I took this photo last summer 2008.  Oh, it seems like so long ago, now.  

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Paz

Anyone know the name of this flower?  Can someone tell me, please?     These flowers were part of a collection in a flower box on a building stoop.  They are no longer there.   Something more appropriate for the Fall season has replaced it.

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Paz

This Monday, I was feeling so good that I thought I was well enough to go out and exercise.  Never mind that the week before, I’d tried to do the same thing and only made it as far as 2 blocks, when I was forced to return home in pain.  Never mind that my doctor told me that it was too soon to do that and I’ll have to wait 6 to 8 weeks before doing anything like that.  Yeah, yeah, I know I’m supposed to listen to the doctor but I was feeling good, I tell you.  I was feeling much better than the week before.  So I thought it would be okay to go walking and have a chance to take some new photos.   

Well, it was a BIG mistake because it turns out that I overdid it.  Unlike the first time, I walked a bit further than the two blocks but I still didn’t get far.  After a while, I had to turn around and go back home.  I was in pain and not feeling so good.  It has taken the rest of the week to start to feel better. 

Okay, so I’ve learned my lesson — twice.  I’m taking it easy, I really am taking it easy.

In the meantime, here is one of the photos I took on my walk, towards Riverside Park, before I had to turn around.  I find myself liking this flower more and more.  After I posted the purple version of this flower yesterday, I learned from you, dear readers, that it’s called a Coneflower (Echinacea).  Thank you.  I like to learn new things from y’all.   

Out of the three photos, I couldn’t figure out which photo to post.  I like them all, so I posted them all.  Which one do you like?  Do you have a preference?

Have a good Friday!

Paz

Ed. Note:  Thanks everyone, again, for your concern about my health and recovery.  I promise, I’m going to take it easy.  I AM taking it easy.  Right now I’m watching the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics.   

The other day, I posted the red version of this flower, which I later learned is an Oleander.  So, now, here’s the white one.

Paz