Photography
Related: About this forumMy best photos from my stay in the rehab hospital:


The view from my bed:


we can do it
(13,031 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)I hesitated to announce it since I was feeling pretty weird! But I'm better now; the weirdness is fading.
PatSeg
(53,251 posts)Good to hear you are home. I always do better when I'm at home.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)PatSeg
(53,251 posts)When I was in rehab two years ago, "getting out" was almost like being released from prison.
SheltieLover
(81,249 posts)70sEraVet
(5,531 posts)Thanks for the photo collection.
summer_in_TX
(4,203 posts)Eko
(10,031 posts)we can do it
(13,031 posts)Lonestarblue
(13,525 posts)Here's hoping you're soon able to take photos at your local farmers' market.
FalloutShelter
(14,536 posts)Especially love #2 and #4.
Go figure right?
Hope you are felling better by the minute.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)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
(12,626 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)Yup, I'm back and very glad to have my big desktop computer to play on.
Climate Crusader
(166 posts)(from one of many "Peggy" fans).
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)Glad you enjoyed my photos.
Things are going OK. I miss the structure of the hospital. Now the structure is up to me.
Walleye
(45,099 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)I appreciate your very kind words.
I had a great time taking all of those!
littlemissmartypants
(34,032 posts)It's the double reflection in the second shot for me, CP.
Stay encouraged. ❤️
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)I appreciate your kind remarks. You encourage me!
2naSalit
(103,359 posts)Hope you're feeling better!
I like pics #2 & #4.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)Things were a bit weird the first couple of days, but it's fading now.
#2 and 4 seem to be the favorites!
Moostache
(11,232 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)Yup, my recovery is progressing but alas, it's glacial! Love your thoughts and wishes!
Teacher of the Year
(233 posts)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
(156,740 posts)Taking photos is in my blood for sure. My iPhone performed well, I think.
I sure hope to never be this sick again.
irisblue
(37,655 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)The crew outside really does nice work. It's a lovely space!
NNadir
(38,272 posts)We are all pleased to see it, and wish you further progress in your recovery.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)Glad you're enjoying it.
I have lots of progress to make. It's glacial.
Grim Chieftain
(1,882 posts)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
(156,740 posts)I'm doing what I can to get better and your support is essential!
kairos12
(13,658 posts)Peace and strength to you.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)Those attributes are so very important!
senseandsensibility
(25,187 posts)No doubt being able to do that will help in your recovery.
You rock, CP!
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)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
(1,546 posts)Wishing you a speedy recovery.
BTW, great pics.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)I wish it would speed up!
And I'm glad you enjoyed my photos.
Orrin_73
(1,652 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)mountain grammy
(29,088 posts)Love the pictures all good wishes to you!
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)There's no place like home!
I loved taking those photos.
radical noodle
(10,653 posts)But I bet you're happy to be taking photos at home now.
So happy you're doing well.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)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
(62,629 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)Glad you enjoyed my work.
No place like home!
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,539 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)It IS Century City!
I enjoyed the views very much.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,539 posts)SheltieLover
(81,249 posts)Excellent pix, as always! Ty for sharing!
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)Glad you enjoyed my work!
SheltieLover
(81,249 posts)Deuxcents
(27,292 posts)Were gonna be wanting to hear how youre recovering and are so happy with the beauty you see with your camera..a sure sign of things to come
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)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
(12,363 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)Diamond_Dog
(40,783 posts)You even manage to find interesting images from a hospital bed! Im just blown away!
If there ever was a DU photo contest with the theme of Angles
.. I think youd definitely make the top choices.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)What a great thought! Angles.
Mira
(22,690 posts)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
(156,740 posts)Love you too, dear Mira.
NJCher
(43,298 posts)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
(156,740 posts)I felt what you said, and that's important.
HeartsCanHope
(1,704 posts)So glad to hear you are home, too!
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)Glad you enjoyed!
There's no place like home.
niyad
(133,144 posts)for your complete recovery and healing.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)Love those vibes!
Fla Dem
(27,688 posts)And a belated WELCOME HOME!!!!
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)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
(2,893 posts)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
(156,740 posts)I don't think my progress is that quick; I'll take whatever shows up!
bluescribbler
(2,536 posts)So glad you're back and shooting.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)I hope I'll be able to get out of my house for some real photos--new ones--very soon!
peggysue2
(12,557 posts)Better yet is seeing youre back.
Take care.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)Glad you enjoyed.
It is good to be back!
surfered
(13,811 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)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
(13,811 posts)peacebuzzard
(5,884 posts)you knocked it out of the ballpark! Welcome home!
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)Everyday I'm glad to be here.
marble falls
(72,176 posts)... 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
(156,740 posts)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
(5,884 posts)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!
marble falls
(72,176 posts)gademocrat7
(11,984 posts)Thank you for sharing your rehab photos with us. So glad you are home and recovering well. Take care.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)I love to share!
I am taking care and enjoying being at home.
debsy
(988 posts)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
(156,740 posts)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
(30,681 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)JMCKUSICK
(6,360 posts)And that you then went and got yourself some.
That's the best part of this story for me.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)I don't always find it, of course. But when I do . . .
JohnnyRingo
(20,930 posts)And you have a knack for finding it.
Get well.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)I'm very lucky.
And indeed, I am getting well, even if it's slower than I'd prefer.
Randomthought
(1,069 posts)You are so talented
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)I certainly have the photographer's "eye." It has gotten more skilled as I've gotten older.
orleans
(37,039 posts)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
(156,740 posts)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
(172,187 posts)I think life is good as long as we keep seeing the beauty
malthaussen
(18,594 posts)Aye, it's a tough old bird ye are.
-- Mal
HAB911
(10,484 posts)Rhiannon12866
(256,961 posts)Maybe you could come up with an appropriate contest theme for those skyscrapers!
Callalily
(15,410 posts)As I always say, there are photo ops everywhere and your photos prove that!
OldBaldy1701E
(11,302 posts)The world is a bit better now!
Clouds Passing
(8,073 posts)George McGovern
(12,363 posts)I wish you hopeful healing.
George
Oh, by the way,

CaliforniaPeggy
(156,740 posts)However, I do have plenty of healthy places to drink from!