.

Well I'm trying to build up my stamina for a return to the mountains! Thank you, Old Owl!

Brilliant fence capture! HFF! Stay well!

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REd rocks Andy, HFF
Isabel keeps us informed about your medical condition but never immagine what you have lived, hopefully a happy ending story

Isabel is a good friend as you may have surmised, Mario and she was a diamond when things weren't going so well for me last year!

Excellent HFF! Gosh, I just read your description, and hadn't realised what you have been through. Very best wishes, Andy, for your continued improvement in health.

Thank you, Gillian. Well I have as a target walks in the mountains again (with photos of course!) so that is as good a spur as any!

Very glad that your condition has improved, Andy. A lovely colourful fence, HFF and have a good weekend.

Thank you George! Self physiotherapy can become addictive so I have to stop myself from overdoing it at times!

HFF Andy!

Superbe image colorée !
Tous mes voeux de bon rétablissement.
HFF et Bon weekend. Amitiés

Well, i'm lucky in that I have two gardens, both on a slope, and with lots of points for step exercises and so on and so forth! Every day I do at least 20,000 paces, of which at least half are 'quality' paces, ie, UPHILL! Tiring but necessary!

Tu es bien courageux, bravo !

Keep on keeping on Andy. 41,000 steps sounds pretty impressive to me!
HFF & have a great weekend.

Thank you, Pete!
That was defininately a one-off! My daily average is closer to 20,000. I'm trying to build up stamina for a return to the mountains but I'm still some way off!

HFF an a peaceful weekend

Schönes Rot. HFF, Andy!

RED as RED can be !!
Happy Peaceful FF

Super! HFF to you

Lovely contrasting reds Andy. Sorry to hear of your pains and I hope things ease for you. HFF.

Thank you David. Well, Long Covid has been a bummer certainly, but I think I'm getting over that particular hurdle! Fingers crossed!

lovely colour. HFF

HFF Andy.

Ronald,
William,
Mario,
Gillian,
George,
Walter,
Madeleine,
Pete,
Reinhard,
Falk,
Jaap,
Karl,
David,
Trudy,
Thank you for your great comments and best wishes for my health. At the moment I feel pretty good but, as I said, I'm in danger of a degree of hubris if I keep saying this!
Best wishes to you all!

Striking colours and nice capture Andy
That sounds like a lot of steps.
HFF and a quick improvement

Thank you, Roger. Well that was an exceptional day, but I'm averaging over 20,000 steps a day and I need to keep this up or my muscles will atrophy again and I am practicing getting my stamina back too so that I can get back into the mountains!

HFF, wish you a fine weekend

Sehr schön mit dem bunten Weinlaub.
HFF, lieber Andy. Dir ein angenehmes Wochenende.

Red fence looks like it was a hidden message of things to come. At least you are on the mend now.

HFF, enjoy the week in good health. Herb

Well 'Im not in the least superstitious and I hate nothing more than conspiracy theories but, apart form that, perhaps you're right, Herb!!!

HFF Andy and keep on fighting

Thank you, Nick!

Das sticht richtig raus dieses Rot lieber Andy :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Tag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))

Thank you, Güni!

The colours are great!
We should all enjoy each day as it comes, you never know what lies behind.... But you managed to get through the worst, not many would have succeeded!
hFF, Andy, have a good weekend!

Many thanks, Gudrun!

Very nice colours Andy!
The bright fence reminds me sunrise! A most important thing it is all behind you now! Everyday is a new day! A new sunrise!
HFF and enjoy the weekend!

Best wishes
Füsun

Thank you, Füsun!

I'm glad, you have passed that long bad time and found the physical condition!!!! HFF and a great WE to you!!!

Many thanks, Gabi!

A great vibrant photo Andy love the red hope you have turned a conner.
HFF all the best have a good weekend.
TOZ

Many thanks, Gordon!

HFF, Andy!

Thank you, Stephan!

How things can suddenly change, we really have to enjoy everyday as a gift.
Thanks for AWB…
HFF Andy

Thank you, Isabel! You're the first to comment on the music. I think they were a very skilled soul, blues and funk outfit from Scotland - but they sound 100% American!
Hope you're feeling better today!

HFF Andy.

Thank you, Pearl!

HFF, great shot.

Many thanks, Tony!

HFF, Andy ! Wish you a very nice weekend !

Thank you, Ulrich!

Hi Andy, you have serious health problems behind you. I hope and wish that you feel better again...

Very many thanks, Udo!

A lovely colourful shot Andy..............I especially like the climbing plant and the colour of it's leaves!

Good to hear your rehab is still going well........but try not to overdo things :-)

Thank you, Keith. I push myself a little more each day but of course I don't do it at all if I feel a bit off colour!

Good to know...........slowly. but surely does it :-)

Wow Andy you have certainly been through the wars haven't you? I had no idea that you'd been put into an induced coma for so long. I'm so happy to hear that you are on the way back up again. You say you had a detached retina, I can semi-understand what you're saying, because when I had my brain haemorrhage, my retina became pleated and it does make anything straight look as if I'm looking through broken glass. Nothing can be done about it unfortunately although luckily it's only in my right eye.

This is a super photo with that gorgeous red gateway. May I wish you a very happy weekend.

Thank you, Jenny! At the time it seemed sort of 'normal' - I don't know why! Only in retrospect does it seem that rather a lot of stuff happened to me in a short space of time!!

A splendid photo!!!

De belles couleurs et ce portail s'ouvrira à nouveau... vers votre passion la photo...

Reinhold,
Pierre,
Many thanks to you both!

HFF and have a nice weekend!

Many thanks, Markus!

hFF. Te deseo un plácido fin de semana.

Many thanks, Marije!

Hi Andy
A wonderful and interesting picture, which I like very much!
Very nice composition
Great red colours too. They really stand out!!!
Best Wishes, HFF, a nice weekend, and stay safe!!
Peter

Many thanks, Peter.
All best wishes,
Andy

Oooh ! blimey ! Andy..,, your write up - made me wince.. you certainly have been through some tough times... I sure hope that you are now keeping better and much improved...and that any problems don't return of course - so keep well and go steady - and 'Good wishes' from > Dj.

Thanks for that, Dave. I'm still in isolation because I have no immune system, so another bout of covid would be very serious indeed. But I live in the country now so less chance of being in crowded spaces!
But I feel good right now!
Best wishes,
Andy

Oh dear, you are really brave, Andy.
My best wishes to you, far beyond any HFF!

You are a survivor, Andy. Keep going!
Best wishes and a belated HFF!

You've really been through it Andy! So sorry to read that, and you still give us beautiful pictures.
A belated HFF and wish you a good and safe weekend.

HFF Andy!

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Malona,
Rosa,
Bernhard,
Very many thanks for your kind comments!

I have no idea what my original comment was, Andy. It is a bright gate, and I hope you have a bright future.

Thank you, Ronald! I can't remember either! :o)

Strong colours. I hope you are well on your way "out of the wars' and heading for full recovery.

Eh oui Andy... les années tout d'un coup sont très
invalidantes .. à nos âges ça ne pardonne pas..
moi
Mars/2020> début d'hernie Inguinale non opérable, attente 7 mois.. le Covid venait de commencer donc la priorité était soins du COVID.. pendant ces 7 mois je n'avais pas le droit de faire d'efforts au risque de me retrouver avec une grave Occlusion intestinale, je marchais juste un peu en enfonçant la boule dans le creux de la cuisse, au début j'avais une grosseur de la taille d'une petite cerise, le jour de l'opération, j'avais une boule de la grosseur d'une poire williams avec 2h30 d'opération et une cicatrice de presque 10cm le tout donc coté droit..!
avec repos obligatoire sans forcer pendant 3 mois..
Juillet/2021 j'ai glissé et je suis très mal tombé>> me suis cassé le Col du fémur..coté gauche
opération la aussi de 2h30, donc 9 mois après l'hernie et la aussi je n'avais pas le droit de faire
de mouvements brusques de la jambe sous risque de me déboiter la prothèse, Andy cela ne fais que depuis ~2 mois que ça va bien mieux car les cicatrices une a droite, l'autre à gauche me font mal.. encore maintenant lorsque le temps change ou quand je suis trop fatigué de travailler dehors, tu sais je dois entretenir, la maison tout seul, le jardin, le verger, les arbres etc etc.. j'ai 2000m2
autour de la maison le tout en plus est en pente, entre le haut et le bas du terrain j'ai + de 2m de dénivelé .. vlà en gros mes problèmes

Very sorry to hear of all your travails, Roland. It's true what you say about age catching up with one. Mentally we are at least 25 years younger and so activities we would have taken for granted (gardening and maintaining a large sloping property, walking in the mountains in my case) suddenly become surprisingly burdensome!
And of covid! I was fortunate in that my back and eye operations took place in a lull in covid hospital admissions. I was told initially that I might have to wait over a year for my back operation but I must have been lucky as I only waited two months. In that time, like you, movement was hard and walking, bending, etc., was NOT recommended.
Pleased that you have experienced some progress these past two months and may that continue exponentially.
l have found the whole physiotherapy experience an interesting one. I'd never had it before and so didn't know what to expect. At first my slow progress was frustrating and I couldn't see the point of it. And on a day-by-day basis it's true that one can't see progress. But then when I started to look back at where I was, say, one, two or three months previously, then yes - great strides have been made.
I hope you too have some method of continuing your progress.
I'd like to know how you get on, moving forward!
All best wishes,
Andy

Wow - I had no idea about all that Andy !!
Welcome back, and congratulations on making your way through it all... it must have required immense force of will. Hope you get back to some robust health soon, and plenty more photos :)

Very kind of you, Jim!
Yes I'm much better now and looking forward to walking in the mountains again - eventually!!
Hope all is well with you! Are you still living in the Brecons?

A very, very belated HFF to you, Andy.
Excellent framing and a crackin' mix of beautiful colours. Pops even more when viewed on black. An iconic piece of music for sure and a marvellous performance.
I have been feeling more and more guilty each time I look at your photostream and read of the horrendous times you have been suffering and that I haven't taken the time to acknowledge your words. It's just heart-breaking to read of all the awful things you have had to deal with. I hope that your recovery and health continues to improve as each day passes
Very best wishes to you.
Roger

Thank you, Roger. If I had my way, I wouldn't have mentioned any of it on ipernity but one or two other members were in the know and so word cropped out, a little bit to my embarrassment but I was very happy with all the positive vibes sent my way!
This red gate and fence certainly popped out at me as I walked past!
Glad you like it!
Best wishes,
Andy

HFF, Andy. Enjoy the weekend!

Thank you, Rainer!

HFF Andy

La végétation est en santé tout autour !

Annick,
Léopold,
Thank you both!

A real eye-catcher!

Thanks once more, Stefani!